Dr. Nicole Rakowski, PhD, 2X TedTalk Speaker, is a physician-in-training, sports medicine writer, researcher, and competitive bodybuilder working at the intersection of performance science, medicine, and public health. A recipient of the Top 40 Under 40 Award from the NYC Journal, she is recognized for her leadership across healthcare innovation, athletics, and health communication.

Nicole is currently a medical student at the American University of Antigua College of Medicine, pursuing a career in orthopedic surgery and sports medicine. Her academic and writing work focuses on injury prevention, athlete health, and how principles from elite sport can inform healthcare systems, prevention strategies, and population health outcomes.

She serves as an official writer and contributor for Muscle Insider and Muscle & Fitness, part of the Olympia Fitness & Performance Network, where she translates complex medical and performance science into practical, evidence-based insights for global audiences. As a professional fitness athlete, Nicole has collaborated with major industry brands and has appeared in international fitness publications including STRONG and Muscle Memory Magazine.

Prior to entering medicine, Nicole held leadership roles within Canadian healthcare systems, contributing to large-scale clinical operations, patient experience strategy, and public health initiatives. Her work included leadership involvement in COVID-19 vaccination operations and health system transformation programs focused on improving care coordination and patient-centered delivery models.

Through her combined work in medicine, research, athletics, and media, Nicole advocates for a new generation of physician-leaders who bridge clinical science, performance, and public communication to advance prevention-focused healthcare and lifelong human performance.

Nathan Crane is a trauma informed somatic emotional healing coach, inspirational speaker,
bestselling author, award winning documentary filmmaker, and founder of The AWAKEN
Process™. For over 20 years he’s been committed to helping people heal themselves and the
planet. He helps people everywhere heal emotionally, live fully, and awaken to their True Self.
 

Since 2005, Nathan Crane:
Has been a guest on over 50 top podcasts around the world including Humanity’s Team, Life
Mastery Radio, Mastering Diabetes, The Energy Blueprint Podcast, The Dr. K Show, WellStrong
Podcast, Lillian McDermott Radio Show, Finding Genius, and the BriteVibe Podcast.
Has been a highly regarded inspirational speaker at events like ILLUMINATE Film Festival, the
Holistic Holiday at Sea Vegan Cruise, TEDx AlmansorParkStudio, The Real Truth About Health,
the Beljanski Integrative Cancer Conference, Hanuman Yoga Festival and Lucidity Festival.
Has shared stages with world renowned leaders in holistic wellness, spirituality, integrative
medicine and personal growth such as Gregg Braden, Joan Borysenko, Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Dr.
Gabriel Cousens, Jameth Sheridan, Master Mingtong Gu, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar,
Grandmother Flordemayo, Dr. Tony Jimenez, and many others.

Has been featured in numerous magazines and print media like Natural Awakenings, OMTimes
Magazine, Conscious Connection Magazine, Beyond Hollywood; The Top Independent

Creators of 2025, and Regenerate.
Directed and produced 10 conferences, expos, festivals and PBS series such as Ageless Living,
The Enlivened Living Conference, Unify Fest, and The Integrative Health Conference, serving
thousands of people in holistic wellness, mental health, nutrition, integrative medicine, personal
growth and spirituality.

Is a humanitarian having volunteered on the board of the Beljanski Foundation supporting
scientific research for natural cures for cancer, supports tribes in Kenya doing famine relief
work, and volunteers for the Art of Living Foundation, bringing powerful stress reduction tools of
Breathwork and mediation to adults, kids, prisoners, veterans, and high performers.
Is the founder of The AWAKEN Process™, an integrative emotional healing modality pulling on
12 different ancient and modern practices for trauma healing and nervous system regulation.
Has written multiple books, including a bestselling book titled Becoming Cancer Free, and 27
Flavors of Fulfillment, How to Live Life to the Fullest, Self Reliance Mastery, The Panacea
Cleanse, and his newest book, Radical Awakening.

Directed, edited, and produced the award winning documentary film titled, Cancer; The
Integrative Perspective viewed by hundreds of thousands globally.

Has hosted and produced 13 online summits and documentary series in holistic health,
spirituality, emotional healing, and sustainability such as the Self Reliance Summit, The
AgeNation Summit, The Search for Sustainability, the Global Wisdom Summit, the Global
Cancer Symposium, Conquering Cancer The Missing Link, The Teachings of Life, and the Unify
Summit reaching over 2 million subscribers worldwide.
 

Has received over 20 awards for his work in holistic health, including the Outstanding
Achievement Humanitarian Award Accolade Global Film Competition (2020), and the
Outstanding Community Service Award from the California Senate.

Interviewed over 500 experts in personal growth, spirituality, integrative medicine and holistic
wellness for his podcasts and summits reaching millions around the world.

Is the president and founder of the Holistic Leadership Council, an invite only mastermind group
of world leading holistic health professionals, personal growth leaders, and spiritual masters.
Nathan has certifications in Integrative Trauma Informed Somatic Parts Work, Holistic Cancer
Coaching, Nutrition Coaching, and Breathwork and Meditation Certifications. He works with
clients individually and in groups and is committed to serving human beings everywhere with
healing emotionally, awakening spiritually, living fully, and becoming their highest and True Self.
He gives thanks to all of the many teachers, instructors, guides, gurus, doctors, elders and
mentors who have guided him and supported him along his journey, without them, he would not
have been able to do the work he’s done.

Mindy Jackson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Reiki Master, Spiritual Coach, Rose Path Initiate, and Creator of The Sanctuary of Krystal Sophia. Mindy uses an integrative approach, combining clinical skills with energy healing and shamanic practices to treat PTSD. 

As an Intuitive Empath, Certified Medical Intuitive, Star Seed, and Energy Healer she also provides various Quantum Healing modalities apart from her Psychotherapy practices. 

Coming from a life filled with adversity, trauma, and family with mental health and addiction issues, Mindy’s near death experience at age 5 followed by out of body experiences while in the hospital with encephalitis months later provided her with a magnified awareness, shifted her into metacognition, and magnified conscious awareness that gave rise to the ability to heal herself and others. 

In 2023, a post operative stroke in the visual cortex left Mindy with central vision loss that she rehabilitated via painting. While painting the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot, which tells the story of the Hero’s Journey, she regained about 95% of her vision and lived out each card as she painted it. When complete, she named her collection “Return of the Divine Feminine” not knowing the new quest life would have in store for her.

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Valeriya Hjertenaes is a globally recognized expert, PhD researcher, and keynote speaker who specializes in the intersection of neurodiversity, sustainability, and leadership. Based in Europe, she reframes cognitive diversity as a powerful strategic advantage for organizations and boards, moving far beyond mere inclusion toward sustainable human performance.

Melanie Curtis is a Keynote Speaker, World Record Pro Skydiver, Peak Performance Coach and Comedy Content Creator. Melanie teaches sales teams and leaders in the finance and insurance industries how to access results and impact to match their ambition.

Melanie delivers mind-bending keynote experiences inspiring driven professional women across industries into the far edges of their potential. She has 12,000 skydives, has competed at the highest levels and has traveled the globe as a headlining professional athlete coaching thousands of people over the last 30 years. She challenges audiences to “do ridiculous things” and consider the unfathomable extremes of their ideas, vision and goals to unlock true outlier results.

Melanie has spoken for MasterCard, BCG, PNC Bank, Brown & Brown Insurance, Scott Insurance, NJ Conference for Women, Athleta, NatGeo, Cornell University, Middlebury College (her alma mater), and more.

Melanie has worked with Weird Al Yankovic, Megan Rapinoe, the RedBull Air Force and more. She has spoken on the same TED-Ed stage as Gloria Steinem. She has emceed ahead of Jameela Jamil and in front of 20,000 in the Angel City FC stadium. Melanie has also landed a parachute in that stadium, as well as Dodger Stadium, Lumen Field in Seattle, and the Great Pyramids in Egypt.

Melanie has been tapped as an expert on CBS Evening News, Good Morning America, NBC Know Your Value, Forbes, Entrepreneurs on Fire, Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman the Founder of LinkedIn, and more.

Melanie has authored 3 books, including How to Fly: Life Lessons From a Professional Skydiver.

Melanie co-founded Highlight, an all-female parachute demonstration team, using skydiving as a vehicle to champion equality. She also received the first-ever Mentorship Award for the entire Parachute Industry Association.

Melanie offers immersive digital challenges and science-backed tools to help those that resonate with her energy and message to dig in and actually DO what it really takes to get there.

Melanie does all this in parallel with a fierce and rebellious commitment to her own creative expression and leadership by example. She is a cat Mom and rising comedy content creator on Instagram – follow her @melaniecurtis11. She has done large-scale art installations and is consistently using her public platform championing women and girls to take up unapologetic space in the world.