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Submitted by Douglas Newsom on 19 April 2021

Headlined Guests

Guest Occupation: Florida Director of Birdwell Foundation for PTSD
Guest Biography:

Jason White proudly lives by the Marine Corps motto honor -courage -commitment. He was born in New Haven Connecticut. Was in foster care and parents passed away when he was 6 and 8. He was adopted by a Marine at the age of 5. At the age of 16, moved to the great state of Florida where he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 2004 at the age of 18. Jason served two combat deployments and was injured on his last tour of duty by an improvised explosive device (IED). He was honorably discharged after nearly 10 years of service as a Sergeant. Jason still calls Florida home and enjoy spending time with his two beautiful children. “Once a Marine, always a Marine” stands true as Jason continues to serve the community as the director of the Birdwell Foundation for PTSD, Florida chapter. A nonprofit organization dedicated to decreasing and eliminating suicide in veterans, first responders and their families. As well he serves as the president and CEO of Warrior Wheels foundation which was birthed out of the loss of a fellow veteran. And now the Warrior Wheels foundation donates motorcycles cars and trucks to veterans and first responders while supporting the efforts of the Birdwell Foundation for PTSD in other local community organizations.

Guest Category: Education, Health & Lifestyle, Medicine, Military, News, Psychology, Self Help, Society and Culture
Guest Occupation: Channel, Medium
Guest Biography:

Lincoln Gregar, has had the gift of channeling the Higher Self Consciousness his entire life and has been bringing through public messages since 2007. Before ever hearing the term channel or medium, Lincoln was already channeling his school papers with ease during his teenage years. It was after his meeting with Jananda Korsholm in 2004 that Lincoln was guided to more fully explore and strengthen this inborn ability to channel the Higher Self Consciousness. By repeated requests by his ever-growing YouTube audience, Lincoln began offering his channeling services publicly.

Guest Category: Entertainment, Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Philosophy, Inspirational, Motivational, Spiritual, Access Consciousness, Medium & Channeling
Guest Occupation: Owner of Delta Life Fitness in Naperville, Illinois
Guest Biography:

Owner

Delta Life Fitness - Naperville

- Present2 years 1 month

Naperville, Illinois, United States

Guest Category: Business, Kids & Family, Sports & Recreation, Variety
Guest Occupation: Guitarist, bassist and producer
Guest Biography:

BRIAN JORDAN

Brian Jordan has graced the stage and been featured with many legendary musicians, including James Brown, Dave Matthews, Bernie Worrell, The Allman Brothers Band, Ray Manzerik, Buddy Miles, George Porter, Jr., and many more. Brian currently plays guitar with The B-Side Players, as well performs as acoustic duo with Karlos Paez of The B-Side Players.

In addition, Brian works as session guitarist, bassist and producer. As leader of the “Brian Jordan Band”, Brian brings a unique and heavily charged sound to live audiences across the U.S. Former projects include 12 years (1999 – 2011) as guitarist for the high-energy funk/jazz band, “Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe”; A stint as guitarist in the house band for the NBC TV show, “Last Call with Carson Daily (2006 – 2007); Guitarist with “Ms. Lauryn Hill” (2006), guitarist in the rotating lineup of the art-rock band “Banyan” (2006 – present).

Guest Category: Arts, Entertainment, Music
Guest Occupation: Astronomer
Guest Biography:

SARAH E. LYONS

Sarah has been providing astrology information for a lifetime and began offering her services professionally over 29 years ago.  She serves an international client base from all walks of life and consults for several businesses and organizations. 

A frequently requested reader, teacher, and entertainer in the Tampa Bay area; Sarah has been featured on both radio and television.  She has written for many publications and has been the featured astrologer for Paradise News Magazine of St. Petersburg Beach, FL for the last 16 years.  

Sarah is a Past President and Honorary Lifetime Member of the Astrological Association of St. Petersburg, Florida; which she joined in 1984, and founder of SPICA St. Petersburg International Community of Astrologers 2017.  She is a member of ISAR, the International Society for Astrological Research, and attends conferences by UAC, United Astrology Congress, where she studies and consults with astrologers worldwide. 

Guest Category: Earth & Space, Entertainment, Science, Society and Culture, Spiritual, Astrology
Guest Occupation: Deputy Fire Chief and Paramedic and Expert in Critical Incident Debriefing and Peer Support
Guest Biography:

Involved in fire and EMS for over 45 years, Deputy Chief Bernie Meehan Jr., whose comfort zone is chaos, has participated in over 400 critical incident debriefings. He was one of the paramedics responding to the Sandy Hook shooting. A true icon of emergency services in Connecticut, Chief Meehan is an expert in Peer Support and Finding an Appropriate Clinician in the “New” Emergency Services.

A Career firefighter for 35 years, and an active Paramedic for past 38 years, Bernie has been involved in both career and volunteer fields. He is a founding member of Connecticut CISD Team in 1988 and is a Peer Helper trained in both fire and law enforcement disciplines.

Guest Category: Education, Health & Lifestyle, Psychology, Emotional Health and Freedom, Mental Health, Self Help
Guest Occupation: NDE survivor, Spiritual Thought Leader, Author, Personal Evolution Mentor, Radical Re-programmer, Ascension Coach and Founder of NOWLEVELUP
Guest Biography:

CASSANDRA MARY BAUER

Cassandra Mary Bauer is a NDE survivor, Spiritual Thought Leader, Author, Personal Evolution Mentor, Radical Re-programmer, Ascension Coach and Founder of NOWLEVELUP. 

As a survivor of deep child trauma and abuse, Cassandra grew up with a low sense of self-worth, self-esteem, and self-confidence. She struggled in the early part of her life with feeling alone, invalidated, disconnected, and lost. 

After her profound awakening in 2013 and finding her way back to herself and creating the magical life that she had once dreamed of, led her to wanting to help others do the same.  

Cassandra has worked with thousands of souls all over the world sift through their programming to discover the superhero that lives underneath all the conditioning, beliefs, thoughts, and fears. 

Cassandra focuses on empowering adults and children to expand their awareness, master their emotions, balance their energies, and break free from their pain by feeling it, alchemizing it, and transcending it so they can step into their divine purpose, now. 

“I believe we came here to be the heroes of our own stories and to do that we must be willing to feel the entirety of our story.”

 

Cassandra isn’t your typical coach. She is an Ascension Coach – living proof that by embodying your deepest desires and being in alignment with your intuition, you can achieve far greater heights of success, happiness, and abundance – and that the journey doesn’t have to be hard. It gets to be fun and playful. 

Those who work with Cass experience massive shifts in mental health, self-expression, financial wealth — and everything in between. 

Cass believes that when you awaken in one area, you awaken in all areas — and this is the pathway to a life of emotional liberation, self-transformation, and inner peace.

Cassandra teaches The NOWLEVELUP Method through workshops, classes, events, and coaches’ personal clients internationally. 

Cassandra has been told by thousands of people that she is the ‘Perfect Mirror,’ Why? 

Because she understands the depth of feeling unseen, unheard, unacknowledged and invalidated for the magic that lives within. 

And, she also knows the power, strength and courage it takes to walk the path of reconnecting back to one’s individual magic and understanding that the only one that can validate that magic is oneself.

THERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS OF SPREADING THE LIGHT : TO BE THE CANDLE OR THE MIRROR THAT REFLECTS IT

Edith Wharton

Guest Category: Business, Health & Lifestyle, Relationship Counseling, Philosophy, Psychology, Emotional Health and Freedom, Personal Development, Self Help, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: Musician, Educator, and Activist
Guest Biography:

STEFF REED

Steff Reed is a Musician, Educator, and Activist. By sharing his story, Reed shows others that they are not alone. He is a Black Man that loves and gives greatly, modeling that emotional sensitivity and compassion can make us stronger as a community.

As a singer, songwriter, producer and multi instrumentalist, Steff Reed is known to affect audiences with his spiritual, uplifting energy and song. He is unafraid to be vulnerable and open in his own story, sharing lessons of resilience, healing, self-betterment. Reed blends genres of folk rock, alternative rock, pop rock to culminate in inspirational, humanitarian messages.

Over the years, Reed has gained national acclaim as a producer and song-writer having worked with the likes of Trey Songz, Jhene Aiko, Eric Roberson, Swizz Beatz, Kenny Lattimore and Gordon Chambers on songs that made it to the Billboard Charts.

As an Educator, Reed has taught thousands of youth between the ages 4-24 over the last 15 years. In 2013, he was nominated for the GRAMMY Music Educator Award and taught a “Power of Love” workshop at NYU/Ed Sullivan Fellows.

Reed is currently building a Brooklyn-based non-profit, Power of Love, in partnership with Judson Memorial Church. His latest music project is of the same name. By using his social capital and influence, Reed is scaling his impact to empower wider audiences and impact real political change.

Steff is inspired by socially-conscious artists like John Lennon, Prince, Tracy Chapman, U2, Jean Michel Basquiat, and Jimi Hendrix.

Guest Category: Arts, Entertainment, Music
Guest Occupation: interfaith activist and leader, filmmaker and journalist
Guest Biography:

RUTH BROYDE SHARONE

Honored internationally for her interfaith activism and leadership, filmmaker/journalist Ruth Broyde Sharone is the creator of INTERFAITH: The Musical which has ignited the enthusiasm of people around the world eager to see their religious and cultural diversity reflected in mainstream theatres. Both lyricist and composer, she released her first album for the musical in 2015 and the second one in December 2021.

Eight songs were performed publicly to a full house at the Pico Union Project in LA in 2019.  She is currently completing the libretto.

A passionate interfaith activist for more than 30 years, Ruth pioneered ground-breaking interfaith pilgrimages to the Middle East in the 90s, was a co-founder and then served for 10 years as Co-Chair of the Southern California Parliament of the World’s Religions, and worked on the staff of the Global Parliament as well. She created a popular interfaith program on college campuses with her prize-winning film, God and Allah Need to Talk.   

Her riveting interfaith memoir, MINEFIELDS & MIRACLES, considered a “primer” on interfaith engagement, has received multiple literary awards and endorsements from 30 religious leaders including H.H. the Dalai Lama. Ruth also penned more than 60 articles for The Interfaith Observer, and co-authored the 2018 best-selling Amazon book, 21ST CENTURY VOICES: Women Who Influence, Inspire, and Make A Difference.

Among her many awards for inspirational interfaith leadership, in 2013 she was inducted into the Martin Luther King, Jr. Advisory Board at Morehouse College and recognized as an outstanding interfaith leader by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti in 2015.  She resides in Los Angeles.

 
Guest Category: Arts, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Comedy, History, Philosophy, Religion, Society and Culture
Guest Occupation: Holocaust Survivor, Storyteller, Author,
Guest Biography:

EVA PERLMAN

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

Albert Einstein

Eva was born in Berlin, Germany in 1932.

Her family survived WWII by hiding in the mountains of southern France.

Following her childhood in Germany and France, she has lived in Israel, Switzerland, England, Uganda, Canada, and now the U.S.

She has had several careers in many fields including healthcare, and her goal is to help people maintain and improve their health.

She was married for 32 years, has three children, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

She has always been a wonderful storyteller, and now published her autobiography: “Eva’s Uncommon Life
Guided by Miracles.”

Eva’s Uncommon Life – Guided by Miracles is an extraordinary life story that begins in hiding in the south of France during World War II, narrowly escaping capture by the Nazis. Eva Perlman’s autobiography details the first of many miracles that kept her family alive and permeated her long and rich life. After adventures, travel and hardships she ultimately found her purpose as a Holocaust survivor educating Jewish teens on the annual March of the Living. Perlman brings pearls of wisdom, humor and joie de vivre to her tale of love, loss and choosing happiness.

Eva, not only is your story so inspiring, but your genuine love of life is amazing.
Your jokes kept me laughing when I needed to feel good. Your conversation kept
me listening when I needed to be inspired, and your story kept me learning when
I needed to gain perspective.

-Bryan G., Student, BIE March of the Living, 2012

Eva’s positive outlook, ability to overcome hardship, and the ways in which she
has used her experiences to teach others about tolerance and respect are models
we should all strive to emulate in our own lives. This memoir is a beautiful and
honest reflection on a life well-lived

Maya Aharon, Director, Teen Experiential Education Programs, Builders of Jewish Education, Los Angeles

Guest Category: Entertainment, History, Philosophy, Psychology, Emotional Health and Freedom, Society and Culture
Guest Occupation: Nine-time foster mom and mother of four boys, actress, kundalini yoga teacher, reiki master, sound healer, nutritional specialist, coach, hypnotherapist
Guest Biography:

Jennifer Kelly is a nine-time foster mom and mother of four boys. Jennifer left a 16 year career in film and TV to become a postpartum doula, Kundalini yoga teacher with emphasis on PTSD and addiction, Reiki master, sound healer, Reiki Master, functional nutritional wellness specialist, certified hypnotherapist, wellness life coach and is CARE certified in Raindrop and Vitaflex techniques.

She owns and operates INlighten Community in Toluca Lake, CA. Jennifer started a Non Profit called For Land and People to bring comprehensive and alternative therapy programs, regenerative farming, housing and safe community to people around Los Angeles in need, with a focus on at-risk and foster youth.

Guest Category: Entertainment, Health & Lifestyle, Energy Healing, Yoga, Psychology, Emotional Health and Freedom, Personal Development, Self Help, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: Actor, Content Creator, Yoga and Meditation Teacher, Journalist
Guest Biography:

MARY JACOBSON

Mary Jacobson is For Land & People’s Acting COO and Content Creator. She has been teaching yoga and meditation in Los Angeles since 2008, with a focus on seniors with dementia and other severe impairments. Before taking up a yoga practice, Mary was a professional print and online journalist.

She has a BA in Humanities from the University of Louisville and an MS and journalism from Columbia University as well as kundalini Level 1 & 2 certifications, 200-hour RYT certification, and Accessible Yoga training. She is now devoting her skills and energy to For Land & People by helping to create the necessary content, operations, and structure to establish and support this inspirational endeavor.

Guest Category: Arts, Entertainment, Health & Lifestyle, Yoga, Personal Development, Self Help, Society and Culture, Spiritual, Meditation
Guest Occupation: Musician
Guest Biography:

OSHRI HAKAK

Oshri has been playing woodwind instruments for 25 years. He has had the opportunity to study oboe with Paul Sherman in Los Angeles and Joseph Robinson at Duke University, where he also studied psychology and management, as well as performed research in time perception. He has furthered his musical studies in his work with Guru Singh, practicing and offering meditative and yogic music for several years.

His main instruments are oboe and English horn, but in the past years have expanded to performing the duduk, penny whistle, Native American flute, and vocals. He is also an author and illustrator of several children’s books, and has a small food business that makes delicious carob bars. In this way he loves to nourish beings through sound, imagery, and food.

Guest Category: Performing Arts, Entertainment, Music, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: International Kirtan artist
Guest Biography:

NICK YOUNG

Nick Young has been exploring consciousness and spirituality through music on the sitar for over three decades. When Nick was 16 years old he was given his beloved instrument as a gift. It has been a conduit for his creative energy, a companion on his journey into inner realms and a vessel to contain his thoughts, feelings and emotions. Nick fuses eastern traditional music with contemporary sensibilities to create a unique blend of music that is beautiful, mysterious, transporting and enchanting.

Nick has a meditation music podcast called: Sitar Meditation Music.

Guest Category: Performing Arts, Entertainment, Music, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: Former Communications Director for CO House GOP Caucus, Director of Political Operations with the National Association
Guest Biography:

Austin Keith Christian Hein

Former Communications Director for CO House GOP Caucus

Austin serves as the Director of Political Operations with the National Association for Gun Rights. In this role, he manages and directs the political team to influence and shape national gun policy. He works to oppose gun grabs from federal politicians and agencies.

Previously, Austin worked as the Communications Director for Colorado House Republican Leader Patrick Neville. He also spent time working in Washington, D.C. for Congressman Thomas Massie (KY-4) as his Legislative Correspondent and Office Manager.

Austin is a native of Northern Colorado and lives there today. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Colorado State University in 2015. He first became an activist for gun rights in 2013, when the Colorado Legislature threatened to ban concealed carry permits on college campuses. Austin worked alongside gun rights groups such as Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and student groups like Young Americans for Liberty to oppose gun control efforts in Colorado.

https://www.facebook.com/HeinForTheHouse/
https://nationalgunrights.org/about-us/staff/austin-hein/
https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=545797

 

Guest Category: News, Politics & Government, Society and Culture
Guest Occupation: Author, Columnist
Guest Biography:

Scott S. Powell, has been an entrepreneur for 30+ years, founding two companies. He has been a fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution and is currently senior fellow at Discovery Institute. Having been a frequent guest on national radio and TV, he has also published 250 articles in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s Financial, New York Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Times, Chicago Tribune, Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, San Francisco Chronicle, San Diego Union, Florida Sun Sentinel, USA Today and some two dozen other newspapers and journals in the U.S., Japan and Europe. He has been called on twice to provide expert witness testimony for the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

His background has been shaped by the school of hard knocks. After working and saving, Scott took a leave of absence from undergraduate studies, back-packing around the world for several years to some 48 countries—chronicling poverty, oppression and dysfunction. After returning, he graduated from the University of Chicago (B.A. and M.A.) and received his Ph.D. from Boston University. This is his third book.

Guest Category: History, News, Politics & Government
Guest Occupation: Award winning Magician
Guest Biography:

After performing his first magic trick at the ripe-old age of two years old, Jake Schwartz was instantly hooked on magic. He never grew out of the magic within the tricks, and Jake is now one of the fastest-rising young stars of magic in the country.

Jake is an international award-winning magician who has performed all over the world, including fortune-500 companies like CBRE Real Estate, the Philadelphia Phillies, the Philadelphia Union, the world famous Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City, and he was the youngest headliner to ever sell out the esteemed Smoke and Mirrors Magic Theater in Philadelphia.

Outside of being a world-class magician, Jake is a huge Philadelphia Flyers and Penn State football fan, and an avid musician.

You can experience Jake's incredibly fun style of magic by clicking the button below, and by connecting with him on LinkedIn, or following him on Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok @TheMagicOfJakeSchwartz to be kept up to date with future shows/appearances!

Guest Category: Arts, Entertainment, Games & Hobbies, Kids & Family, Self Help, Variety
Guest Occupation: MD and author
Guest Biography:

Physician Overview

Medical School:

Stony Brook School of Medicine

Residency:

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Gender:

Male

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Medicine, Self Help, Variety
Guest Occupation: Founder and President of Paving The Way Foundation
Guest Biography:

Jan Edwards who is the Founder of Paving the Way Foundation. Jan is committed to empowering communities to be a fierce disruption in the cycle of child trafficking and online exploitation through highly engaging and empowering educational programs. Starting with its Award-Winning Film, Trapped in the Trade, the organization takes the audience through one girl’s journey of being targeted, groomed, recruited and trapped into child trafficking. This film does not have a happy ending, leaving the audience a little raw with hearts and eyes wide open to what they can do to prevent exploitation.  Join me tomorrow at 2:00pm PS-Time as I have this deep heart warming conversation with Ms. Jan Edwards who is also the writer and producer of the film Trapped In The Trade

Guest Category: Business, Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Philosophy, Politics & Government, Psychology, Self Help, Sex, Society and Culture
Guest Occupation: Retired Chief State of Connecticut Animal Control Unit and New England Federation of Humane Societies
Guest Biography:

Ray Connors served in a 34 Year Career with the CT Dept of Agriculture, State Animal Control Unit and was Chief from 2010 to 2018. He’s the Former President of the New England Federation of Humane Societies and Former President of CT Municipal Animal Control Association.

Ray served on the Governor’s Homeland Security &Emergency Management Advisory Committee and was a recipient of the Governor’s Service Award.

Ray’s a Former Board Member of National Alliance of State Animal and Agricultural Emergency Programs. Ray was a Certified Instructor with the Connecticut Police Academy 1988-2018.

Ray is also Co-founder and Instructor of the Connecticut Animal Control Officers Academy,
and a Former Member of Connecticut Hoarding Response Working Group.

Guest Category: News, Education, Health & Lifestyle, Pets and Animals, Psychology, Emotional Health and Freedom, Mental Health, Inspirational, Society and Culture