All presidents are not created equally. By making this day more generic and watered down, we reduce it's value and our history. Washington! Lincoln! strike a response. They deserve our attention and respect. Does Gerald Ford and many others deserve equal billing? President's Day washes over accomplishments and individual significance. Take a listen. 

Why do some people get off certain holidays while others don't? Public employees get them off whereas many corporate employees do not. 

Does this diminish our national heritage? Take a listen.

How often do you give life 100%? How often do you give yourself 100%?

Let's commit together and win together. 

Dogma comes in many ways. Has it delivered you? 

A Peace of My Mind is a multimedia arts project, created by award-winning photographer John Noltner, that uses portraits and personal stories to bridge divides and encourage dialogue around important issues. Through exhibits, workshops, lectures, and distance learning, A Peace of My Mind leads transformative experiences that help a polarized world rediscover the common humanity that connects us.

He and his wife sold their house in October of 2020, bought an RV and are traveling the country interviewing people who are finding creative solutions to our most challenging issues.

There was a beautiful lesson learned from these innocent flowers at the beach. 

Jason is a China specialist with a deep understanding of China and the Chinese economy. He helps people understand China, our changing world, and what it means for individuals, families, and businesses. I can discuss global political tensions, the global economy, and China's impact on different economic sectors and ways of life. He helps people understand China, how it is different, and where it is headed. He seeks to give people context to better navigate our fast changing world.

Learn more at https://www.jasonszeftel.com/ 

We're taught to want to possess to buy and we'll be happy. To build your life on a pile of things and we'll be happy. To suppress and work and fill rather than fulfill an inner calling where there is no judgement or want--where there is only unconditional love.

Building a world of things and separation to make you happy. So, are you happy? Are you fulfilled?

Is our education system working?  Dr. Brown and I dive deep into where it succeeds and where it fails us. 

We often feel alone, but can you feel alone on a team with a like minded purpose? Can you be depressed and isolated while receiving high fives? Aren't we all looking for a team and like minded people in this world with a similar purpose? 

It's easy to feel isolated and small, but can you be when connected to a broader truth? Isn't that where purpose is found?

Recently retired economics teacher Mark Ryall. 

Age-Decoded is his first novel. It addresses the question: What could possibly go wrong with the advent of CRISPR genetic engineering technology?

 Genetic engineering is about to explode in our near-future world. Many applications will be very positive, such as possible eradication of Cystic Fibrosis, cancer, sight disorder, HIV, Alzheimers, to mention a few. 

However, as with any new technology, humans must be careful to harness it safely and humanely.  

Kira is the author of  CONSTELIS VOSS, "The anime-inspired, psychological sci-fi trilogy nobody asked for, but everyone (probably) deserves. Karma's a bitch."

Here is the summary:

"Long after humanity reached the stars, and recreated earth in all its vices, one (totally unhinged) man finds himself lost not only in a robotic body, but in the chapters of his prior life (circa 1997).

Knowing what came before—and finding familiar faces to help him—is the only way to survive.

Not just for him, but for the billions that call this planet-sized ship, home."

Kira is insightful, creative, and funny. Enjoy.

Christian De La Huerta is a sought-after spiritual teacher, personal transformation coach and leading voice in the breathwork community. He has traveled the world offering inspiring and transformational retreats combining psychological and spiritual teachings with lasting and life-changing effects. An award-winning, critically acclaimed author, he has spoken at numerous universities and conferences and on the TedX stage. His new book, Awakening the Soul of Power, was described by multiple Grammy Award–winner Gloria Estefan as “a balm for the soul of anyone searching for truth and answers to life’s difficult questions.” 

He grew up in Cuba during the Castro takeover and had to flee the country with his family.

From shy, introverted child filled with self-doubt to internationally renowned speaker.

His new book, Awakening the Soul of Power, has strong messages about authentic self-expression and personal empowerment. For anyone who has struggled with issues around relationships, self-doubt, or a sense of purpose. The book explores how we step into power in a different way that's not about hierarchy, control, fear, force or domination.

The book's message can help you transform your relationship to power so you can stop selling out your personal power to fears and pain and can free yourselves from self-sabotaging behaviors. 

It can also help you heal toxic relationship patterns and negotiate power struggles more effectively. On a macro scale, issues of power and the abuse of power have been integral to our society. Globally, power is up for all of us to look at—and choose: What kind of leadership do we want? What kind of world?

More information about his work can be found at www.SoulfulPower.com. 

A college dropout, Nate Rifkin was lost and suicidal, broke and bankrupt, standing on the street corner making minimum wage holding billboard signs when an ancient meditation changed his life.

Now he's a successful marketer and author, married, and is studying to become a Daoist priest and get his Doctorate in Chinese Energetic Medicine.

He is the author of The Standing Meditation.

Listen to his story, it may just help you with your own. 

So many people feel isolated, alone, and powerless, not living their most authentic selves, but their weakest. Why is this? The ego? Culture? Lack of fairness? 

Why isn't the world the harmonious place that many feel inside themselves? It often comes down to, are you interconnected or disconnected? Take a listen.

 Dieter Randolph is a third-generation minister, writer, coach, and teacher.

From his bio:

"I am on fire to find ways to take the spiritual experience beyond the traditional church setting. With that idea in mind, I've spoken and taught in countless venues and formats, all over the country. Wherever I find myself, people find me.... I am here to help you find a life that you love, one that feeds you instead of making you feel tired. We’re all in this together. When you win, so does the world."

Listen to the lively conversation diving deep into what drives us, ails us, and ultimately sets us free.

Are you expanding into the infinite riding on an energy wave? Or are you collapsing like a star upon yourself when the moment feels like a straitjacket you're stuck in. Take a listen.

Highly entertaining interview with "slightly deranged author" (as he puts it!) of the highly popular Nightlord Series. The series has orcs, dragons, wizards , witches, magicians, and vampires, and all with very interesting twists. 

These are monster sized books, many over 700 pages. He just released his 7th book in the series 

Nightlord: Fugue 

Once you listen to the interview you will understand how active his mind is and how he produces such sizeable tomes and such a funny fantastical world.

Fulfilled or Sad?  Either way we're going to die. Time doesn't care, do you?

Now that I turned fifty I care a WHOLE lot more.

Check out my blogs and books at douglasrobbinsauthor.com

For many years Reyna practiced as an appellate court attorney with New York State's public defender's office before turning to writing full time. Her debut novel, UNREASONABLE DOUBTS, was named a finalist for the Women's Fiction Writers Association Star Award in 2019. Her first novel for children, MY NAME IS LAYLA, came out in January, 2021, and Reyna's latest novel, BOTH ARE TRUE, will be published in October, 2021. To learn more, please visit reynamardergentin.com.

Take a listen to our fascinating conversation about the courts and Reyna's legal eagle books. Anyone interested in courtroom dramas, this is for you.

I can be found at www.douglasrobbinsauthor.com