When your life is turned upside down, can that time be a gateway to higher consciousness?

Valerie Gangas is a speaker, transformational life coach, and author who specializes in helping people gain a deeper understanding of who they are, so they can genuinely thrive and unleash their magic more fully. She has worked alongside the David Lynch Foundation and Oprah Winfrey, speaking to large groups nationwide about meditation and the benefits of expanding consciousness, and has contributed to Thrive Global and Spirituality & Health. She lives in the Midwest. www.valeriegangas.com 

Do you have trouble connecting with your own worth?

Durgadas Allon Duriel is a licensed clinical social worker and a certified holistic health practitioner working in private practice. He is a formal practitioner of magic with more than twenty years of experience and has practiced Yoga and meditation for over fifteen years. He holds a master’s degree in social welfare from UCLA. http://www.durgadasallonduriel.com

Is there a guide for men to use to combat their shadow and find freedom?

Connor Beaton is the founder of ManTalks, an international organization dedicated to the personal and professional growth of men. He is an entrepreneur, writer, keynote speaker, and facilitator dedicated to building better men. Connor has spoken to large corporate brands, nonprofits, schools, and international organizations such as the United Nations, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Apple, TED, and Entrepreneurs’ Organization. www.connorbeaton.com

Is it time to change what we think about menopause?

Susan Willson, CNM, is a Yale-educated certified nurse midwife and certified clinical thermographer with more than 40 years of experience in the women’s health field. She has taught at Omega Institute and is a frequent lecturer for the American College of Nurse-Midwives, where she lectures on women’s health and the emotional work of menopause. She lives and practices in Stone Ridge, New York. See makingsenseofmenopause.com

Can compassionate accountability improve our lives?

Marc Lesser is a CEO, Zen teacher, author, and leads trainings and talks worldwide. He has led mindfulness and emotional intelligence programs at many of the world’s leading businesses and organizations including Google, SAP, Genentech, and Kaiser. https://marclesser.net

Do you know how to manifest a new life based on processing your emotions?

Sherianna Boyle, MEd, CAGS, is an international Emotional Detox Coach and the author of nine books, including Emotional Detox Now. She has been featured in over 90 articles and is a presenter for renowned organizations such as PESI® Behavioral and Mental Health Education, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, 1440 Multiversity, and more. She is an adjunct psychology professor and founder of Emotional Detox Coaching®. She lives in Massachusetts. For more, visit sheriannaboyle.com.

Is it possible to improve our memory?

Andrew E. Budson, MD majored in chemistry and philosophy at Haverford College before receiving his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Budson is Professor of Neurology at Boston University, Lecturer in Neurology at Harvard Medical School, and Chief of Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology at the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System. His career combines education, research, and clinical care to help those with memory disorders. Budson is also the author of Seven Steps to Managing Your Memory and Six Steps to Managing Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia, both also available from Oxford.

Elizabeth A. Kensinger, PhD majored in psychology and biology at Harvard University and received her PhD in neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University and the Massachusetts General Hospital, she joined the faculty of Boston College, where she is now Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. She directs a research laboratory that investigates many aspects of human memory, including how emotion, stress, and sleep affect memory, and how memory strengths shift as adults age. She also teaches courses on these topics.

Are there ways to tap into your mind to supercharge your writing?

Tzivia Gover is the author of several books including The Mindful Way to a Good Night’s Sleep and Joy in Every Moment. A Certified Dreamwork Professional and the education director for the Institute for Dream Studies, Gover has led numerous workshops and panels about dreams, mindfulness, and writing, and she holds an MFA in writing from Columbia University. She is an active member of the International Association for the Study of Dreams and the founder of 350 Dreamers, an international network of people who dream together for global healing. https://thirdhousemoon.com

Is there a mystical system for harnessing divine inspiration in your writing?

Sherri Mandell is an award-winning writer who has contributed to numerous magazines and journals, including USA Today, The Times of Israel, Hadassah Magazine, and the Jerusalem Post. She is the author of several books, including a spiritual memoir The Blessing of a Broken Heart, which won a National Jewish Book Award in 2004. She holds a master’s degree in creative writing and studied Kabbalah with teachers in Jerusalem. For the past 20 years, she and her husband have directed the Koby Mandell Foundation in Israel whose flagship program is Camp Koby, a therapeutic sleep-away camp for bereaved children. She lives in Israel. https://www.kobymandell.org/sherri-mandell 

Can a near-death experience offer lessons of wisdom, while offering profound clarity on how to claim your inner light?

Jacob Cooper holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Jacob is also a Certified Reiki Master, Certified Hypnotherapist, and specializes in Past Life Regression Therapy. As a psychotherapist, Jacob works with individuals, groups, and families in managing emotional barriers, promoting improved wellness, and resiliency. Jacob incorporates mindfulness and a spiritual approach to focus on the connection between the mind, body, and spirit. In effect, this teaches individuals how to improve their cognitive processing and shift their perspectives.  https://jacoblcooper.com

Do you know about the new science around healing trauma? 

MaryCatherine (MC) McDonald, PhD. I’m a research professor and life coach who specializes in the psychology of trauma, stress, and resilience. I have spent over a decade researching, publishing, and lecturing on the psychology, neuroscience, and lived experience of trauma. I am passionate about destigmatizing mental health issues in general, and empowering people to heal by giving them science-based tools to gain mastery over their own experience.  https://alchemycoaching.life 

Do you need to release the burden of transgenerational legacies and reclaim your life?

Anuradha Dayal-Gulati, PhD, is an energy practitioner and transformational coach with a Ph.D. in economics. After fifteen years in finance and academia, she began a new path of helping people release the past and reclaim their power. Trained in flower essence therapy and family constellation therapy. https://healyourancestralroots.com/

Have you ever wondered why we keep secrets and what motivates us to spill them?

Michael Slepian, PhD,  is the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia University. A recipient of the Rising Star Award from the Association for Psychological Science, he is the leading expert on the psychology of secrets. Slepian has authored more than fifty articles on secrecy, truth, and deception. His research has been covered by The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, the BBC, NPR, and more. http://www.columbia.edu/~ms4992/ 

What would it be like to work in trenches of California’s busiest 911 systems as both a paramedic and psychic? 

Sarah K. Grace is a powerful and dynamic individual who spent fifteen years merging her career as a paramedic in some of California’s busiest 911 systems with her innate clairvoyant & intuitive abilities. Able to see, hear, and feel energy outside the normal senses since the age of seven, Sarah overcame great adversity and addiction in her early life as a result of physical abuse and poor family dynamics. After many years of struggle she ultimately turned her trauma into wisdom by healing herself and then using her psychic abilities in critical 911 settings to help thousands of patients deal with life and death emergencies. https://www.sarahkgrace.com

Do our family dynamics dictate how we feel about ourselves?

Elaine Carney Gibson, LMFT, LPC, is a practicing psychotherapist of almost 50 years. She sees individuals, couples, and families, specializing in relationship therapy. She taught graduate courses in marriage and family therapy for many years and is the director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Training Institute of The Link Counseling Center in Atlanta, Georgia. https://www.elainecarneygibson.com 

Can you remember the last time that you felt pure joy, ease, bliss and happiness?

Rachel Macy Stafford is the New York Times bestselling author of Hands Free Mama, Hands Free Life, Only Love Today, and Live Love Now.  Rachel is a certified special education teacher whose personal strategies are universal invitations to embrace life with urgency and cultivate connection despite the distractions of our culture. Rachel’s work has been featured on CNN, Today Show, Good Morning America, Global News, TIME.com, as well as in hundreds of other online and print publications. https://www.handsfreemama.com

Do you know about the ancient essay of one thousand characters? 

Kazuaki Tanahashi, a Japanese-trained calligrapher, is the pioneer of the genre of “one-stroke painting” as well as the creator of multicolor enso (Zen circles). His brushwork has been shown in exhibitions in galleries, museums, and universities all over the world. Tanahashi is the author of over forty books, including Painting Peace, Heart of the Brush, and The Heart Sutra.

Susan O’Leary is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has studied calligraphy with Kazuaki Tanahashi for many years. She is the author of several books, and as part of a team of writers and historians, in 2009 received the Independent Press Book of the Year Award for best book in education for Wisconsin: Our State, Our Story. 

Are you struggling with challenges or addictions?

Steven Washington is a former professional dancer who performed on Broadway in Disney’s The Lion King, his love of movement inspired him to become the highly acclaimed Qigong and Pilates teacher that he is today. Steven lives a joyful life of recovery and is passionate about helping others as they navigate towards health and happiness.  He teaches Core Qigong, a fusion of Pilates and Qigong, online weekly through his website. www.stevenwashingtonexperience.com