Moments with Marianne Radio Show Takes Center Stage with Meaningful Conversations

Highlighting transformative discussion with authors, screenwriters, music producers, and thought leaders

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, CA, UNITED STATES, August 17, 2026 – Moments with Marianne Radio Show, hosted by award-winning radio host Marianne Pestana, brings meaningful conversations with leading authors, thought leaders, experts, and change-makers to listeners across Southern California and around the world. Airing weekdays during prime drive-time on KMET 1490 AM and 98.1 FM, an ABC News Radio Affiliate, the show explores timely ideas and inspiring stories.

Moments with Marianne Radio Show welcomes:

What Nature Teaches Us with Amber Vilhauer

What if the greatest lessons your child will ever learn are waiting just outside the door? Amber Vilhauer explores the message behind her new book, What Nature Teaches Us: A Book About Being the Light. www.choosethelight.com

You Are the Parent with Dr. Siggie Cohen

Could your parenting style be hurting your children without you even realizing it? In You Are the Parent: Move from Overparenting to Balanced Parenting and Become the Leader Your Child Needs, Dr. Siggie Cohen offers insights for parents seeking a more balanced approach. http://www.drsiggie.com

EXES: An Action Film with Lee Ehlers

Can exes put aside their history long enough to survive the mission? Screenwriter Lee Ehlers brings listeners inside his action-packed new film, EXES, now streaming on Amazon. Ehlers is an award-winning screenwriter and producer with more than 15 years of professional experience writing for television and feature films. www.leethewriter.com Watch EXES on Amazon: www.primevideo.com/detail/0RUUS4XN1DOVX4HF2M3DDHS16I

Inside the World of The Goodpasture Chronicles with R.J. Halbert

Following the success of their bestselling, award-winning novels Caretaker & Servant, Rhonda and Jason Halbert return with Architect, the powerful final novel in The Goodpasture Chronicles. The authors share the story behind their gripping new release and the creative worlds that have shaped their work. Jason Halbert is an Emmy and Grammy Award-winning producer, songwriter, music director, and producer for Kelly Clarkson. Rhonda Halbert spent the past decade as a successful music and television manager, building strong relationships with labels, networks, and producers. www.rjhalbert.com

The Dancer’s Shadow with Som Phin

Can fantasy, time travel, and storytelling help preserve Cambodia’s rich history, folklore, and cultural heritage for future generations? Cambodian-American author Som Phin takes listeners into the world of her new novel, The Dancer’s Shadow. www.somphin.com

The Science of Frequency Healing with Michael Upstone

What if frequency could play a role in supporting the body’s natural ability to heal? Michael Upstone examines the ideas in his Frequency Healing book series and his work with Keep Health Scientific Research. With more than 18 years of experience working with advanced home health technologies, Upstone serves as President of Keep Health Scientific Research, an international health research association based in Austria. www.keephealthresearch.org

Born Aware with Diane Brandon

What if your very first memory happened before you were born? Diane Brandon shares insights from her book, Born Aware: Stories & Insights from Those Spiritually Aware Since Birth. Brandon is an author, Integrative Intuitive Counselor, Intuition Teacher, Business Consultant, and speaker specializing in personal path, growth, and dream interpretation. www.dianebrandon.com

Future-Proof Your Brain with Neuroscientist Dr. Tommy Wood

Could the choices you make today help keep your mind sharper, stronger, and more resilient for decades to come? Neuroscientist Dr. Tommy Wood explores the ideas behind his book, The Stimulated Mind: Future-Proof Your Brain from Dementia and Stay Sharp at Any Age. Wood is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience at the University of Washington, where his research focuses on brain health across the lifespan. www.drtommywood.com

The Nature Embedded Mind with Julie Brams

What if the key to improving mental health, reducing anxiety, and creating a healthier future lies in reconnecting with the natural world? Julie Brams, MA, LMFT, considers this question in her Nautilus Award-winning book, The Nature Embedded Mind: How the Way We Think Can Heal Our Planet and Ourselves. www.juliebrams.com

We Need to Talk About Cancer with Dr. Sanjay Juneja

How do we talk about cancer with less fear and greater understanding? Dr. Sanjay Juneja offers perspective from his book, We Need to Talk About Cancer: An Important Book for Patients, Family, and Friends. He is a triple board-certified hematologist and medical oncologist serving as Vice President of AI & Medical Informatics for Tempus AI. http://www.sjunejamd.com

Life Beyond the Binge with Colleen Clifford

How do you know when “just one more” becomes too much? Colleen Clifford recounts the story behind her book, Life Beyond the Binge: A Commercial Fisherwoman’s Journey Home. Clifford has spent more than three decades in the commercial fishing industry, living and working at sea for months at a time aboard one of the largest vessels in the Bering Sea. www.lifebeyondthebinge.com/book

Moments with Marianne Radio Show airs weekdays at 8:06 a.m. PT / 11:06 a.m. ET, and Sundays at 10:06 a.m. PT / 1:06 p.m. ET on KMET 1490 AM and 98.1 FM. Episodes are available internationally on major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Audible, Pandora, YouTube, and more.
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To learn more about Moments with Marianne Radio Show and interview opportunities, visit: www.MariannePestana.com

Celebrating Robyn Vogel’s powerful new book Come Back To Love

Are you tried of living in Heartbreak? Robyn Vogel’s powerful new book, Come Back To Love: A Path to Healing, offers a science-backed, trauma-informed path to healing relationship patterns, breaking pain cycles, and opening your heart to lasting love. If you are ready to understand why certain patterns repeat, release emotional pain, and reconnect with self-worth and healthy love, this book provides practical guidance and compassionate insight for the journey.

Come Back to Love offers a deeply moving and beautifully written path for those ready to heal heartbreak and reconnect with the love that already exists within. Robyn Vogel weaves emotional insight, trauma-informed wisdom, and spiritual depth into guidance that feels grounded and genuinely transformative. Readers are invited to explore the emotional, mental, and embodied patterns that shape relationships and self-worth through a whole-person approach to healing. The guidance is compassionate, practical, and deeply respectful of the healing process, offering reflections and tools that can be naturally integrated into daily life. At its core, the message centers on returning home to yourself while nurturing deeper self-love, emotional healing, and authentic connection in life and relationships.

Available now on Amazon: https://a.co/d/03hHlLTb

From Intentional Conscious Parenting to Spiritually Aware Parenting by Efrat Shokef, PhD

Observing our local and broader international realities, we are invited to tune back into our hearts. Tune into our hearts, and from there into the possible for humanity. Awakening, remembering, shifting back to a worldview of LOVE, of unity, and of care.

Raising children in such turbulent times invites our intentionality. This invitation extends beyond our intention to provide, care, mend family wounds, and become better in all the ways that brought lack into our lives as we grew up. We are invited to be intentional about every choice, every word, and every moment of our shared time, because every moment counts. It can be an aligned soul moment or an unaligned one, shining light on what we are invited to transform.

With growing awareness, more and more parents and inspiring humans walking with or by children embrace intentionality in every interaction. More and more parents and significant adults to little ones become conscious of who they are and who their children are, and grow in their power as choice makers. However, there is an aspect that many skip, avoid, or fear exploring. An aspect woven into who we are: our (beyond religion) spirituality, the energy we are, the more that we each are. This is where Spiritually Aware Parenting comes in, not to replace but to add to other intentional and conscious parenting approaches.

Spiritually Aware Parenting adds three aspects to our approach to parenting and raising little ones (and sometimes also ourselves): 

1. Parents and Children are on a Shared Journey. 

Old paradigms focus on raising children to fit in, grow into adults who fit into their social environment, and succeed in what their environment perceives as success. They focused on hierarchy. Parents and elders know what it takes to survive, and be a human, and children must learn all the do’s and don’ts. A one-directional relationship. 

As we open ourselves to the spiritual, energetic, and the more that we are, we are invited to shift our mindset and open our hearts to seeing and walking by the children in our lives as equals. Embracing the teachings they offer. The invitations they present. Accepting them as our teachers. Reminding us of who we, too, are. 

Accepting our children as teachers does not make us students only. It is a shared dance. We guide them on being human in this time and in our local environment, which is most likely one of the reasons they chose us as their parents. They remind us of who we were before we embraced the human way as the only way.

2. We Are All More Than Just Our Human Physical Selves. 

Children are still connected to the more that they are. Sensing energy, conversing with nature’s children. Connected to their spiritual guidance. As we embrace Spiritually Aware Parenting, we are invited to awaken to and embody these same qualities within ourselves. Open up to our energetic self, nourish our children, and guide them on how to stay aligned with the energetic, soul, spiritual and the more that they are and will be, within their human form, and along their human journey. 

Guiding children on how to care for their energy, cleanse, or nourish is not yet part of the common child-rearing curriculum. Spiritually Aware Parenting invites our attention and intentionality to these aspects of our shared journey.

3. Raising Children Who Stay True to Who They Are

The wish and prayer of almost every spiritually aware parent is to find a way to guide their children in staying true to their beauty. Beauty that is the expression of their soul, their wisdom beyond time, and their luminosity, weaved into who they chose to be in human form in this lifetime. 

As we forget our soul promises to ourselves, we cannot know what soul promises our children made to themselves. As we embrace Spiritually Aware Parenting, we are invited to take responsibility. We embrace their choice in our potential and do what needs to be done, in any healing modality that works for us, to heal, resolve, see, know, and become our beautiful potential. It is only when we walk our soul’s path and beauty that we can create the conditions our children need to stay aligned to their soul’s path and luminosity.

We are raising the future leaders. Luminous leaders who will need to be in their power as responsibility shifts to them. Raising them to stay aligned with their blueprint, soul’s wisdom, and the Love they all are is the key, and our contributions to growing ethical co-creators. Co-creators who will lead with care and Love for all of Mother Earth’s children.

As more and more parents and significant adults to little ones, and growing ones (teens…) awaken to the possibilities available to us today, and as more and more families open their hearts to the invitation embedded in the shared journey with the children in their lives, we raise and nourish our energetic vibrations. 

Every step we take to stay true to who we are and grow into who we are ripples, inviting others to align as well.

One by one. Family by family. Community by community.

Efrat Shokef, PhD, is the author of award-winning books: The Promise We Made: Three Universal Soul Promises We Made to Our Children and UniverSoul Promises: Foundations for Creating the Conditions Our Children Need to Thrive in Times of Transformation. She is a mother, writer, cosmic-journeyer, and shamanic energy-healing practitioner who works primarily with children, teens, parents, and families worldwide. Learn more at www.efratshokef.com

Ditte Young’s What The Horse Whispers Becomes Instant #1 Bestseller in Multiple Categories

Ditte Young’s What The Horse Whispers Becomes Instant #1 Bestseller in Multiple Categories

Exciting news is reaching readers, horse lovers, and those drawn to the spiritual human-animal connection. Ditte Young’s book, What The Horse Whispers: A Deeper Understanding of the Horse’s Mind and Heart, is now officially released and continues to hold #1 New Release status on Amazon in multiple categories, along with reaching #1 Bestseller status across multiple categories.

This recognition reflects the growing global interest in understanding telepathic and intuitive communication between horses and humans. Readers are resonating with Ditte Young’s perspective, which explores how horses communicate emotionally, energetically, and telepathically, offering insight into the depth of awareness horses hold.

What The Horse Whispers invites readers into a deeper exploration of the horse’s inner world through the lens of telepathic communication and intuitive awareness. The book moves beyond traditional training frameworks and instead focuses on emotional presence, energetic attunement, and the subtle signals that shape trust and connection between a horse and human. Through accessible storytelling and practical insight, the book helps readers:

• Understand how horses communicate through emotional and energetic signals

• Recognize intuitive and telepathic impressions that can occur in horse and human relationships

• Build safer, more trusting partnerships through deeper listening and awareness

• Develop greater self-awareness through interaction with horses

• Explore how telepathic communication can strengthen connection and mutual understanding

This perspective speaks not only to equestrians, but also to readers interested in consciousness, intuition, and telepathic communication. Holding both #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release rankings signals strong reader demand and ongoing community support. It also positions What The Horse Whispers as a meaningful voice in the growing space where intuitive communication, animal awareness, and human consciousness intersect.

Reader interest continues to grow in areas that explore emotional intelligence, energetic awareness, and relationship-based approaches to working with animals. Ditte Young’s work arrives at a time when many horse owners and equine professionals are exploring deeper, more connected ways of working, understanding and caring for their horses.

What The Horse Whispers: A Deeper Understanding of the Horse’s Mind and Heart is available now, with continued momentum across equine, personal growth, and animal communication communities.

Learn more or to order this bestselling book visit Amazon here!

Dr. Danielle Armour Achieves Amazon #1 Bestseller Status Across Three Categories

Dr. Danielle Armour Achieves Amazon #1 Bestseller Status Across Three Categories: A Milestone for Somatic Healing and Women’s Health

Achievement in the publishing world reflects more than rankings. It signals that a message has reached people at the exact moment they need it most. The recent Amazon #1 Bestseller recognition earned by Dr. Danielle Armour across three categories highlights a growing global shift toward science-backed, body-centered approaches to healing, stress regulation, and women’s health for her book Awaken Your Body, Awaken Your Desire: Using Science to Heal Your Stress & Find Your Sexual Vitality.

A Turning Point in How We Understand Stress and Healing

Chronic stress is no longer viewed as just an emotional experience. Research continues to confirm that stress lives in the body, influencing nervous system regulation, hormone balance, immune function, and overall wellbeing. Dr. Armour’s work focuses on somatic healing, a method that helps individuals reconnect with their bodies to process and release stored stress responses. Somatic healing moves beyond traditional talk-based frameworks by helping individuals:

• Recognize physical stress patterns

• Reset nervous system responses

• Rebuild safety signals within the body

• Restore emotional and physiological balance

This approach is especially powerful for women, whose health concerns are often closely tied to stress load, hormonal shifts, and emotional labor.

Why This Bestseller Achievement Matters for Women’s Health

The growing visibility of somatic healing reflects a broader movement in women’s healthcare. More women are seeking solutions that address root causes rather than symptom management alone. Dr. Armour’s work supports women in areas such as:

• Stress regulation and nervous system recovery

• Emotional healing and trauma-informed care

• Reconnection to body awareness and intuition

• Restoring confidence and self-trust

• Improving overall mental and physical resilience

The bestseller milestone demonstrates strong demand for resources that empower women to understand their bodies through both science and lived experience.

The Rising Demand for Nervous System Education

Modern life places constant pressure on the nervous system. Increased screen exposure, work demands, caregiving roles, and global uncertainty all contribute to chronic activation of stress responses. Education around nervous system regulation is becoming essential, not optional. Readers are increasingly looking for tools that help them:

• Recognize fight, flight, freeze, or fawn responses

• Develop daily nervous system reset practices

• Build emotional regulation skills

• Support long-term mental and physical health

Dr. Armour’s work contributes to this educational shift by making complex neurobiological concepts accessible and actionable.

Somatic Healing and the Future of Mind-Body Medicine

Healthcare is moving toward integrative models that recognize the inseparable relationship between mind and body. Somatic-based practices are now being integrated into:

• Psychotherapy models

• Trauma recovery programs

• Women’s health treatment plans

• Stress and burnout recovery protocols

• Preventative wellness frameworks

The success of this work reflects growing public awareness that healing must include the body, not just cognition.

Celebrating Leadership in Transformational Women’s Wellness

Reaching #1 bestseller status across three Amazon categories is more than a publishing achievement. It is validation that readers are ready for new models of healing that are evidence-informed, body-aware, and empowering. Dr. Danielle Armour’s contribution helps expand the conversation around women’s health, stress recovery, and somatic healing into mainstream awareness. This milestone marks continued momentum toward a future where women have access to tools that support both emotional and physiological wellbeing.

Movements in health and wellness often begin with one voice willing to present a new perspective. When that perspective reaches bestseller status, it signals collective readiness for change. Somatic healing is no longer niche. It is becoming foundational to how stress, trauma, and long-term wellness are understood and treated. Dr. Danielle Armour’s achievement stands as both a professional milestone and a meaningful step forward for women’s health, stress science, and integrative healing worldwide.

To learn more or order your book visit Amazon here!