Moments with Marianne

The Well Dressed Brand is the brainchild of Founder and Chief Style Officer Toi Sweeney, an award-winning fashion stylist, brand image strategist, speaker, entrepreneur, certified Fascination Advantage™ coach, and the author of Secrets of a Well Dressed Brand. From founding her own design firm, Her Majesty the Queen, to managing the image of almost 30 TV personalities at the leading home shopping network, she uses her background to tell original stories through fashion. https://www.toisweeney.com 

Megan Angelo’s writing has appeared in publications like the New York Times (where she helped launch city comedy coverage), Glamour (where she was a contributing editor and wrote a column on women and television) and Elle (where she has written about everything from Lauren Conrad’s Instagram to NRA TV).  http://www.meganangelo.com 

Jude Morrow was born in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1990. Jude currently works as a social worker and is a specialist in the care of older people and Dementia care. Jude was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome at 11 although lived many years in denial of his diagnosis. Jude is now a campaigner and advocate for those living with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Jude has one son Ethan who was born in 2013. Jude’s debut book Why Does Daddy Always Look So Sad? is an account of Jude’s early life growing up with Asperger’s and the journey from denial to acceptance in adulthood.  https://www.judemorrow.com

Tom Voss served as an infantry scout in the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment’s scout-sniper platoon. While deployed in Iraq, he participated in hundreds of combat and humanitarian missions. Voss’s journey across America was captured on film by Emmy®-nominated documentary filmmaker Michael Collins. In November 2017 Almost Sunrise was broadcast nationally as part of the P.O.V. documentary series on PBS, resulting in an Emmy nomination.  https://www.themeditatingvet.com 

For several decades, Catherine Weissenberg has been sharing her unique ability to communicate and dialogue with God, the deceased, and coma patients. To retain a lasting record of these communications, Catherine writes the conversations longhand as they occur, calling them “Writings.” www.loveality.net 

Jocelyn has spent most of her life in California, but was educated on the East Coast and in Europe. She has a bachelor’s degree in International Studies and a law degree. For many years prior to writing Beyond Ever After, Jocelyn was a lawyer, working with divorcing couples, criminal defendants, and in general litigation. With some surprise and apprehension as the selected messenger, she welcomes the reader into the story of her life just before and after Kevin’s death. http://www.beyondeverafter.com

When former collegiate athlete and competitive skydiver, Sydney Williams, unexpectedly found herself on the receiving end of a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis, while grappling with unresolved trauma from a decades-old sexual assault, she set out on a mission: turn her pain into power. Two hikes across Catalina Island and 80 miles later, she founded Hiking My Feelings® to help others tap into the mind-body connection and healing power of nature that helped kick her self-limiting beliefs and disease into remission. https://hikingmyfeelings.org 

Susie Levan is a spiritual warrior, author, philanthropist, community leader, certified non-denominational pastoral counselor, hypnotherapist, teacher of meditation, life coach, and Reiki master/teacher. For the last 30 years, she has been teaching the importance of meditation and helping women live their best lives. She channeled two meditations CDs with GRAMMY® nominee and new age musician Steven Halpern. She founded The Work-Life Balance Institute for Women (a 501c3 nonprofit) and founded and published Balance Magazine, a magazine for women directed towards personal growth and self-development.   https://www.gettingtoforgiveness.com 

Angelou Ezeilo is founder and CEO of the Greening Youth Foundation. A leading social entrepreneur, she was a 2016 Ashoka Fellow, is a member of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights’ Women in Solidarity Society and is on the boards of the Atlanta Audubon Society and the South Fork Conservancy. She is also an advisory Board Member for the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area and Outdoor Afro, and she is on the Steering Committee for the new Children’s Wellbeing Initiative — a network of 22 changemakers working together to promote children’s wellbeing across the country.  www.gyfoundation.org

Dondeena Bradley, PhD., is an expert in identifying the benefits of holistic health practices and translating them into practical approaches that people can adopt into their lives. She has spent thousands of hours challenging teams to deliver breakthroughs in health and wellness innovation in diverse cultures at a number of Fortune 500 companies, and she has shared her conviction at TEDxOrangeCoast in the talk “Let’s Create a Society Addicted to Health.” Her formal education includes a doctor of philosophy in food science from The Ohio State University and a master of science in nutrition from Purdue University. https://dondeena.com 

Tammy Wise is an author, certified private trainer and group fitness instructor who was a professional dancer on Broadway. She has certifications and licenses in reflexology, Chinese herbology, Tui Na acupressure, Eastern nutrition and meditation and is an ordained Tao minister. She is nationally recognized as a mind-body fitness expert and her work has been published in New York Magazine, Dance Spirit, Body & Soul, Mind Body & Spirit Fitness, Natural Health, Longevity, Shape and Time Out New York. This manual won her a Transformational Author award and she has blogged for Medium, Thrive Global and Martha Stewart’s Whole Living. https://bodylogos.com

Sam Beasley is a successful businessman entrepreneur who uses spiritual principles to establish and build and run his businesses. He is a charismatic speaker and dynamic workshop leader whose mission is to share what he’s learned so that others may become successful and fulfilled as well.  https://yourlifeisyourprayer.com 

Maryann Ridini Spencer writes themes of Aloha …penning award-winning novels and writing and producing critically-acclaimed projects for film & television. She also works as a TV and print food & lifestyle journalist, and recipe developer/chef. Maryann is also the creator, writer, producer, and host of the award-winning healthy living cooking series, cookbooks, and blog, Simply Delicious Living with Maryann®. The series is broadcast on PBS-TV station KVCR in Southern California, DirecTV, DishTV, and to a global audience on Roku.  http://simplydeliciousliving.com

Linda Carroll, MS, is a writer, therapist, seminar leader, keynote speaker, and private coach to couples, individuals, and families. Carroll lives in Corvallis, Oregon, with her husband of thirty-five years and their Jack Russell terrier. She has five children and nine grandchildren. https://lindaacarroll.com 

Sarah Byrn Rickman has written nine books about the WASP of World War II. A journalist first, Sarah began that career at The Detroit News and concluded it as editor of the Centerville-Bellbrook Times (Ohio).  A graduate of Vanderbilt University, she majored in English and, in 1996, earned her Masters degree in Creative Writing from Antioch University Midwest. She earned her Sport Pilot license in 2011, flying a sweet little Aeronca Champ, a taildragger aircraft that she lands on a grass runway. https://sarahbyrnrickman.com 

Shelley Paxton is an author, speaker, and transformational coach. She spent twenty-six years as a highly regarded marketing and advertising executive stewarding some of the world’s most iconic brands, including Harley-Davidson, Visa, McDonald’s, and AOL. In 2016 she left the corporate world to become Chief Soul Officer of her life and, ultimately, her own company. She launched Soulbbatical with the mission to liberate the souls of leaders and organizations by inspiring them to realize their greatest purpose, possibility, and impact.As a certified professional coach, she works with executives at Fortune 100 companies, and with fellow rebel soul individuals and entrepreneurs. https://soulbbatical.com 

Based on the award-winning film of the same name, HEAL by filmmaker Kelly Noonan Gores takes us on a scientific and spiritual journey where we discover that our thoughts, beliefs, and emotions have a huge impact on our health and ability to heal from illness and injury. In the last hundred years, medicine has taught us to view our bodies as machines, leaving us at the mercy of our genes. HEAL not only taps into the brilliant minds of leading scientists and spiritual teachers, but follows two people on actual healing journeys. Their journeys—and results—demonstrate that the path to healing can be complex and deeply personal.  https://www.healdocumentary.com/about.html 

Kerri Hummingbird, Soul Guide, inspires people to lead their lives wide awake with an authenticity, passion and purpose that positively impacts others. She is the international best-selling author of “The Second Wave: Transcending the Human Drama” and the award-winning best-selling book “Awakening To Me: One Woman’s Journey To Self Love” which describes the early years of her spiritual awakening. She has served as a social activist, leader, and philanthropist for over three decades. She is the Founder of the Skills Not Pills Movement and Host of Soul Nectar Show. https://www.kerrihummingbird.com 

Dr. Terry A. Gordon, a Cleveland Clinic-trained cardiologist, practiced within mainstream medicine for over two decades. Named the American Heart Association’s National Physician of the Year in 2002, Dr. Gordon is nationally recognized in matters of the heart. As a motivational speaker, he has shared the stage with Dr. Wayne Dyer. As a musician, he is the co-host of Docs Who Rock, a United Way event. He spearheaded a national campaign called The Josh Miller HEARTS Act, which will place Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in every school in the country, protecting from sudden cardiac arrest our most precious resource, our children. https://www.drterrygordon.com

Tami Lynn Kent is a holistic women’s healthcare provider with a master’s degree in physical therapy, advanced training in multiple bodywork techniques, and the ability to read energetic patterns of the body. The founder of Holistic Pelvic Care, Kent maintains a private practice and an international provider training program in Portland, Oregon. She has published three books, Wild Feminine, Mothering From Your Center, and Wild Creative, and is the mother of three beautiful sons. https://www.wildfeminine.com 

Jennifer Marcenelle MBA, BSN, RN, HBC-HN is a Board-Certified Holistic Nurse with over 30 years of experience in the medical industry. She currently holds degrees in nursing and business, with a specialization in Holistic Healing for burnout. As an energy medicine practitioner and the Founder and CEO of Burn Bright Today, she helps people improve mental wellness and recover from burnout and other challenges.  https://burnbrighttoday.com 

Arnie Freiman is a lot of things—a certified spiritual director, innovator in health and wellness solutions, certified financial planner, PhD, ordained minister, and chaplain. He’s a father, cancer survivor, and ex-husband, too. Heck, he’s even a poet. He was the first person to introduce holistic health education at major national university, co-founded the first Acupuncture School in the United States and founded first Naturopathic College in California.  http://arniefreiman.com 

Kim Lorenz is an author, entrepreneur, and visionary who founded two companies starting at age 26 with no backing or funding, built and ran them successfully, and sold them to Fortune 500 companies before he was 47. Through his years as a business owner, partner, and CEO, Lorenz has developed a key understanding of what it takes to succeed in business. Lorenz earned his MBA from the University of Washington, Foster School of Business.Serving as Rotary Liaison with World Vision, the collaborative teams he initiated have completed over $20 million in clean water projects with over 1 million beneficiaries in developing countries worldwide.  https://www.kimlorenz.com