She created the first humane education certificate program and Master of Education in Humane Education in the United States. Zoe received master’s degrees from Harvard Divinity School and the University of Pennsylvania and is certified in Psychosynthesis, a form of counseling that relies on individuals’ innate wisdom to promote health and well being. https://humaneeducation.orgEd Slattery is an advocate for the Truck Safety Coalition; his personal story is featured in the the Behler Publications release, The Long Blink, a narrative nonfiction book by award-winning investigative journalist Brian Kuebler. https://trucksafety.org

Dan Willis served as a police captain, homicide detective, wellness unit coordinator, and SWAT commander. He is a graduate of San Diego State University and the FBI National Academy. He currently instructs nationwide on trauma, PTSD, and the process of healing.  https://firstresponderwellness.com

Aliza Kelly is a New York City-based astrologer and writer. Aliza is the author of two books, The Mixology of Astrology: Cosmic Cocktail Recipes for Every Sign and Starring You: A Guided Journey Through Astrology. Aliza's horoscopes and columns appear in Cosmopolitan, and her work has been featured in Allure, Vogue, Paper, Bustle, Refinery29, HuffPost, and Girlboss. In her private practice, Aliza hosts monthly workshops and provides chart reading for clientele. http://alizakelly.com

Mary Hayes Grieco is a respected spiritual teacher based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. An original and expansive thinker, a pragmatic emotional healer, and an uplifting public speaker, Mary has inspired thousands of people since she first began teaching spirituality classes in 1982. Currently she is the director and lead trainer of The Midwest Institute for Forgiveness Training. She works in private practice as a spiritual mentor and a forgiveness healer at The Well Healing Arts Center in Minneapolis. https://maryhayesgrieco.com/ Lora Cheadle is the author of FLAUNT! After ten years of practicing corporate law in California and Colorado, she chose to change paths to become the radio host and Life Choreographer® she is today. She is a certified hypnotist, personal trainer, burlesque performer, and yoga instructor, as well as a popular writer for People House magazine and Elephant Journal. She offers “Find Your Sparkle” coaching programs, workshops, and destination retreats and teaches all over the world. www.LoraCheadle.com

Phil Keith is the author of six books, including Blackhorse Riders (St. Martin’s Press, 2012), which won the 2012 award from USA Book News for Best Military Non-Fiction, was a finalist for the 2013 Colby Award, and earned a 2013 silver medal from Military Writers Society of America. He holds a degree in history from Harvard and is a former Navy aviator. During three tours in Vietnam, he served with distinction and was awarded, among other decorations, the Purple Heart, Air Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, and the Navy Commendation Medal.

Amy Newmark is the bestselling author, editor-in-chief, and publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series. Since 2008, she has published 133 new books, most of them national bestsellers in the U.S. and Canada, more than doubling the number of Chicken Soup for the Soul titles in print today. She is also the author of Simply Happy, a crash course in Chicken Soup for the Soul advice and wisdom that is filled with easy-to-implement, practical tips for having a better life. http://www.chickensoup.com

Reina is an inspiring author and mentor, and a fun, enthusiastic speaker. She’s also the past President of a Toastmasters Chapter, President of Why Wait, LLC and the mother of two adults, independent children. In her former career, Reina represented a pharmaceutical company as an Oncology Consultant and was awarded the honor of #1 Salesperson in the Nation. http://reinaweiner.com

Mark Guerin is a 2014 graduate of Grub Street’s Novel Incubator program in Boston. He also has an MFA from Brandeis University and is a winner of an Illinois Arts Council Grant, the Mimi Steinberg Award for Playwriting and Sigma Tau Delta's Eleanor B. North Poetry Award. A contributor to the novelist’s blog, Dead Darlings, he is also a playwright, copywriter and journalist. https://www.mark-guerin.comBorn to a teen mother and a child of the foster care system for four years before she was adopted, Dr. Krista Driver started out as the epitome of the “underdog.” Today a licensed marriage and family therapist with a doctorate in psychology, Dr. Driver has dedicated her career to working with the most vulnerable in her community. https://kristadriver.com

JoAnne Jones is Professor Emeritus at Springfield College in Massachusetts, where she worked for twenty-five years. While at Springfield College, Dr. Jones served as Associate Dean of the School of Human Services and Acting Dean of the School of Social Work. Before Springfield College, she was an Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and an Assistant Professor of Social Welfare at the University of Calgary, School of Social Welfare. Her teaching and research focused primarily on social justice issues. https://joannejonesauthor.com On June 1, 2019, 15 year-old Lily Kelly was tragically killed when the car she riding in was hit by a drunk driver. In the days that followed, a song emerged that Lily had written and recorded just six months before. Her mother Faith Zember shares about Lily, her legacy and her music. https://www.lilykellyministries.org

Cynthia Li, MD, is a board-certified physician in internal medicine, having completed her medical training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. Her practice has centered on public health in underserved communities (HIV/AIDS in San Francisco, Doctors Without Borders in rural China), environmental health, and evolutionary health. She is a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the Institute for Functional Medicine. In 2017, she joined the faculty of the Joint Medical Program between the University of California, San Francisco, and the University of California, Berkeley, in co-teaching the Healer's Art program, which trains medical students to develop the art of healing. Her family, friends, and community circles are wide-reaching and transect academia, public policy, public health, environmental health, integrative health, and complementary medicine. https://cynthialimd.com Jacqueline Thea, Ph.D., LMFT Licensed Psychotherapist and Dream Counselor. Former Professional Guardian/Conservator, Registered Nurse and Practitioner of Harp Therapy. Trained in Shamanic Studies. https://jacquelinethea.com

Alejandro Frid, Ph.D., has for over two decades inhabited the worlds of science, modern Indigenous cultures, and climate activism. An ecologist for First Nations of British Columbia’s Central Coast, and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria, Frid works collaboratively with First Nations on the integration of traditional knowledge and Western science to advance conservation and revitalize Indigenous control of their resources. His research experience has spanned conflicts between industrial development and terrestrial wildlife, the plight of endangered species, and the effects of overfishing on marine predators. https://alejandrofridecology.weebly.com/Mary McNerney earned her law degree from Georgetown University, had a fellowship with the UN Commission on International Trade Law, and then worked for many years as a corporate and international lawyer in Boston and Prague. It was not her plan to write this book. She never imagined that the Spirit of the Earth would one day unmistakably, clearly, and shockingly speak to her. Mary says that the experience has put her on an entirely different trajectory than she ever envisioned as a corporate lawyer. She shares “In a wild and wonderful way I instead became a messenger on behalf of our planet Earth.”  http://www.marymcnerney.com

Cheryl Hale is a writer, blogger, and business owner who founded the Girl Be Brave online community, website GirlBeBrave.com, and product line in 2016. She started Girl Be Brave after reading a note that her grandmother, Frances, left her mother in her Bible, which ended with "girl be brave." Cheryl's hope is that Frances' words reach every girl and woman who needs a reminder of her own bravery. https://girlbebrave.com Karen Crowley-Susani is a sacred geometry and earth energy expert. She is the founder of the Boulder Centre for Master Builders, and co-author of: Secrets of Sacred Geometry which shares how our ancestors used the patterns of the sun and earth to create their sacred structures and how you can use this knowledge to improve your environment. As a former Air Force pilot, her career trajectory changed after she became a mother, and wanted her children to grow up in a healthy environment. She became determined to share this ancient wisdom to help heal the toxic energies of our modern world. https://bouldermasterbuilders.com www.sacredgeometry.world

Robert Boyers is editor of Salmagundi, professor of English at Skidmore College, and director of the New York State Summer Writers Institute. He is the author of ten previous books and the editor of a dozen others. He writes often for such magazines as Harper’s, The New Republic, The Nation, Yale Review, and Granta.Stuart Eisendrath, MD, is the author of When Antidepressants Aren’t Enough and the founding director of the University of California San Francisco Depression Center. A senior clinician and research psychiatrist at UCSF, his lectures on mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for University of California TV have been viewed more than 1.5 million times. http://www.stuarteisendrath.com

Robyn Spizman is the author of Loving Out Loud. She is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author and popular keynote speaker who has appeared in the media for over three decades, including NBC’s Today show more than thirty times. http://www.robynspizman.comKeisha Blair is a trained economist, with extensive experience in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. She was part of the Prime Minister's delegation to the World Economic Forum in 2018 as well as the East-Asia (ASEAN) Summit in Singapore. She is a graduate of the Executive Leadership Program at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and has an MSc in public policy from Carleton University in Ottawa. She has been profiled in The New York Times and is a contributor to the New York Observer and Thrive Global. After losing her husband suddenly to illness, Keisha was left to care for two young toddlers and embarked on a journey of self-discovery that allowed her to focus on the most important lessons for achieving happiness – lessons that she includes in her new book. http://www.keishablair.com

Filippo Voltaggio is a Business and Personal Life Coach, Keynote Speaker, Author and former Junior Manager at IBM.  While studying at the University of California, San Diego, Filippo, created a coursework for an emerging field, which was not offered at the time. The creation of this field of study, set the tone for Filippo’s professional career. http://therecalibration.com http://filippovoltaggio.com

Amy Herrig is a mother, wife, business owner, and lifelong Texan. She currently resides in Dallas with her family, but she also enjoys spending time in remote Alaska, helping run the family business there. She loves spending time in the outdoors, hiking and fishing, and she is a self-professed “foodie” who enjoys cooking with her family and hosting dinner parties for friends. Her story is an example that faith and perseverance can lead to overcoming obstacles and that people can learn from their mistakes and use them to experience growth and self-improvement.https://amyherrig.com https://hopefultuesdays.org Herman Williams, MD is the Managing Director of the BDO Nashville Healthcare Advisory Practice and is a leader in the BDO Institute for Healthcare Excellence & Innovation. He has extensive experience as a senior hospital executive with healthcare expertise that includes the management and operations of large and small-scale, national clinics and hospitals. His successful leadership has resulted in achieving the highest and safest levels of quality inpatient and outpatient care. http://clearlivingthelife.com

Dan Willis served as a police captain, homicide detective, wellness unit coordinator, and SWAT commander. He is a graduate of San Diego State University and the FBI National Academy. He currently instructs nationwide on trauma, PTSD, and the process of healing.  https://firstresponderwellness.com Michael Ungar, Ph.D., is a Family Therapist and Professor of Social Work at Dalhousie University where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Child, Family and Community Resilience. Since 2002, Dr. Ungar has directed the Resilience Research Centre, designing multisite longitudinal research and evaluation projects in more than a dozen low, middle, and high-income countries, with much of that work focused on the resilience of marginalized children and families, and adult populations experiencing mental health challenges.  http://www.michaelungar.com/

Dr. Marika Lindholm founded ESME.com to ignite a social movement of solo moms. A trained sociologist, Lindholm taught courses on inequality, diversity, and gender at Northwestern University for over a decade. In addition to publishing numerous scholarly articles, she has been a regular contributor to Psychology Today, Working Mother, Mind Body Green, and Talk Space. She has published essays and fiction in the Daily News, Elephant Journal, The Hill, Ms., Silent Voices, and the Southern Indiana Review. https://esme.com www.WeGotThisBook.com

Andrew Hackett has more than 20 years of experience helping people think outside their limitations and move beyond their fears so they can accomplish amazing things in their life, business, and relationships. https://andrewhackett.com.au

Myra Mossman is a federal criminal appeals attorney who has handled complex cases before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and appeared before the US Supreme Court. She is also an archival hand bookbinder and paper restorer, a martial artist, and a reader and teacher of the tarot and Kabbalah. https://www.myrandomdeath.com Michelle DesPres is a certified clairvoyant medium trained under the Berkeley Psychic Institute program for inner development. She is an author with books designed to help others discover personal and collective fulfillment. She also published the Intuitive Ethical Standards establishing guidelines for alternative therapists. https://michelledespres.com

Karen earned an MA in poetry from the University of Colorado and a Ph.D in fiction from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and presently teaches writing workshops at Lighthouse North and film, pop culture, and storytelling to freshman at the CU – Boulder. https://www.karenauvinen.comJeanne Mackin is the author of several historical novels, including The Beautiful American. She taught creative writing at Goddard College and has given numerous workshops. She lives with her husband in upstate New York. www.jeannemackin.com

Ananda Devi is the author of the boldly honest spiritual autobiography Intimacy with the Infinite: The Truth about Life after Awakening. A powerful heart-centered Zen style spiritual teacher, she has transformed the lives of hundreds of students around the world. Born in South Africa, she is a single mother with triplet teenagers. Her spontaneous spiritual awakening in 2014 shattered her conventional materialistic existence and culminated in her giving up a multimillion dollar inheritance. She and her Twin Flame life partner Ramaji deliver the RASATM spiritual blessing via online sessions. She teaches that spiritual awakening is about vulnerability, integration and love so that you become authentic and truly human. https://www.rasatransmissioninternational.comBrad Warner is an author, Soto Zen teacher, punk bassist, filmmaker, and popular blogger who leads workshops and retreats around the world. In addition to his books, his writing appears in Lion’s Roar, Tricycle, Buddhadharma, and Alternative Press. He lives in Los Angeles where he is the founder and lead teacher of the Angel City Zen Center. www.hardcorezen.info

Author John Snyder pens a story of love, hardship, and reconciliation that will leave readers filled with Christmas joy. In his second bookJacob’s Bell, Snyder returns to a historic Americana setting in the 1920s and 40s. Set in Chicago and Baltimore in 1944 with flashbacks to the 1920s, Jacob’s Bell follows Jacob McCallum on his arduous journey to redemption. Sometimes the road to forgiveness and restoration can be a rocky one. www.johnsnyder.netCorin Grillo is the author of The Angel Experiment and founder of the Angel Alchemy Academy. A trained psychotherapist, angel channel, healer, and teacher, Corin has helped thousands of people all over the world go from angel-curious to angel-powered. http://www.CorinGrillo.com

Danielle Ledezma grew up in San Antonio, Texas, and later moved to Austin where she attended and graduated from The University of Texas with a BS in Public Relations and a concentration in Spanish.  After graduation, she moved to Houston for a job in the hospitality industry. When an opportunity arose for an exciting new career move to tropical Mexico, she jumped on it.  https://www.danielleledezma.com/Jack Woodville London is the author of French Letters: Children of a Good War, the winner of the 2018 Gold Medal for Fiction Book of the Year in war and military fiction, as well as other novels, non-fiction, and articles on history and literature. https://jwlbooks.com

Ruta Sepetys (Rūta Šepetys) is an internationally acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction published in over sixty countries and forty languages. Sepetys is considered a “crossover” novelist as her books are read by both students and adults worldwide. Winner of the Carnegie Medal, Ruta is renowned for giving voice to underrepresented history and those who experienced it.  Her books have won or been shortlisted for over forty book prizes, are included on over thirty state reading lists, and are currently in development for film and television. http://rutasepetys.com Abbi Waxman was born in England in 1970, the oldest child of two copywriters who never should have been together in the first place. Once her father ran off to buy cigarettes and never came back, her mother began a highly successful career writing crime fiction. She encouraged Abbi and her sister Emily to read anything and everything they could pull down from the shelves, and they did. Naturally lazy and disinclined to dress up, Abbi went into advertising, working as a copywriter and then a creative director at various advertising agencies in London and New York. http://abbiwaxman.com

Mark & Kirsten Palm are founders of Samaritan Aviation, a 501-3C organization that provides life flights, medicine delivery, hospital ministry and medical outreach to people living in remote villages in Papua New Guinea. The organization operates the only floatplanes in the region and often partners with international health organizations to fly supplies and personnel into the area to respond to outbreaks and natural disasters. Samaritan Aviation works in partnership with Unicef, World Health Organization, Papua New Guinea National Department for Health, the Digicel Foundation and many others. https://samaritanaviation.org Kerri Murray is the President of ShelterBox USA, a non-profit organization that provides aid, like tents, cooking tools, lights, and more, for families that have recently suffered disaster. ShelterBox is a global charity, and a world authority on providing innovative, rapid and practical shelter to families in some of the world’s hardest-to-reach places and most devastated disaster zones. This year, their work was recognized on the world stage by being nominated for a Noble Peace Prize.www.shelterboxusa.org

Keith Gregory is an author, energy artist, Soul Coach, Advanced Energy Healer and originator of The Initiatory Journey To Awaken Your Sacred Masculine. He has learned to do this work through his own arduous self-healing journey and by addressing and transforming the considerable woundology of his past. As a clairvoyant and medical intuitive, Keith was born highly empathic. Having studied and practiced a wide array of alternative healing and consciousness growth modalities for over 35 years, he developing an innate intuitive and healing ability to assist those he works with. http://www.awakenyoursacred.com

Annette Hines has been practicing in the areas of Special Needs, Elder Law and Estate Planning for over twenty years. She received her JD from Howard University School of Law, her MBA from Suffolk University and her BA from the University of Vermont. Her clients include individuals and families of children with special needs, the elderly and others in the community. https://specialneedscompanies.com Daniela Petrova grew up behind the Iron Curtain in Sofia, Bulgaria. She came to the US in her early twenties and earned a BA in Philosophy from Columbia University and an MA in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness from New York University. She is a recipient of an Artist Fellowship in Writing from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. https://www.danielapetrova.com

In March 2014, Jim Beach’s small business radio show won the SBA Media Award. School for Startups Radio is on 16 AmFm stations and many internet platforms. He has interviewed Shark Tank judges and winners, billionaires, bestselling authors, and countless entrepreneurs. His book School for Starups (McGraw-Hill, June 2011) has reached as high as #9 on all of Amazon and #1 on the business section. It was excerpted by Entrepreneur magazine and the Wall Street Journal India. Jim was featured in an UPS commercial, was referred to as the “Simon Cowell of venture capital” by CNN, and have appeared on NPR, MBNBC, CNN, and in the New York Times. http://jimbeach.com John A. Chuback, M.D., is Board Certified in General Surgery and Cardiovascular Surgery. He received his MD from Rutgers University and has been in private practice in Paramus, New Jersey, for 16 years. Dr.Chuback is also a successful entrepreneur: he is the founder and Chief Medical Officer at Chuback Medical Group. Dr. Chuback founded Chuback Education, LLC, which offers audio programs on subjects like weight management, smoking cessation, personal development, and academic achievement. He is also author of Kaboing! 50 Ideas That Will Springboard You To Academic Greatness. http://chubackeducation.com

Gary Goldberg has been doing radio on WRPI since June 1999, first with "In The Spirit" and later with "Gary's Music Show." ITS and GMS is broadcast on WRPI-91.5 FM, Troy, NY. Streamed 'live' on www.wrpi.org. Hear every Tuesday "Gary's Music Show" from 11 am to 4 pm. "In The Spirit" is on Thursday, the same time frame. https://garygoldberg.weebly.com

Mindful leadership expert Laurie J. Cameron is founder and CEO of PurposeBlue, an organization that brings evidence-based mindful leadership programs to companies, change makers, culture-shifters, universities and federal agencies. www.PurposeBlue.com

Alex Lickerman, MD, is a primary care physician, former assistant professor of medicine, former director of primary care, and former assistant vice president for Student Health and Counseling Services at the University of Chicago. Dr. Lickerman currently leads a direct primary care practice in Chicago called ImagineMD. Ash ElDifrawi, Psy.D., has built a reputation as a thought leader in clinical, social, and consumer psychology. Dr. ElDifrawi received his bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s degree in social science from the University of Chicago, where he also conducted clinical research in the areas of neurology and bio-psychology. He earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from the Chicago School of Psychology, completed his internship at the world-renowned Family Institute at Northwestern, and then went on to be the inaugural fellow at the equally renowned Center for Family Health at the University of Chicago. https://thetenworlds.com

Dominic Pace has been a working Character Actor for almost 20 years in Hollywood.  Some notable TV Guest Stars have included NYPD Blue, Navy: NCIS, The District, Cold Case, and 9-1-1 airing in November. A life long Star Wars fan and collector, https://youtu.be/2R8mZmkEpbc  Pace received a dream of a lifetime when he was selected to be a one of a kind Bounty Hunter in The Mandalorian for Disney Plus. Pace will be featured in two episodes of the series. Pace will also be starring in the upcoming Feature Film, Anonymous Killers. https://www.facebook.com/dominicpaceofficial/

Brandon Webb is a former US Navy SEAL sniper, New York Times bestselling author, Experimental aircraft pilot, and entrepreneur. He’s the founder of the Hurricane Group, a U.S. based media and ecommerce company focusing on outdoor, military entertainment, news, and clubs. Brandon is a New York Times bestselling author, and is regularly featured in international media as a military and Special Operations subject matter expert. He has contributed to ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s Today Show, FOX news, CNN, the BBC, SIRIUS XM, MSNBC, and The New York Times. http://brandontylerwebb.co

Dr. Greg Brannon graduated from the University of Southern California in 1982 and then, The University of Health and Science Chicago Medical School in 1988. Dr. Brannon completed his residency in OB-GYN at the University of Southern California Women’s Hospital in 1992. He was a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and has been in private practice in the Raleigh-Durham area since 1993. Dr. Brannon has a lifetime of experience working in women’s health and has become an expert in human hormonal changes in particular. Since officially launching in 2012, the team at Optimal Bio has treated well over 3,000 patients, both men and women, ages 18 to 86 and the results have been astounding. Dr. Brannon personally attends to patients in each of his 4 locations to provide the best possible care.https://www.optimalbio.com

Melinda J. Kelly is the author of Finding your Coach: Diving Deep Within. As vice president of a privately held publishing and business counseling firm, she thought the road of life was wide open and she would easily coast into her later years. With a professional life secured, personal time was happily spent serving on non-profit boards, serving on committees, mentoring college women, traveling the world and sharing her professional and personal skills with friends as they started up their own businesses. http://www.melindajkelly.com

Janeane Bernstein is a writer, on-air personality, voice actress, and researcher. She earned a doctorate from Boston University and received degrees from Syracuse University. In 2011, she started "Get the Funk Out!" on KUCI 88.9 FM: UC Irvine after losing her childhood friend. She has always loved writing, learning electric guitar, and other creative pursuits that feed her soul. www.janeanebernstein.com

Lydia Dean’s memoir, Jumping the Picket Fence takes us through shelters for children across India, into the jungles of Costa Rica, Southeast Asia and Venezuela, and to China where Lydia and her husband adopt their third child. Believing that our collective small personal actions can make a difference towards a greater whole, she and a devoted team launch GoPhilanthropic Foundation, www.gophilanthropic.org, a non-profit devoted to strengthening the voice of community-based organizations around the world, providing access to education, healthcare and basic human rights.Alexis Marie Chute is an award-winning author, artist, filmmaker, curator, and inspirational speaker. Her memoir, Expecting Sunshine: A Journey of Grief, Healing, and Pregnancy After Loss, was a Kirkus Best Book of 2017 and received many literary awards. Expecting Sunshine is also a highly acclaimed feature documentary film, produced and directed by the author, that was screened around the world in 2018 and 2019. www.AlexisMarieChute.com

Paul O’Brien left an executive position in high-tech to invent a new category of multimedia software in 1989, which evolved to eventually become the world’s largest astrology and divination website in 2003.  He is the author of three books. Paul is a sought after speaker, visionary, entrepreneur, author and founder of the Divination Foundation. https://divination.com

Laurada Byers won a game show then travelled the world alone at the age of 20. In 1999, while stopping for ice cream at a convenience store, her husband Russell, a noted newspaper columnist, was murdered right in front of her. She suffered intense PTSD but pushed through it to create with her children the Russell Byers Charter School, which she opened in 2001. Diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2013 she nevertheless went off to see the silverback guerrillas in Rwanda. Laurada is the founder of Warthog Productions- named after her favorite animal, who unabashedly bears life’s ugliness for all to see but twirls with joy none the less. https://warthogproductions.com

Jeffrey Keene’s amazing journey, is an adventure through the eyes of two people, one a Georgian, the other a Connecticut Yankee. Similarities between the two go far beyond coincidence. They think alike, look alike and even share facial scars. Their lives are so intertwined that they appear to be one. Half of this equation, Jeffrey J. Keene, is a present day Assistant Fire Chief in affluent Westport CT. The other half, John B. Gordon, Confederate general, Army of Northern Virginia, died January 9 1904. Jeff had never given reincarnation much thought, nor had he ever seen a psychic, but both these elements came together one Halloween night. https://www.confederateyankee.net

Shannon Kaiser is the bestselling author of five books on the psychology of happiness and fulfillment and an international life coach, speaker and retreat leader, helping people trust and believe in themselves so they can live their highest potential. She’s been named a top 100 Women to Watch in wellness by mindbodygreen and “your-go-to happiness booster” by Health magazine. She has also been recognized as a Must-Follow Instagram Account for Inspiration by Entrepreneur magazine and a Top Facebook Account for Daily Motivation by mindbodygreen. Her work has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Elle, Health, Vogue, Women’s Health, Self, Shape, Entrepreneur, Good Housekeeping and more.  www.playwiththeworld.comBryn Blankinship is the author of The Limitless Soul: Hypno-Regression Case Studies into Past, Present and Future Lives. Bryn Blankinship, CMHt, CI (pronounced Bren) is the founder and Executive Director of the Braithe Center located in North Carolina. She is a Certified Master Hypnotherapist, Int’l Instructor and author. https://brynblankinship.com

Aaron Dignan is the founder of The Ready, an organization design and transformation firm that helps institutions like Johnson & Johnson, Charles Schwab, Kaplan, Microsoft, Lloyds Bank, Citibank, Edelman, Airbnb, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, and charity: water change the way they work. He is a cofounder of responsive.org, an investor in purpose-driven startups, and a friend to misfit toys. https://www.bravenewwork.com Hayim Herring, PhD, is an author, presenter and nonprofit organizational futurist, with a specialty in faith-based communities. A former congregational rabbi and “C-suite” nonprofit executive, Hayim blends original research and real-world experience to inspire individuals and organizations to achieve their greatest impact. He is a proven organizational visionary and entrepreneur and works to “create today's leaders for tomorrow's organizations.” http://hayimherring.com

Selene Calloni Williams, with a degree in psychology and master’s in screen writing, has authored several books and documentaries on psychology, deep ecology, shamanism, yoga, philosophy, and anthropology. A direct student of James Hillman, she studied and practiced Buddhist meditation in the hermitages of the forests of Sri Lanka and is an initiate of Shamanic Tantric Yoga. She is the founder and the director of the Imaginal Academy Institute in Switzerland. https://selenecalloniwilliams.com/en

After being told she would most likely wind up in a wheelchair due to several chronic health issues, Jenny Mannion took matters into her own hands. After transforming her life in a brief amount of time, she has restored and maintained her health for many years. Jennifer is a trained intuitive healer and conducts workshops and individual sessions to help others heal themselves. https://jennymannion.teachable.com/p/bliss

E.R. Ramzipoor is a writer based in California. She also works as a content marketer, writing about cybercrime and online fraud. She studied political science at UC Berkeley, where she researched underground literature in resistance movements and discovered the forgotten story of Faux Soir. Her writing has been featured in McSweeney’s and The Ventriloquists is her first novel. Carla Rachel Sameth has taught creative writing to incarcerated youth through WriteGirl and teaches at the Los Angeles Writing Project at California State University Los Angeles and with Southern New Hampshire University. Carla's writing has appeared in various anthologies and publications including Brain, Brevity blog, Child; Narratively; Longreads; The Nervous Breakdown, and MUTHA. Carla has an MFA from Queens University in Charlotte, and is a member of the Pasadena Rose Poets. https://carlasameth.com

James Sweigert is a new author, dynamic motivational speaker, and award-winning executive producer and director for film and television. To cope with the chaos and abuse from childhood trauma he turned to drugs and alcohol, which led to severe depression and a suicide attempt. This self-destructive pattern continued until he changed his story – and his life. www.jamessweigert.com.

Ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes teams up with the world’s favorite storyteller, Chicken Soup for the Soul, to bring you 101 real-life stories that will provide motivation, inspiration, and how-to advice for everyone from the everyday walker to the extraordinary marathoner! http://www.ultramarathonman.comCarol Novello is the founder of Mutual Rescue™, a national initiative that highlights the connection between people and pets in order to inspire and support life-saving efforts in communities across the nation and world. Mutual Rescue’s first short film, “Eric & Peety,” went viral around the globe and has been viewed more than 100 million times. A former senior software executive at Intuit, Carol earned her MBA from Harvard Business School and is proud to include several rescue animals in her family. www.MutualRescue.org.