Alicia Butler Pierre is on a quest to revolutionize the way small businesses operate. She does that by speaking, coaching, writing, lecturing, and podcasting. She is the Founder & CEO of Equilibria, Inc. and the bestselling author of Behind the Façade, the world’s first published book on business infrastructure. She hosts the weekly Business Infrastructure podcast, which ranks in the world’s top 2%. She’s an adjunct instructor of Lean Principles at Purdue University and Operations Management at Nichols College. A chemical engineer turned entrepreneur, she’s advised, designed, and optimized processes for organizations including Coca-Cola, Shell Oil, The Library of Congress, and The Home Depot.

Annmarie Chereso is a transformational coach, author, mystic, guide, teacher and facilitator on the path to awakening.

In her playful, heart-centered approach, Annmarie midwifes you through the expansions and contractions of fear to love, inspires you to see clearly and empowers you to let go of your conditioned beliefs so that you can reach your full potential, experience unconditional love and find true freedom in your relationships and in your life. With more than two decades of expertise, Annmarie has trained people around the globe through online courses, coaching, speaking, workshops and retreats.

Camryn Bryant is the Founder and CEO of House of Beverly, a digital social media marketing firm. House of Beverly consists of three different entities: Social media branding, House of Beverly Magazine, and The Beverly Chat, a podcast. 
She's a senior in college now and her passion for fashion can be felt in her work with the House of Beverly magazine.

Candace Swanson is a Designed Clinical Nutritionist, author*, and mad scientist. With a passion for helping alleviate the dependency on pharmaceuticals, she uses a method known as Nutrition Response Testing www.unsinc.info to check the body for heavy metals, toxic chemicals, food sensitivities, scar tissue, and immune challenges (fungus, parasites, bacteria, and viruses) and gives the best whole food, homeopathic, and herbal remedies around. Her focus is fertility, weight loss, and pain management. She is a walking testimonial, as she used this process to bring a tiny and super-healthy baby girl into this world.
A major health struggle brought her back to holistic healing and that is where she has found her joy. She been practicing with AlternaHealth Solutions since 2013 and loves every second. 

Chris Ruttle is an accomplished entrepreneur and executive with extensive experience in various leadership roles across multiple companies. As the Owner/Manager of Best in Class Education since March 2018, Chris focuses on providing personalized educational support to students. Previously, Chris served as CEO of Rathkeale Ventures LLC, driving growth for B-to-B SMEs, and held the role of Industry Fellow at Georgia Research Alliance, assisting portfolio companies in achieving business success. Chris has a notable background as CEO at StudentBridge and Vumii Imaging Inc, where significant revenue growth and product development were achieved. Earlier career milestones include leadership positions in sales, marketing, and business development at AO Smith and General Electric, where strategic initiatives led to substantial revenue increases and successful market expansions. 

David Ford is a highly successful international amateur golfer, collegiate athlete representing ranked NCAA Division 1 team University of North Carolina.

In 2023, he won the Walker Cup, Arnold Palmer Cupand Eisenhower Trophy with the U.S. teams.Ford had success as a junior golfer and in 2020 won the Junior Players Championship and the Rolex Tournament of Champions, where he shot a 10-under 62. In 2021, he won the AJGA Wyndham Cup with a perfect 4–0–0 record, and tied for second in stroke play at the Western Amateur. He's a 3 time all ACC and All American.

Dethra Giles is an International consultant, best-selling author & keynote speaker. She is the host of "Happily Ever Employed" Podcast, a Ted-X speaker, 

Dethra created a formula to help people build their bridge from “I want to be to I am.” She developed a way for people to change their lives and transform their companies by getting the promotion they want and the pay they deserve. This is why people call her the Chief Bridge Architect

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"The only thing between you and your goals is a bridge. Lucky for you, I am the Chief Bridge architect, here to help you build and cross your bridge from I want to be to I am.

Now is your time! " - is basically Dethra's powerful message to the career professional community.

Divya’s began in 2009, when Chef Divya Alter and her husband Prentiss founded Bhagavat Life, where they offered seasonal cooking classes rooted in the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda. In 2015, they expanded their offerings to include America’s first Ayurvedic culinary training program.

Inspired by the overwhelming success of their classes, and the growing popularity of Ayurveda in America, in 2016 they opened Divya’s Kitchen, a full-service restaurant in Manhattan’s lower east side neighborhood. A year later Divya published her first, now best-selling cookbook What to Eat for How You Feel along with introducing their new line of good-for-you packaged foods.

 Youth change maker Divya Nori is an internationally-recognized scientific researcher, Ted-X speaker, and founder of Safer With STEM, an organization that works towards gun violence prevention by applying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 
Divya initiated mobile app development to help combat gun violence in schools and in the community and making it a safer place to live. 
She's passionate about creating novel solutions to public health problems through scientific research and community leadership, and by leveraging her strengths in biochemistry and neurobiology, she strives to effect change through innovation. She has won awards and has several talks and publications to her credit. Divya's focus is in developing low cost, genome tailored therapeutics and minimize disproportionate rates at which minorities experience adverse effects to medication. Currently pursuing her undergrad at MIT.

Dr.Akil Taher is a resurgent physician, a recovered bypass surgery patient, a septuagenarian athlete, a heart-healthy speaker, a holistic health and wellness consumer, and a proponent of whole-food, plant-based diet.

He is a book author and more info about him is available on his website https://www.akiltaher.com/

From the Super Bowl to the World Series to the Indy 500 and the Olympics in Paris, Jarrod is one of the preeminent sports psychologists that elite athletes trust the most for their defining opportunities.

As one of the nation’s leading mental health advocates, he’s been featured on CNN, Fox News, BBC, Bloomberg, USA Today, Inc., New York Daily News and ESPN Radio. 

Dr. Spencer’s passion in the fields of health psychology, neuroscience, and peak performance literature empowers his clients to maximize their potential by becoming the emotionally healthiest version of themselves. His signature message is that a clearer mind leads to better health, and in the sports world to a better performance. This message permeates throughout both of his books Mind of the Athlete: Clearer Mind, Better Performance and The Sky Is NOT The Limit: Discovering the True North for Your Life’s Path.

Jayne Morgan, M.D. is a Cardiologist and the Executive Director of the Covid Task Force at the Piedmont Healthcare Corporation in Atlanta, GA, the largest healthcare system in Georgia. Within this role she serves as the system Covid vaccine expert, analyzing the science and data from Piedmont and nationally, drives efforts at addressing vaccine hesitancy via education to internal staff, external stakeholders, media, and the greater external community. Dr. Morgan has been named to the Health Equity and Covid Task Force for the Governor of the state of Georgia and selected to support the Department of Health in its series of "Ask The Experts". Additionally she serves as a CNN medical expert contributor and is the owner and creator of The Stairwell Chronicles - a social media series directed towards addressing questions surrounding Covid vaccines in a conversational format.

Dr. Jeannine Jannot has over 25 years of experience working with children, teenagers and young adults in both public and private school settings spanning preschool through college. Dr. Jannot has a master's degree in school psychology from The Ohio State University and a doctorate in child and developmental psychology from the University of Connecticut.  Since 2010, Dr. Jannot has been a college instructor teaching psychology courses and freshman seminars.
She is the author of The Disintegrating Student: Struggling But Smart, Falling Apart, & How to Turn It Around  - a wonderful book that provides an updated roadmap to navigate the daunting journey through today's high-stakes, high-stress education experience. 

Dr. Yu is an integrative rheumatologist who incorporates complementary medicine with traditional rheumatology. He is triple board-certified in Rheumatology, Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. He obtained his MD from Chicago Medical School and holds a Masters in Healthcare Administration and Biomedical sciences. He completed his internal medicine residency and rheumatology fellowship at Loma Linda University in Southern California. He is a graduate of the Andrew Weil Integrative Medicine Fellowship at the University of Arizona. In addition, he is certified in functional medicine through the Institute of Functional Medicine.
He has a very unique perspective on autoimmune disease and arthritis as he is both a patient with arthritis and physician. Dr. Yu was diagnosed with gout at the age of 17 and later diagnosed with spondyloarthritis as well. He is able to understand his patient’s medical problems from a patient perspective.

Dr. Nitu Bajekal is a Gynaecologist with over 35 years’ experience in Women’s Health, the author of Finding Me in Menopause and the co-author of Living PCOS Free, along with her daughter Rohini Bajekal, another wonderful guest on this program.
As a Consultant Gynaecologist and a Women’s Health Specialist with over 35 years of clinical experience, she provides medical and holistic care for women with a variety of health concerns. She has special expertise in several areas, including the management of heavy and painful periods, menopause, fibroids, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and cervical cancer screening . 
Dr.Nitu lives in England with her wonderful family.

Dr.Rekha is a 4th generation Ayurvedic doctor with a global practice spanning over 60 countries, founder of Doctor Rekha Ayurveda products, expert advisor for Procter & Gamble for their Ayurvedic product line, and is currently writing a book on busting myths around Ayurveda!
Dr. Rekha is renowned for her work to bring global acceptance to Ayurveda and has won various awards and accolades for her contribution towards the goal. One of her recent achievements is winning the Digital Health award for the best Ayurvedic doctor by the IHW Council, Health Authority of India.

Her work and articles have been published in leading newspapers like The Indian Express, Khaleej Times, The National UAE, Times of India, The Hindu, Hindustan Times, etc.

Dr.Roy has lived in the Atlanta area since beginning medical school at Emory University in 1990. Dr. Roy completed residency through the Emory University Affiliated Hospitals in 1997, and then served as Chief Resident and Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics. He has continued his involvement on the Emory faculty as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. He was Board Certified in Pediatrics in 1997 and joined Pediatric Physicians, PC in 1998. He has written several books and courses for parents and laypeople, and also records educational podcasts and lectures for medical professionals. A complete list of his courses and publications can be found here. His blog, The Pediatric Insider, features more of Dr. Roy’s essays on many parenting and health topics. 

Hannah Testa is a sustainability advocate, international speaker, author, TEDx speaker, politico, and founder of Hannah4Change, a non-profit dedicated to fighting issues that impact the planet.  She is a vegan who enjoys healthy living and loves to share her passion with others.  Hannah excels at partnering with businesses and government to influence them to develop more sustainable practices.  Hannah has received numerous honors and awards, including the People Magazine's "10 Girls Changing the World", TEEN Vogue's "21 Under 21", Teen Earth Day Hero by CNN, the Action for Nature International Young Eco-Hero Award, and many others.  She is a board member for several organizations including Captain Planet Foundation and The HAPPY Org., and a youth ambassador for several other organizations.
She has been using her influence since a young age to educate others, as she believes that "knowledge is power".

Kate O’Donnell is the author of three Ayurvedic Cookbooks, including The Everyday Ayurveda Guide to Self-Care, The Everyday Ayurveda Cookbook: A Seasonal Guide to Eating and Living Well and Everyday Ayurvedic Cooking for a Calm, Clear Mind: 100 Sattvic Recipes. She is a nationally certified Ayurvedic Practitioner and the founder of the Ayurvedic Living Institute. 

Kate began to travel in South India at age 20. More than a dozen extended trips to India and twenty years studying the wisdom traditions of the sub-continent support Kate’s practice of Ayurveda.

Kate also specializes in Ayurvedic education, cooking skills, and cleansing programs, offering on-line programs, occasional in-person workshops on the road, and professional trainings. 

 Kim Vopni holds a BA in Psychology and a Post Graduate Diploma in Health and Fitness. She is a Restorative Exercise Specialist™, a Certified Personal Trainer, a Certified Pre/Post Natal Fitness Consultant, a Certified Pfilates (not a typo) Instructor and a Hypopressive Method trainer.  She is also a Certified Menopause Support Practitioner.
Kim has written multiple books, is a public speaker and a Podcast host of a thriving podcast "Between two lips". Learn more about Kim from her website https://vaginacoach.com

Kylie Collins is a decorated junior athlete, then collegiate player, All American. Played for two seasons at the University of Texas, where she helped contribute to back-to-back NCAA national championships in 2021 and 2022 

Received a bid to the 2022 NCAA Singles Championship, where made a run to the Round of 16 and was named an ITA Singles All-American following the conclusion of the season.

Linda is a coach, developmental editor, collaborator, and ghostwriter.
She has authored several books  including the award-winning Yoga At Home: Inspiration for Creating Your Own Personal Practice (Rizzoli Publications); YogaMama; A Woman’s Book of Yoga and Health: A Lifelong Guide to Wellness (with Patricia Walden); Yoga for Healthy Bones and Yoga for Healthy Menstruation.
She has been in the yoga and mindfulness arena for more than 30 years, which has informed her unique approach to the writing process. Her talks and practices on body image, women’s health, and anxiety and depression appear on yogaanytime.com and YogaUOnline, as well as in audio and video interviews online.

Lisa Lewis is a seasoned, versatile public speaker, author and content writer. Her book, The Sleep-Deprived Teen, was published in 2022, an outgrowth of her advocacy helping spark the state of CA's landmark law on healthy school start times and her extensive writing on teen sleep.

Lisa Zeeveld is the CFO and original culture cultivator at BELAY, the leading virtual staffing solutions company. She is a Tedx speaker, co-host of a business podcast and a leader who believes in nurturing initiatives to foster team engagement.

Lisa is fanatical about people and numbers, the utilization of agile methodologies, bottom-line profitability, and creating opportunities for professional and personal growth. She's also a lifelong learner - as an avid reader, history buff, and architecture geek.

Maxwell Ford earned his first All-America and all-conference honors in his first season as a UNC Tar Heel • Played in three NCAA regionals and three NCAA Championships. Won twice and tied another in four matches, earning 2.5 points to help Team USA win the 2024 Palmer Cup at the Lahinch Golf Club in Ireland.

Melanie Flores' is a two time Ted-X speaker, whose career path has been anything but linear, and every zigzag has blessed her with the chance to build a fun and bold idea from scratch. She graduated from MIT with a chemical engineering degree and a Theater Arts concentration. She started up Corning’s optical fiber factory in the Charlotte, NC area, founded a popular kindergarten engineering design workshop based on a famous MIT course, and led the STEM coaching team serving 48 Easter Seals teachers across metro Atlanta. In 2019, she and her teen son launched an e-commerce business, OctoGifts, that landed him customers in 25 states, two patents, and a spot on Atlanta Inno’s 25 Under 25 list. She is back in Technology business, helping her company grow their people, impact, and bottom line through digitized role-play training and coaching. 

Mitch Savoie Hill is a Certified Professional Coach, International TEDx Speaker, published author, and Corporate Trainer with over 30 years of hospitality and leadership experience.
As the CEO and founder of SavHill Consulting LLC, she delivers inclusive leadership coaching, corporate training, and keynote speeches to help her audiences learn how to engage their diverse clients and teams to achieve optimum productivity and success.

Myra is a highly experienced Yogini, certified in Ayurveda and Yoga with 30 years of experience and teaching more than 50,000 hours of yoga. She's also an energy healer and is the Director and Founder of Hale Pule, a world renowned Ayurvedic center(www.halepule.com).
She is the author of several acclaimed books on Ayurvedic eating including, Freedom in Your Relationship with Food , Simple Ayurvedic Recipes, Dine with Myra, and Simple Ayurvedic Recipes II. Myra is also the host of two remarkable podcasts on holistic healing, “Everyday Ayurveda and Yoga at Hale Pule” and “Spark Your Intuition”.

Nidhi is an Ayurvedic Doctor based in NYC. 

She is the creator of the Inner Climate Method®. This pioneering approach, blending ancient wisdom with modern science, is the culmination of her 15 years of dedicated practice. 

Growing up in India, Nidhi was steeped in Vedic traditions from an early age, inspired by her grandfather, an esteemed Ayurvedic healer. Her formal education in holistic health led her to become an Ayurvedic Doctor.
Learn more about our guest on her website using link below.

Radhika is the CEO of OmBaked - which has several products including OmMadepb. With her initial career days in

an IT start up and further to that, she ran numerous businesses with a focus

on profitability and employee success. Radhika also ran a successful non-

profit that provided school supplies to over 500 teachers with 85,000

students in public schools all over the United States. She holds leadership

positions in non-profit organizations in her community, in addition to

contributing countless volunteer hours.

Rohini Bajekal  is a nutritionist and board-certified Lifestyle Medicine professional. Prior to becoming a nutritionist, she studied Theology at Oxford University. She  provides evidence-based nutrition and lifestyle advice to her clients around the world.An avid recipe developer, Rohini is passionate about making delicious and nourishing plant-based meals.
Together with her mother, Dr Nitu Bajekal, ObGyn, she co-authored Living PCOS Free: How to Regain Your Hormonal Health with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. She has personal experience of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and reversing insulin resistance after a diagnosis of prediabetes in her 20s.
Learn more about Rohini at www.rohinibajekal.com and Instagram @rohinibajekal for recipes and daily tips on plant-based living.

OctoGifts was founded by Sebastian Flores, stemming from his passion areas - origami and engineering, technology.
A young entrepreneur, who at 15 years of age, made headlines selling his patent pending work online. Sebastian's journey, facilitated by support from his parents, is fascinating and is an inspiration for any student to become an entrepreneur while in school, and that age is no barrier.
His journey depicts how he used his time productively and made it worthwhile for people to buy his products. Sebastian has helped people experience and enjoy their creation from the DIY kits sold by OctoGifts. 

Shobha Swamy is very passionate about health and wellness. After 25 years in the Automotive Engineering field, she discovered her passion to regain vibrant health through food choices and has since changed her career. She is now certified in Plant Based Nutrition from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, Cornell University. She is also a certified Food for Life instructor through the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. She actively promotes switching to minimally processed, nutritionally dense, plant based diets. Shobha takes a holistic approach to nutrition, wellbeing and promoting permanent lifestyle changes in individuals and organizations, to build stronger healthier communities.
She teaches cooking classes with Dr. Jennifer Rooke at Morehouse School of Medicine, Food For Life Classes in the Alpharetta Area and at area Hospitals, Community Centers, and Organizations.

Stephanie Hafferty is an award winning garden writer, organic gardener, edible garden designer, food writer and educator, with over 30 years practical experience of growing her own food year round.

She shows people how to grow their own year round, affordably, whatever the growing space, using wildlife friendly no dig methods – and shares ideas for what to do with all of those harvests!

A leading authority in the UK on no dig gardening, she has grown her own for over three decades and worked as a professional no dig kitchen gardener and designer for over 15 years.

Stephanie is a small scale homesteader, using self sufficiency skills, homegrown and foraged plants to create delicious seasonal meals, drinks, body care products, herbal remedies, preserves, homecare products, natural dyes and much more. Naturally thrifty, all of the recipes and techniques are affordable and help people save money.