A Quest for Well-Being

— When you end a relationship, whether your ex-partner ended the relationship or you ended the relationship, it's usually not easy. It can be a challenge to move on from a breakup when you reminisce about the good times you had together. The feelings you are experiencing right now are normal - whether you are feeling lonely, humiliated, rejected, disconnected, disappointed, or even relieved. In this episode, Ally explains the healing process after heartbreak and how to transmute negative emotions and experiences and leveling up. Valeria interviews Ally Unger — She is a mental health therapist with a special interest in the areas of major life transitions, grief and loss, relationship issues, depression and anxiety, and spiritual or religious trauma and concerns. She believes a supportive connection is the most important aspect of a strong therapeutic relationship and strives to help her client's develop insight, emotional awareness, and promote cognitive and behavioral change in their lives. Ally believes her client's are the true experts in their own lives and sees herself as a guide and mentor along the way. Ally takes an eclectic approach to therapy that uses humor, is client-centered, strengths-based, and honors each individual's unique background and needs. Additionally, her background in talent acquisition and human resources gives her a unique insight into issues such as burnout, career transitions, and career development and change." To learn more about Ally Unger and her work, please visit: linkedin.com/in/allyunger — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

— "The essence of divine love, the seed of the human expression of love, is impersonal and therefore passionless. In a sense, divine love is detached "emotionless!" Detachment should not be misinterpreted for lack of caring. We are emotionally attached when we expect validation and recognition from another. When we try to find ourselves through someone else, we end up losing ourselves. We attain emotional freedom when we enter the divine heart within our own heart for, it is there that the flame of unconditional, impersonal, divine love burns. Unspoiled by the ego and untouched by human consciousness, the divine heart clearly sees the light and darkness of the human soul and loves both equally. When we experience imbalance of any kind, it is because our lack of love, particularly self-love, prevents us from allowing God within to fully love us. We are taught to love God, but the real challenge is to let God love us by loving ourselves. To love oneself is the ultimate divine command." — Excerpt from From Childhood To Christhood Valeria interviews Jocelyne Ranucci — She is the author of "FROM CHILDHOOD TO CHRISTHOOD: A Journey into Universal Divine Consciousness." Born in Paris, Ranucci set out on her own while still in her teens. Her work and travels took her to New York City and Mexico, and finally, to Sag Harbor, NY where she found her "home," and herself. A successful businesswoman, she is presently at work on her second book, which will show her readers how she has put the lessons she has learned into practical use in everyday life—and how they can too. To learn more about Jocelyne Ranucci and her work, please visit: jranucci.com — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

— Barbara With is a psychic medium who conducts and documents thousands of channeling sessions worldwide, speaking Albert Einstein's messages and the voices of other Angelic peacemakers from "beyond the grave." Barbara, the Party, and the Psychic Sorority, along with the Angels, have created Conflict REVOLUTION® as a way to solve world crisis, one person at a time, starting with ourselves. Valeria interviews Barbara With — She is an international peace activist, award-winning author/publisher, psychic channel, composer and performer, workshop facilitator and inspirational speaker. She is the co-founder of Conflict REVOLUTION®, a revolutionary way to resolve conflicts of the psyche based on her work channeling Albert Einstein. She has authored six books on metaphysics, including: Einstein, et al.: Manifestation, Conflict REVOLUTION, & The New Operating System (2106), winner of the 2016 Best Book Awards for New Age, and finalist in the 2017 Book Excellence Awards for Body/Mind/Spirit; Imagining Einstein: Essays on M-Theory, World Peace & The Science of Compassion (2007), winner National Best Books 2007 Award for Fiction & Literature: New Age Fiction, and the 2007 Indie Excellence Book Award for New Age Fiction; Party of Twelve: The Afterlife Interviews (2001), winner of the 2008 Beach Book Awards for Spirituality; Party of Twelve: Post 9/11 (2008), and Diaries of a Psychic Sorority: Talking With The Angels (1997, 2019), finalist in the 2019 Book Excellence Award for Spirituality. Conflict REVOLUTION: The Workbook, Finalist in the 2022 Book Excellence Award, Self Help. Barbara teaches and trains Conflict REVOLUTION® in the classroom and on ZOOM, and lectures on her Einstein's Unified Field Theory, Maps of Human Consciousness and the Science of Compassion. To learn more about Barbara With and her work, please visit: synergyalliance.llc/, barbarawith.com/ and partyof12.com — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

— "Teach your children how to strengthen their immune systems with a healthy lifestyle, good nutrition, and a positive mindset, and model these steps in your own life. Positivity is preventive. Help your kids focus on what they can control—their own immune system health. Let go of all fear about what goes on outside and around them that they can't control, and they will be healthier for it. " In The Vaccine Book, parents have access to the most trusted name in pediatrics for fair, impartial, fact-based information. Each chapter of the book deals with a specific disease and vaccine, Dr. Bob provides a detailed description of the disease, its commonness and rarity, its seriousness and harmlessness, as well as the ingredients of the vaccine and any possible side effects. Valeria interviews Dr. Bob Sears — He is the author of "The Vaccine Book" and seven other books. Dr. Bob is a pediatrician, father of three, grandfather of two, co-founder of Immunity Education Group, a non- profit organization dedicated to providing balanced and complete information about vaccines, infectious diseases, and public health issues. He is also a physician advisor for The Autism Community in Action (TACA), co-host of The Vaccine Conversation podcast and creator of a brand-new video series. "Dr. Bob," as he likes to be called by his little patients, earned his medical degree at Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1995 and did his pediatric internship and residency at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. He continues to practice pediatrics at his office in Dana Point, CA, where he provides a combination of alternative and traditional medical care. He has a passion for healthy natural living and incorporates this knowledge into his style of disease treatment and prevention by limiting antibiotic use, committing to breastfeeding success for his little patients, using science-based natural treatment approaches whenever possible, and focusing on good nutrition and immune system health. With the new threat of mandatory vaccination laws, Dr. Bob's new mission is to ensure that all families worldwide receive complete, objective, and un-doctored informed consent before they choose vaccination and that people everywhere retain the freedom to make healthcare decisions for themselves and their children. To learn more about Dr. Bob Sears and his work, please visit: thevaccineconversation.com — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

— In Dr. Tiffanie Tate's book, Lillie and Linda, two little sisters, want to make every adult happy. It was just their mother and them living alone. During the time their mother had a new boyfriend, he helped take care of them. At first, he was nice, but then he changed. It took Lillie and Linda some time to realize that making everyone happy isn't always the best thing if it hurts them. Identifying abusive situations and providing directions for seeking help and reporting abuse are some of the goals of Dr. Tiffanie's work. Valeria interviews Dr. Tiffanie Tate — She is the author of "Bad Touching." Originally from Compton, California, Tiffanie Tate, M.D. is a Christian, mother, servant, listener, and medical doctor, who now resides in the Inland Empire. Her interest in becoming a physician began when she was in middle school, while volunteering with her church to help the homeless in Los Angeles. She saw people who were both hungry and sick. She wanted to do more than serve food. She wanted to help them in a meaningful way. With a love for science and math, she applied herself fully in school. This was not easy as she had many distractions. Both of her biological parents struggled with drug addiction. And while she never met her father, she heard he was homeless and often wondered whether her father was one of the homeless she and her church were helping. With the loving support of her maternal family and specifically, her maternal Aunt, known as "Momtee," Tiffanie received the love, support, and stability she needed to thrive. Dr. Tate earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and a Medical Doctorate degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. After serving as a medical officer in the United States Navy during the Global War on Terror, she completed her residency in obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She practiced in Tennessee and California before sustaining a life altering injury. Dr. Tate has served as a volunteer within the local community, in churches, and with her sorority, given lectures to family practice residents, and in the numerous places where she has lived. She began writing poems as an outlet after she was medically retired following six surgeries over two years following an injury. She wrote her first book, FloweTry: A Collection of 108 Poetic Flows on Life, Love, and Liturgical Issues to help encourage and uplift herself and others. Bad Touching is her second book but her first children's book. In the Fall, her third book, second children's book, titled Little Engine Mia Sings, addressing bullying, will be published. She has two spectacular children in college—Nathaniel and Mia, and Dr. Tate enjoys singing, traveling, and spending time with family and friends. To learn more about Dr. Tiffanie Tate and her work, please visit: Instagram (@drtiffanietatemoore) or Facebook — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

— "If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see you parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive at this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people. " ~ Thich Nhat Hahn. — "With conscious engagement of our ancestral roots we become more grounded and comfortable within ourselves as we feel the support of thousands of people who dreamed us into reality. Valeria interviews Jen Hudziec — She is the author of "Ancestral Healing: A Guided Journal for Observations, Reflections, and Connections With Your Ancestors." Jen is a Certified Ancestral Lineage Repair Practitioner, Death Doula, Educator, Ritualist, and Fire Walk Instructor. As an animist she has spent decades integrating Earth honoring practices with her former Catholic upbringing while reviving the traditions of her Slavic ancestors. She holds relationality at the heart of her practice and passionately supports others to reclaim their intuitive capacities, engage with their ancestors, find peace with mortality, and prepare for the threshold of death. Jen is a first generation American who knows the deep wound around lack of belonging and the struggle to maintain connection to her cultural roots. Her people are Slavic (Polish, Ukrainian, , Russian, Czech), Germanic, and Scandinavian. She tends traditional Abanaki land in NH and offers online private sessions, rituals, education, and group circles. To learn more about Jen Hudziec and her work, please visit: jenhudziec.com — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

— Parent Training is an essential part of any treatment plan when working with children, adolescents, and young adults as parents play an integral part of a child's life. Dr. Chisato Komatsu works together with parents to identify both long- and short-term treatment goals and provides tools and strategies to attain those goals. Once parents are equipped with behavioral strategies, they will be able to apply those strategies to new challenges that may arise in the future. The goal is to empower parents so that their children can thrive in their own environment and to support continuous growth of the children and family as a whole. Valeria interviews Dr. Chisato Komatsu — She is a Licensed Psychologist in the state of California (#PSY28666) and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst at the doctoral level (1-08-4103). She received a Ph.D. in School Psychology program, APA accredited, from Louisiana State University and a B.A. in Psychology with University Honors from University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Komatsu has over 18 years of experience studying and working in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). She has worked with children through adults and families in a variety of settings including inpatient and outpatient clinic, home, school (i.e., general & special education classrooms), and organization settings. Dr. Komatsu has worked with varying diagnosis and challenges including basic academic problems, developmental disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, obsessive compulsive disorders (OCD) and other anxiety disorders. Dr. Komatsu has co-authored several journal articles, book chapters, conference presentations and has served as a guest reviewer for the Journal of Behavioral Education. Dr. Komatsu's primary clinical interest is working with children, adolescents and their families utilizing the principles of ABA, so they can identify the problem at hand, work to decrease challenging behaviors while increasing appropriate behaviors. The goal of my practice is for individuals and families to acquire skills and strategies to navigate challenges in their lives and reach their overall well-being. Dr. Komatsu is a fluent speaker of Japanese, and she delivers services in English and in Japanese. To learn more about Dr. Chisato Komatsu and her work, please visit: littlepineconsult.com — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

— "The transformative journey that women over 50 often experience is a journey of authentic self-expression, purpose, and legacy. It's a reckoning of sorts, a deep yearning for fulfillment and a need to listen to the internal whispers that are growing louder and more persistent as time refuses to stand still: "Is this all there is?" There is a knowing, an undeniable force that says, "there must be more to life". As Glennon Doyle says in Untamed, "Isn't life supposed to be more beautiful than this?" Midlife is a time when existential questions naturally emerge, especially at 50 and beyond. One common gap between who and where we are now is that many of us don't know what we want, who we are outside of our roles, or how to begin to find out. This is particularly true for women due to cultural norms and societal conditioning that have led us to an overidentify with our roles and an erosion of self. The authentic no-ego self is the foundation for personal transformation, so this is where it all begins. There are some powerful tools to help us discover (or recover) our most authentic self: Creativity is essential. Without creativity, our deepest form of authentic self-expression remains just out of reach. " Valeria interviews Susan Young — She is the Founder Triple Moon Coaching is a passionate advocate for women over 50, specializing in helping them navigate their soul-led journeys with confidence and purpose. Drawing from her own experiences of personal transformation, Susan embarked on a path of coaching and discovered her deep connection to empowering others. With a background in art and design, Susan is passionate about the potent and vital role that creativity plays in self-actualization and personal transformation. She integrates right-brain and other creative exercises into her coaching methodology, as a window into our soul and our most authentic form of self-expression, allowing clients to access new solutions and heal along the way. Susan's mission is to help women rediscover their authentic selves, rewrite their life narratives, and create lives that are fulfilling, joyful, and without regret. With her compassionate and inclusive approach, she invites women to embrace their uniqueness and find their own paths to personal growth and fulfillment. To learn more about Susan Young and her work, please visit: triplemooncoach.com — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

— There are times when ADHD is impossible to miss - and there are other times when it is too easy to overlook. In children whose symptoms mimic stereotypical ones (such as hyperactivity or impulsivity), the diagnosis is often made early, while those with less obvious signs (such as emotional dysregulation or sleeplessness) may go undiagnosed into adulthood. This episode discusses the most common ADHD signs. The behavior and presentation of ADHD are often stereotyped, despite the fact that it manifests in disparate and dichotomous ways. Consequently, not-so-obvious ADHD symptoms may go ignored or misdiagnosed in broad daylight. In such a situation, the subtle, but lifelong symptoms of ADHD suddenly become unmanageable when triggered by unique and stress-inducing circumstances. Most adults don't get the help they need until then. The most common ADHD symptoms are being revealed today by Dr. Dara Abraham. Valeria interviews Dr. Dara Abraham — She is a Philadelphia-based psychiatrist on a mission to transform lives impacted by adult ADHD. With personal experience and 15 years of expertise under her belt, she creates tailored evaluations and treatments that help individuals thrive. As a passionate advocate for ADHD awareness, Dr. Dara enlightens healthcare professionals and the general public through her thought-provoking pieces in renowned publications like Additude Magazine and Clinical Psychiatry News and informative guest appearances on mental health and wellness podcasts. She firmly believes that adult ADHD can be conquered at any age and is dedicated to spreading her empowering message to the world. To learn more about Dr. Dara Abraham and her work, please visit: drdarapsychiatry.com — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

— "God, grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can and the wisdom to know it's me." Valeria interviews Tammy Barnes — She is the Owner and therapist for Sessions of Serenity in Murfressboro, TN. She is a Licensed board-certified Therapist/Mental Health Specialist. Tammy Holds a degree in Psychology and a masters in science in Mental health counseling. She is a Clinically trained Trauma Professional who uses an eclectic approach to help patients, utilizing ideas and theories from Forward Facing Trauma therapy and Trauma Focused CBT in her practice. Her biggest passion is helping her clients understand how self-regulation and connecting painful past learning is the key to controlling one's emotions, mood, and overall mental health. Tammy is also the creator of the mental health app Therapist in my pocket. She is also one of the few therapists in the state of TN that specializes in DID. She has over 30 years combined experience working with, educating, and counseling children and teens, but loves working with the adult population now. Tammy would say she is a bit off the wall, and some say a bit too open but feels she cannot expect someone to come in and trust her with their deepest thoughts and secrets, without creating a genuine therapeutic relationship. Genuine means you get a real person. One who is not afraid to share emotions. One that will celebrate life's ups and downs with you, cry with you, scream with you, pray with you and pray for you but above all she is here to help you heal. Healing comes in many forms and fashions. Tammy loves using what works for you. She loves to incorporate music, poetry, art, sand, writing and anything else that will help bring out the strength inside you. To help understand more about who you are and what's important to you and brings you serenity. Together we will create a plan that challenges you and helps you to bring more serenity to your life. On the personal side She is a Christian wife and a mom. She has 2 adult children. Tammy says her and her husband and are blessed to be Papa and Nana to 3 beautiful grandchildren (with 2 more on the way). Tammy says her place of serenity is on the beach in PCB Florida. Tammy is all about The Nashville Preds. And says she loves all the guys but Sissions, and Saros are her favorite. She is a huge Daughtry Fan, but loves all music. Tammy is also a published poet. To learn more about Tammy Barnes and her work, please visit: sessionsofserenity.com — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.