A Quest for Well-Being

— "Don't strive for perfection, which kills excellence and leads to procrastination. Strive for success not perfection, chase happiness, not money." Valeria Teles interviews Dr. Alan Weiss — the author of "Your Legacy Is Now: Life Is Not a Search for Meaning from Others—It's the Creation of Meaning for Yourself." ALAN WEISS, PH.D., is a consultant, speaker, and bestselling author. Described by the New York Post as "one of the most highly regarded independent consultants in America," his consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc., has attracted clients such as Merck, Hewlett-Packard, GE, Mercedes-Benz, and more than 500 leading organizations. He is the author of more than 60 books, many of which have been included in university curricula and translated into 15 languages. To learn more about Dr. Alan Weiss and his work, please visit: https://www.alanweiss.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 reality is, from a young age I started building the idea of this perfect human based on what I had seen, been taught, read, and heard and just allowed it to get more complicated over time. Once we reached the age of social media, it got a lot worse. What I learned was nobody is perfect. Because I spent so much time beating myself up about my life choices, I lost sight of all of my admirable qualities. I've learned to ask for feedback and appreciate the opportunities for growth provided through those conversations. What matters is that you are continually to work on being the best person you can be and treating yourself, and others, with kindness every step of the way. Valeria Teles interviews Carrie Thompson — the author of "Anxiety Diary of an Ordinary Girl." Carrie Thompson is a CPA, Mental Health Advocate, and the Author of Anxiety Diary of an Ordinary Girl. Diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in 2016, Carrie spent time exploring the world of mental health and educating herself on the causes and the cures. She is passionate about helping others and aspires to change lives by bringing awareness to the importance of mental health through sharing her story, expanding others' knowledge, and connecting with them. FOX, NBC, and CBS have featured Carrie, and she has contributed to Thrive Global, and other websites and various podcasts have interviewed her. In addition to reading and writing, she enjoys fitness and baking. She loves to spend time with her family, friends, sweet kitty, and Albie. To learn more about Carrie Thompson and her work, please visit: https://www.alwaysgrowingwithgratitude.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.

— "It's okay to get divorced. Divorce is evolution not failure. There are ways to compassionately, gracefully, gently and lovingly separate." Valeria Teles interviews Bianca Best — the author of "Flourish: Redefine success and create more time, energy, impact and happiness." Bianca Best is an author, award-winning advertising executive, entrepreneur, mother of four, Global Managing Director, leadership coach and founder of the transformational six step ESCAPE™ program which empowers individuals to redefine success and create more time, energy, impact and joy. Launching a tech business in 2004, Bianca built The Bespoke Gift Company, a pioneering personalized gift platform. After an exhilarating decade learning that with the right focus, energy and vision anything is possible, Bianca joined Dentsu Aegis to run global advertising accounts where she won the IPA & Campaign's 2016 Woman of Tomorrow accolade. She currently thrives within WPP leading a third millennium consultancy for MediaCom partnering with global brands such as Mars, Coca-Cola, Sony and Uber to accelerate digital transformation agendas amidst the volatility of ever undulating economic and modern marketing landscapes. Bianca describes her CV as a chronology of passions explored and through her private business, Flourish, is on a mission to heal the world's burnout epidemic by empowering individuals and companies to thrive. Through six powerful pillars the science-based ESCAPE™ program halts passivity to life's buffeting whirlwind heralding mental and physical wellbeing. She energizes, teaches and motivates ambitious individuals to maximize their impact without burnout by offering coaching/mentoring, delivering keynotes and hosting workshops for large corporates such as Amazon, Snapchat and WPP. To learn more about Bianca Best and her work, please visit: https://www.biancabest.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.

— "By making their inner world visible women get in touch with their inner authenticity and develop personal artistic voice." Valeria Teles interviews Annette Luycx — the author of the "From Art to Empowerment: How Women Can Develop Artistic Voice." Annette Luycx, MEd, MSc, is an artist, author and freelance art educator and coach from the Netherlands living and working in Greece. She has taught collage, mixed media, ceramics and art and personal development, in Athens for the past twenty years at schools (middle school and high school) and cultural centers (adults). She is the author of "From Art to Empowerment: How Women Can Develop Artistic Voice" an art workbook for women. The book is available on Amazon, Archway and Barnes & Noble as a print copy and as an e-book. Annette holds a Master's Degree in Sociology and Women's Studies of the University of Amsterdam, a post-doctorate degree in Cultural Management of Paris Dauphine University and a Master's Degree in Art Education from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore. Annette has specialized in art coaching and artistic talent development. The purpose of her teaching practice is to support artists, art students and creatives in gaining increased self-awareness and understanding of their individual creative process, as well as to promote their personal and artistic growth: the development of their artistic voice. She has been studying and exploring the link between artistic expression and self-discovery in the visual arts, dance, and theater her whole life. In 2014 she created the IRIS ART CENTRE, a center for adult art education specialized in the development of personal artistic voice. Here, she organizes summer art workshops and artist coaching residencies, in the Greek countryside about twenty miles north from the center of Athens. Now due to Corona, she also coaches artists online. To learn more about Annette Luycx and her work, please visit: https://www.www.annetteluycx.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.

— "Throughout the world, the human heart is frequently associated with place, with land. This in turn is either identified with – or the breeding ground for – soul, which gives meaning and binds individuals into a community." Valeria Teles interviews Nick Duffell — the author of "Wounded Leaders: British Elitism and the Entitlement Illusion: A Psychohistory." Having practiced psychotherapy for 35 years, Nick Duffell is a psychohistorian committed to bridging the gap between psychological and political thinking and an Honorary Research Associate at UCL. He is particularly interested in promoting a depth psychology perspective of issues that affect our public life very deeply such as identity and emotions, fear and vulnerability, but about which political commentators currently lack the means to properly to address. Nick contributed to Humanistic Psychology: Current Trends, Future Prospects (Routledge, 2017) and The Political Self (Karnac, 2016), but is best known for The Making of Them: the British Attitude to Children and the Boarding School System (Lone Arrow Press, 2000). He lives between London and the wilds of SW France. To learn more about Nick Duffell and his work please visit: https://www.woundedleaders.co.uk/ — 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 biggest difference in my life at this point has been to have my 3 M's – Meaning, Meditation, Movement". Valeria Teles interviews Jennifer Aarnamo — an C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, Teacher And Speaker. Jen Aarnamo is a 43 year old retired correctional officer-turned-yoga therapist with a love of science and the self-responsibility of self-regulation, on a blended path seeking knowledge and becoming love through the wisdom of Ayurveda, Yoga, Vedanta & Tantra. Her days are a mix of private therapy practice, mentoring future therapists and sharing the tools of mindfulness, breath & movement with Correctional Services in Ontario. To learn more about Jennifer Aarnamo and her work please visit: https://www.mindbodywholewellness.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.

— "Authentic yoga is just listening to the heart and acting from that truth." Valeria Teles interviews Fiona Agombar — the author of "Yoga Therapy for Stress, Burnout and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome." Fiona Agombar is a yoga therapist and teacher in the Krishnamacharya Tradition. She originally trained with the Yoga for Health Foundation in 2001 then qualified as a KHYF teacher in 2011 and is accredited as an advanced teacher with the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY). She has studied under Bill Feeney, Gill Lloyd, Sarah Ryan, TKV Desikachar, his son Dr Kausthub Desikachar and also the Zen teacher Adyashanti. She specializes in teaching yoga for fatigue conditions, including CFS/ME, burnout, stress and long-Covid. Fiona was a Trustee of Action for ME (major UK charity) for eight years. She has set up teaching modules on stress and fatigue for Yoga Campus, which she ran for several years together with CPD days for the BWY, before she took five years out to nurse her husband who was terminally ill. She was one of the key speakers for Global Yoga Therapy Day in August 2020 on exhaustion, overwhelm and burnout. In March 2021 she contributed to an advisory meeting for the British Council of Yoga Therapy on guidelines for teaching those with long-Covid. She has recently delivered a successful introductory course for teachers on Burnout, CFS and Long-Covid with Sarah Ryan. She currently runs classes online for those with fatigue and has referrals for long-Covid from a major teaching hospital in the UK. Fiona is the author of the book and DVD Beat Fatigue with Yoga (Cherry Red Books) and her most recent book which was recently published, sold out after three months. She regularly contributes to UK journals Spectrum and OM. Fiona has Lyme disease which she manages with yoga. She is passionate about campaigning to change attitudes to those with fatigue conditions and describes herself as a Feminine Rest Activist. To learn more about Fiona Agombar and her work please visit: https://www.fionaagombar.co.uk/ — 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.

— "Listening to ourselves, listening to intuition, listening to Universe." Valeria Teles interviews A.Y. Berthiaume — the author of "Dear Universe, I Get It Now: Letters on the Art and Journey of Being Brave and Being Me." A.Y. Berthiaume is a professional writer, native Vermonter, practicing feminist, recovering middle child, wannabe superhero, and a mom who's pretty sure she's "winging it". She holds an M.F.A. in creative writing and is the Lady Boss Owner of The Write Place, Right Time, her virtual boutique of ghostwriting services. Whether she's writing for herself or her clients, Berthiaume believes in emotionally compelling, honest, and powerful stories that are told in an authentic voice, come straight from the heart, and celebrate bravery, grit, and hope. If you can catch her not doing all the things, she's probably drinking Maple Lattes in a coffee shop, getting lost in a bookstore, or binge-watching something on Netflix in her sweatpants while she eats ridiculous amounts of movie-theater-style popcorn. To learn more about A.Y. Berthiaume and her work please visit: https://www.ayberthiaume.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.

— "With a loss of connection to one of nature's most powerful rhythms, women may lose the sense of balance within themselves, their relationships, and their world." Valeria Teles interviews Pia Orleane & Cullen Smith on the book: Sacred Retreat: Using Natural Cycles to Recharge Your Life Pia Orleane, Ph.D. and Cullen Baird Smith are Ambassadors to the Pleiadian group Laarkmaa. These interstellar beings have been working with Pia and Cullen to assist humans heal from all that is out of balance in humanity. Their second book, Remembering Who We Are–Laarkmaa's Guidance on Healing the Human Condition specifically addresses healing. Trained in archeology and anthropology, Cullen Baird Smith, is an empathic intuitive who has been accessing parallel realms of love and light since childhood. He is co-author with Pia Orleane of the COVR Award winning book Pleiadian-Earth Energy Astrology- Charting the Spirals of Consciousness; Conversations With Laarkmaa–A Pleiadian view of the New Reality; and Remembering Who We Are–Laarkmaa's Guidance on Healing the Human Condition. Pia Orleane, Ph.D. is a former practicing psychologist, a respected intuitive, astrologer, and the author of the Nautilus Gold award winning book Sacred Retreat–Using Natural Cycles to Recharge Your Life. She is co-author with Cullen Baird Smith of the Wisdom From the Stars series. Cullen and Pia are also co-creators of the revolutionary 2020 Pleiadian-Earth Energy Calendar. They live in Europe. To learn more about Pia Orleane & Cullen Smith and their work, please visit: https://www.piaorleane.com/ and https://www.laarkmaa.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.

— "Look ahead, develop your strengths, develop and improve your coping skills and mechanisms, function at a healthier level as quickly as possible, and achieve independence as quickly as possible." Valeria Teles interviews Pat Capel — a psychotherapist, counsellor, and coach revolves around emotional needs. Born and raised in South Africa, Pat is now based in London, UK. He completed a BA in Psychology and Drama and followed that with a teaching diploma and a post graduate degree in Counselling Psychology. After 17 years in the classroom, he decided to return to the books and completed a diploma in Psychotherapy. He decided to train in the Human Givens method which is aimed at being short-term, solution focused psychotherapy. He continues to work part time in a secondary school where he teaches English Literature. The rest of his time he works as a therapist, counsellor and coach. He also delivers training, workshops and lectures in the school environment for pupils, parents and teachers. To learn more about Pat Capel and his work please visit: https://www.patcapel.co.uk/ — 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.