A Quest for Well-Being

— There's no payment sufficient to honor your worth; most astounding creation you—the face of this Earth. Valeria Teles interviews Nikki Murphy — the author of "Home For Hurricanes: A Memoir of Resilience in Poetry and Prose" Nikki Murphy is an awarded Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Leader, speaker, poet, real estate investor, and best-selling author of Home For Hurricanes: A Memoir of Resilience in Poetry and Prose. Her work aims to foster understanding across communities and empower people to do life on purpose. Abandoned by her hustling father and raised by her devoted mother in a tough neighborhood, Murphy learned from an early age how to triumph over trauma. Her best-selling book, Home For Hurricanes: A Memoir Of Resilience in Poetry and Prose, chronicles her coming of age story and healing journey after surviving multiple traumas, including being raped in college. Having a firsthand awareness of the societal issues plaguing Black communities, Murphy has volunteered with several nonprofit organizations serving underserved youth. However, it was the continued shooting of unarmed Black men making national headlines in 2016 and her desire to set an example for her then 1-year-old son, that prompted Murphy to radically re-examine her career. After nearly a decade in a successful corporate career working as an Auditor at a Big 4 accounting firm, Murphy took a 6-month sabbatical to figure out a more purpose-aligned path forward. Murphy holds a B.S. in Finance from New York University's Stern School of Business and is a member of Women of Integrity Inc., an organization that empowers women and girls. She and her husband live on Long Island, New York with their 5-year-old son. To learn more about Nikki Murphy and her work, please visit: https://www.nikki-murphy.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.

— All of us have wondered at some point or another whether there is a deeper meaning to our everyday activities. Some of us may have even searched on a subconscious level for the missing component in our daily lives. The good news is that incorporating a sense of spirit into every day can fill missing gaps, expand our lives, and provide us with confidence and clarity in all decisions. Valeria Teles interviews Dr. Lydia A. Mitchell — the author of "Spiritual Reality: Transforming the Ordinary into the Extraordinary." Dr. Lydia Anne Mitchell´s goal in writing is to reintegrate the spiritual and physical aspects of our being on a daily level. With the rapidly increasing technological advances the basic foundation of our lives has been shifted – almost shape shifted! Lydia loves to use technology and is fascinated by it. However, as complex beings there is more to us than the technical and physical aspects. She believes the emotional and spiritual aspects of your life play a greater part in who you are and what you create than the physical reality you see. All aspects of a person need to be considered and combined for a fully joyful and successful life. Incorporating your spirit with your daily life is a matter of awareness. The only transformation that occurs is the shift in view point between yourself and the reality around you. Lydia's scientific background gives her a unique understanding of the subtle energies involved in the physical world, seen and unseen by the human eye. After obtaining her doctorate in Chemistry at Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, U.S.A. Lydia worked in research in the education and corporate world. She carried out experiments based on electromagnetic principles using radiofrequencies to identify and determine the structure of compounds on a molecular level. Our atoms are oscillating at specific frequencies. These were the frequencies that she measured as a research chemist when identifying the structure and composition of organic compounds. Samples were put in a super conducting magnet and irradiated with radiofrequencies which flipped the energy levels in the atoms. This enabled her to measure their specific and identifying frequencies. Lydia has given courses and consulted for business and residential Feng Shui clients over 20 years in USA, Spain, Ireland and South America. She currently lives with her husband in the south of Chile. To learn more about Dr. Lydia A. Mitchell and her work, please visit: https://www.lydiaannemitchell.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.

— Guide yourself and the children in your life to be the radiant, authentic beings that you truly are. Valeria Teles interviews Lana Reed — the author of "The Yoga Way to Radiance: How to Follow Your Inner Guidance and Nurture Children to Do the Same." Lana Reed is a leading expert on children and yoga, having worked with both since the mid-1970s. She is a parent, Montessori educator, and a yoga professional recognized by Yoga Journal magazine as one of the top five Kundalini Yoga teachers in the world. She has taught specialty yoga trainings especially for women and senior citizens, and is a recognized leader in the international yoga community. Lana has authored several books: Fly Like a Butterfly: Yoga for Children, The Five Fingered Family, Kundalini Yoga, Keep It Simple Series (KISS) Guide to Yoga and Yoga for Women, and her latest book, The Yoga Way to Radiance: How to Follow your Inner Guidance and Nurture Children to do the Same. In 1997, she founded Radiant Child® Yoga, one of the first programs that trains adults how to teach children yoga and work with/raising children consciously. Through Radiant Child Yoga, Lana has trained over 15,000 teachers, parents, therapists, medical professionals, and childcare givers in the art of yoga for children, and has trainers for her program all over the world. She is considered the "godmother" of the children's yoga movement. She has produced several musical albums and videos as companions to her books. Her DVD, Yoga in Motion, was awarded Mom's Choice award for 2008, as was her website, www.childrensyoga.com. She has also created Yoga Warrior Cards, which bring action figures into the world of yoga. Lana lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and several animal companions, and loves to visit her son and his partner in Boulder Colorado. To learn more about Lana Reed and her work please visit: https://www.childrensyoga.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.

— "Keep unlocking more of yourself, continuing to see the depth of love within yourself, to see the magic of your existence." Valeria Teles interviews Deepika Sandhu — the author of "Hello Universe, It's Me: How I scheduled a breakdown and manifested a new life (and how you can too)." Deepika Sandhu is a Mom, Business Woman and a book author. She was born in Surrey, British Columbia but spent most of her life in California. She is a Partner at a San Francisco Bay Area based Consulting Firm where she advise high-growth companies as they inspire the world with innovation. For over 20 years, she has helped transform burgeoning businesses into elegant operations. While she has worked with many of the most innovative, up and coming technology companies, her favorite title is Mom. She has the fortunate pleasure of being Mom to a fun-loving, sassy, brave and highly courageous seven year old. Life wasn't always so rosy. On the outside Deepika's life looked perfect – nice cars, nice home, nice clothes, nice purses, fun vacations and lots of smiles posted on social media. She was winning at the game of life. If she was in a giant football stadium, the big monitors over the field would be flashing in bold caps "YOU ARE KILLING IT." Problem is, she was not only killing it. It was killing her. None of her checklists, none of her to-do lists, and none of the activities or people that were filling my life were making me happy. She needed a control+alt+delete on my life. She needed a reboot. She needed to throw all those checklists out the window. She needed an "I Dream of Jeannie" head nod to shake things up and get this all back on track. So Deepika did the only thing a high powered, career woman, super mom and Pinterest enthusiast could do when her life is starting to crumble. She scheduled a breakdown. Her latest book is a story of how she scheduled a breakdown, raised her vibration and changed her life. To learn more about Deepika Sandhu and her work please visit: https://www.hellouniverseitsme.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.

— "One always reaps what one sows, and please, do not forget to worship the elegance of the simplicity of this universal rule." Valeria Teles interviews Sophie McLean — the author of "The Elegance of Simplicity: A Wisdom Teacher's Epic Journey to Awareness." Sophie McLean's mission is to contribute to the creation of a new culture for humankind; or the shift from Homo Sapiens to Homo Spiritus, as Dr. David Hawkins so beautifully wrote. Born in Algeria, educated in Morocco and France, with a professional career in the USA and UK, Sophie has led an eventful life. She has been a helicopter pilot, a teacher, a designer, a relief worker, a war refugee, a CEO, and served as a United Nations representative on The Commission on the Status of Women's Hunger Project. She has been shot at, shipwrecked, and widowed. She has lived on a farm, a boat, a penthouse, and in an ashram. As a wisdom teacher, Sophie has spent decades leading transformational seminars to over 80,000 people around the world, of all ethnicities, ages, religions, and social backgrounds – all engaged with the universal existential questions of "Who and what am I?" and "What is my life about?" Her seminar and podcast topics span both human and metaphysical dimensions – exposing and deconstructing the automatic ego, consciousness, freedom, love, stress, anxiety, fear, relationships, health, sex, money, ownership, leadership, spirituality, creation and evolution, the feminine and the masculine, responsibility, and making an effective, actionable difference in the world. Sophie engages people in a rigorous review of their life and a systematic questioning of their conclusions on the basis that without examining our network of ideas, beliefs, social and cultural judgments, and our assumptions about the world, those are transformed into constraints. Her interest is in the nature of what it means to be human. In Sophie McLean's life and work, she strives to bring elegance, worldly experience, grit, courage, and insight leading to revelation and transformation. To learn more about Sophie McLean and her work please visit: https://www.sophiemclean.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 allowing ourselves to become a wealthy/wealthier healer actually helps us serve the greater good." Valeria Teles interviews Rebecca Wiener McGregor — an Amplifier Of Love, Catalyst Of Breakthroughs, Transformational Hypnotist, Money Mindset Coach And Speaker. Rebecca Wiener McGregor is an Amplifier of Love and catalyst for breakthroughs! She shares her gifts as a transformational hypnotist + money mindset coach committed to helping visionary women live their Truth, step into their Divine Purpose, and create the life of their dreams. Over the last 16 years, she has helped her clients to release old blocks, traumas, loss, and hidden fears to find a deeper sense of self-worth and determination to live life on their own terms. Using that self-worth and determination as fuel to create the life they've been dreaming of with deeper connection, more joy, more impact, wealth, and more fun! Rebecca's clients include spiritual entrepreneurs, coaches, healers, executives, entertainers, and influencers--women who have a message to share with the world. She's worked with women across the country and around the world to release limiting beliefs and rewire their subconscious minds to feel limitless, take action, and create a life filled with abundance. Rebecca lives with her husband (in a relationship she manifested) and her rescue dogs Lucy, Millie, and Winston in Sioux Falls, South Dakota where she loves books, art, music, has the ever-so-slight Netflix infatuation, and loves spending time hosting her friends and family. To learn more about Rebecca Wiener McGregor and her work please visit: https://www.rebeccawiener.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.

— "More than ever this is a time of hope rather than despair. It's time for listening with all our senses and being open to the answers when they come. Our ancestors heard the call of the forest and they heard the song of nature. Now it's our chance to discover that forgotten wisdom." Valeria Teles interviews Liz Jansen — the author of "Crash Landing: The Long Road Home." Healer, author, and motorcycle aficionado Liz Jansen combines her artistic mediums to create stories that inspire readers to embark on their own journey of self-discovery. No helmet or jacket required. Her healing approach blends wisdom from her experience as a Registered Nurse, Corporate Human Resources Professional, and Certified Practitioner in Shamanic Energy Medicine. Liz was born into a German Mennonite culture, the granddaughter of Russian refugees. At age sixteen, she began riding her brothers' motorcycle on her family farm and a motorcycle became her lifelong muse. In 2003, after leaving a twenty-five-year marriage and a career in Corporate Human Resources, she spent two months traveling across Canada and the United States figuring out what to do next. Since then, Liz has logged hundreds of thousands of miles of mostly solo travel across Canada and the United States. While she enjoys the rugged beauty of Ontario's northern wilderness, she has a particular fondness for the open expanses of the Canadian prairies and Midwestern plains. In 2014, at age sixty, Liz set out on a solo motorcycle quest, seeking the answer to how ancestral experiences and a culture she'd distanced herself from had shaped her. Barely three weeks into what was intended to be a twelve- to eighteen-month trip through the Americas, a crash changed her trajectory and ushered in a period of stillness. Two years later, back on her motorcycle, she completed that quest and got her answers. They weren't the answers she expected, and they'd appeared in a way she couldn't have imagined. Liz is a member of the Writers' Union of Canada and the Non-Fiction Authors Association. She's the author of Women, Motorcycles and the Road to Empowerment, Life Lessons from Motorcycles, and Crash Landing. She lives in Ontario with her cat, Measha, and Trudy, her Triumph Tiger motorcycle. To learn more about Liz Jansen and her work please visit: https://www.lizjansen.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.

— "Once you recognize you are feeling fear, resolve to cast it out with a strong, solid intention to heal...motivated by self-love." Valeria Teles interviews Cherie Burton — the author of "WHERE DEPRESSION ENDS AND YOU BEGIN: Four Passages to Discovery." Cherie Burton is a mom of 6, author, holistic psychologist, speaker, biz owner, Women Seeking Wholeness podcast host, and hobbyist divine feminine scholar. She has worked as a clinical counselor in the fields of mental health and addiction and now specializes in the science and spirituality of emotional healing and sensory integration; a "whole soul" approach. Cherie is a former Mrs. Utah and guides females of all ages in her Stand Speak Shine private coaching programs, retreats and online schools. She travels internationally, empowering audiences with knowledge and tools to heal their trauma, find their soul callings, and embrace their wholeness. To learn more about Cherie Burton and her work please visit: http://cherieburton.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.

— "Elevating creativity, focus, mood stabilization, sound sleep, general emotional and mental wellness and overall fulfillment." Valeria Teles interviews Dr. Anna Yusim — the author of "Fulfilled: How the Science of Spirituality Can Help You Live a Happier, More Meaningful Life." Dr. Anna Yusim is an internationally recognized, award-winning, Stanford- and Yale-educated Board-Certified Psychiatrist and Executive Coach. With clients including Forbes 500 CEOs, Olympic athletes, A-list actors and actresses, and the Chairs of academic departments at top universities, Dr. Anna Yusim has helped over 1500 people in 70 countries achieve greater impact, purpose and joy in their life and work. On the Clinical Faculty at Yale Medical School, Dr. Yusim is presently creating the world's first Spirituality and Mental Health Program at Yale. She has published over 100 articles on the intersection of medicine, mental health, spirituality and well-being. She is a frequent guest on CNN, FoxNews, ABC and other news outlets, and has appeared on hundreds of national and TV shows, radio programs and podcasts. ! To learn more about Dr. Anna Yusim and her work please visit: https://www.annayusim.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.

— "People make poor decisions for a variety of reasons. Some of these reasons are conscious, but many are largely unconscious." Have you ever faced a challenge or decision that felt so overwhelming you had no idea where to start? Choose Better provides a systematic approach to solving any problem, no matter how difficult. Designed by Dr. Timothy Yen, this series of questions will lead you step-by-step out of that state of indecision and into vibrant, confident action. In times of stress, it's easy to feel impossibly stuck. Not to mention isolated and alone. Developed across hundreds of individual case studies and thousands of clinical hours, Choose Better can help you find your best path forward no matter what life throws at you. Stop leaving your happiness and well-being to chance. Improve your relationships, at work and at home, while remaining true to your authentic self. Learn how to make the right decisions every time—with vision, clarity, and direction—and start claiming your best life. Valeria Teles interviews Dr. Timothy Yen — the author of "Choose Better: The Optimal Decision-Making Framework." Timothy Yen is a clinical psychologist with a doctorate from Azusa Pacific University, practicing in the East Bay area and leading conferences and retreats around the globe. Between his years in private practice and another eight years as a Mental Health Staff Sergeant in the US Army, he's empowered hundreds of individuals, families, organizations, and teams to develop authentic relationships and grow into their best selves. He currently resides in Northern California with his wife and son. To learn more about Dr. Timothy Yen and his work, please visit: https://timyen.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.