A Quest for Well-Being

— "It is music and dancing that make me at peace with the world, and at peace with myself." Valeria Teles interviews Nancy Bos — the author of "Singing Through Change: Women's Voices In Midlife, Menopause, And Beyond." Nancy Bos is a vocologist, author of multiple best-selling books, professional singer, speaker, and thought leader. She has taught singing and voice for over twenty years and is the founder of StudioBos Media, a company that helps people "tap into the magic of voice." Nancy's mission is to inspire people to find the freedom to express, through voice, that part of who they are that connects us all. Love, Hope, Voice - together these three builds all of the connections we need. Nancy's work is guided by the philosophy that singing makes people happier, healthier, more peaceful, and thoughtful, brings people together, soothes aching hearts, and allows us to spiritually transcend. Nancy has given presentations to many community, business, and academic groups. As a teacher, she has taught on the faculty of Cornish College, Seattle Pacific University, Bellevue College, and independently. She is a member of the Recording Academy, the Pan American Vocology Association, is a former vice president of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and is a Distinguished Voice Professional through NYSTA. She is the Director of Operations for the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA). Nancy received her undergraduate degree from Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. To learn more about Nancy Bos and her work please visit: https://www.nancybos.me/ — 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.

— "Honor your grief. It is a reflection of the depth of your love and caring." Valeria Teles interviews Lusijah Darrow and Janet Childs — the authors of "Experiential Action Methods and Tools for Healing Grief and Loss-Related Trauma." About Lusijah: Among the important shaping influences in Lusijah's life are being a life-long member of the spiritual practice of Subud, serving in leadership roles in public benefit non-profit organizations, and the being the main founder of Seven Circles Retreat Center in the Sierra foothills of California. Most of her professional career was in biomedical research related to Immunology at Stanford University. She is principal author of original peer reviewed journal articles (under the names Lusijah Rott and Lusijah Sutherland.) Lusijah switched her life focus to working with others as a therapist. Her experience with losing a very beloved partner and walking her own grief journey is the platform on which she has stood to support others. She used psychodrama methods to develop the experiential action tools to work specifically with grief. It is her sincere hope that Experiential Action Methods and Tools to Heal Grief and Loss-related Trauma will be helpful to grieving people after the death of a loved one. Lusijah is now happily married to fellow therapist, Marc Darrow, living in Santa Cruz county. Lusijah Darrow is currently a psychotherapist and nationally certified psychodramatist in private practice in Soquel, California. She has facilitated grief groups, intensive outpatient groups, and psychodrama groups and has done educational presentations to people who work with grief. She is a certified by CAMFT as a continuing education provider. About Janet: Since 1970, Janet Childs has been actively providing crisis intervention counseling and education focusing on the dynamics of loss, illness, crisis and grief. As a founding member of the Centre for Living with Dying, Janet has worked with thousands of individuals, groups and professionals on the front lines. Janet provides education and intervention to public safety personnel and healthcare responders, as well as the community. She has personally facilitated response to many major critical incidents such as 9-11, and more recently, the Gilroy Festival Shootings, as well as the COVID 19 pandemic. Combining her love of music with her personal and professional experience with loss, she creates a safe and healing environment to gently examine these difficult life issues. To learn more about Lusijah Darrow and Janet Childs and their work please visit: billwilsoncenter.org & lusijahmft.com https://www.billwilsoncenter.org/ & https://www.lusijahmft.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.

— "Consciously showing gratitude is my best practice and my number-one good habit! — Being grateful saves me during hard times and improves my life each day." Valeria Teles interviews Alina Adamut — the author of "Grateful: In Love With My Messy Beautiful Life." Alina Adamut was born in Romania. She is a trained elementary school teacher. She taught 7 year olds for three years in her hometown, and then she went to college where she met her future husband, Marius. She graduated with a degree in sociology. In 2001, Alina and Marius got married in Romania. She came to the United States in 2002 and has been working in a preschool (as a teacher assistant) for almost 10 years. In the last six years, Alina became more and more passionate about growing as a person and living her best life. She loves sharing and for the past four years, she has been sending weekly emails to 40 of her friends. These emails are about people who inspire her, experiences that touch her heart, and seeing beauty everywhere and in everyone. Since childhood, Alina wrote poems and short essays. She loves expressing herself through writing. The idea of writing a book was flirting with her for a long time so, in 2018, she decided to flirt back. "Grateful: In Love with My Messy Beautiful Life" is her first poetry collection. This is Alina Adamut's first podcast interview ever; she is thrilled to share about her best practice: giving thanks every day. To learn more about Alina Adamut and her work, please visit: https://www.gratefulbyalinaadamut.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 body is equipped with several mechanisms to maintain optimal function." Valeria Teles interviews Dr. Amarilis Méndez — the author of "The Holistic Fibromyalgia Treatment Plan: 28-Day Plans for Healthy Digestion, Therapeutic Movement, and Emotional Well-Being." Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, Dr. Amarilis Méndez grew up as a very precocious child, with hopes of being a missionary doctor, pianist and writer. Growing up in a military family, she became accustomed to moving around and, after settling in the United States, experiencing firsthand the consequences of her stressful lifestyle, emotional trauma and poor diet. She was diagnosed with several health conditions before starting medical school, which eventually redirected her future career goals. After being told by doctors to change her life goals, get on disability and learn to live with her health ailments, she started a master's program and decided to look into alternative healing methods. She decided to study naturopathy, instead of going to medical school, hoping to find natural alternatives to help her cope with all her health issues, and her life was transformed. Now Dr. Méndez serves out of her practice called Counter Cultural Health, where her mission is to educate about the bodies' natural healing abilities and what can be done, holistically, to enhance it. To learn more about Dr. Amarilis Méndez and her work please visit: https://www.cchealing.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 most powerful step you can take on your path to intuition is acknowledging and claiming your uniqueness." Our intuition is what makes all of us, including you, psychic, but frequently, we don't get taught how to use our intuition. Intuition is just another word to describe an inner knowing that gives us information about this world and ourselves. Despite popular belief and Hollywood portrayal, being psychic doesn't look a certain way — doctors are psychic, lawyers are psychic, moms are psychic, children are psychic. Maybe you've already known you're psychic, or maybe this is news to you. Either way, it's never too late to learn how to use your psychic abilities, and it is important—now more than ever—that you learn to use them because they can change the trajectory of this planet and your life. Throughout this book, we will discover our psychic talents and learn how to use them in our everyday lives. When we harness the power of our intuition, there's no limit to what we can do and create. Valeria Teles interviews Dr. Divi Chandna — the author of "You Don't Look Psychic: Your Essential Guide to Tapping into your Natural Powers." Dr Divi Chandna is an internationally recognized speaker and expert in Mind Body Spirit Medicine. She is a family physician turned intuitive coach. After graduating, she started to understand that health had everything to do with emotions and the mind. Dr. Divi shifted from Western Medicine to Intuitive Medicine and now uses her intuitive gifts to help people self-heal and expand. She coaches clients on health, relationships, money & more! Dr. Divi also teaches many on-line classes, teaching people to tap into their own intuition, create greater happiness and living their highest truth. She believes that our highest state of wellness lies in our connection with our true Selves, our intuition, our innate knowing and us living our authentic life. Dr. Divi is a celebrated author, media guest and Ted X speaker. To learn more about Divi Chandna and her work please visit: https://www.drdivi.com/ — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life to 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 is okay not to be okay sometimes—but it is never okay to not ask for help, because you are precious beyond compare; you are loved and you are never alone." Valeria Teles interviews Danielle Aitken — the author of "THE RIPPLES: What Lies Beyond and Sarah's Story, life after IVF. A highly experienced nurse and midwife, Danielle Aitken spent twenty years working at the cutting edge of IVF in Australia. Now, a counsellor and clinical hypnotherapist, running a successful private practice, she helps clients move through trauma and crisis. She is passionate about mind body therapy, the principles of neuroplasticity, and helping people discover their true potential. Danielle is the author of Sarah's Story, life after IVF, and The Ripples, What lies beyond; books written to tackle serious issues, impacting mental and physical health. Both are fictional, inspirational, narratives about self-discovery, human potential and overcoming adversity; both became No.1 Amazon Bestsellers in their categories, indicating the real need for these important messages, delivered through the power and potential of the written word. "Suicide often creates a path of devastation so far reaching that it continues on and on, like the ripples created in the mirror-perfect body of water after a single calamitous event disturbs the calm forever." The Ripples, is a fictional novel written by Danielle Aitken, which provides a gripping account of one family's experience of suicide and the damaging, relentless ripples that radiate out in every direction, not only on a family in crisis, but on a whole community and beyond, while also exploring the possibility of an omnipresent love that connects us all. Thought-provoking and insightful, The Ripples weaves a powerful story of spirituality, love, tragic loss and the amazing resilience we possess, that allows us to bring ourselves back from the depths of despair to carry on living. It powerfully illustrates how nobody is spared from the heartbreak and the "what if" thoughts, feelings, and regrets. A captivating story that explores many causative factors and highlights what we can do, to create a change in our current culture through the transformational power of love and connection. Danielle believes that suicide can no longer be considered a taboo subject. Rather she believes that suicide must be spoken about in loud voices, as we as a community attempt to save lives. One death by suicide is too many and at the time of writing The Ripples the World Health Organisation estimated that we are losing 800,000 people a year world–wide to suicide! The Ripples is an important book to create more conversations about mental health awareness; a story to highlight the resources that are available, and to create conversations to help and heal. Importantly, it is a story to validate those who have experienced this most devastating of human tragedies, and to highlight the resilience and strength required to continue on, when all seems hopelessly lost. "The Ripples illustrates the importance of teaching our children that it's ok to not be ok all of the time, as it promotes the idea that it is not only okay to speak about our struggles, It's essential. We must lose the stigma around mental health issues in-order to save lives." To learn more about Danielle Aitken and her work please visit: https://www.danielleaitkenauthor.com.au/ — 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.

— "Taming anxiety means blazing a new trail in your brain—a trail that leads to your happy chemicals instead of your threat chemicals. That is hard to do for many reasons." Anxiety is natural. Calm is learned. If you didn't learn yesterday, you can learn today. It's not easy, of course. Once your natural alarm system is triggered, it's hard to find the off switch. Indeed, you don't have an off switch until you build one. Tame Your Anxiety shows you how. Readers learn about the brain chemicals that make us feel threatened and the chemicals that make us feel safe. You'll see how your brain turns on these chemicals with neural pathways built from past experience, and, most important, you discover your power to build new pathways, to enjoy more happy chemicals, and reduce threat chemicals. This book does not tell you to imagine yourself on a tropical beach. That's the last thing you want when you feel like a lion is chasing you. Instead, you will learn to ask your inner mammal what it wants and how you can get it. Each time you step toward meeting a survival need, you build the neural pathways that expect your needs to be met. You don't have to wait for a perfect world to feel good. You can feel good right now. The exercises in this book help you build a self-soothing circuit in steps so small that anyone can do it. Once you learn how it's done, and how it can help ease your anxiety, you will learn how to handle situations in which you feel threatened or anxious. Understanding the underlying mechanisms will help you stop them before they get ahead of you. Valeria Teles interviews Dr. Loretta Breuning — the author of "Tame Your Anxiety: Rewiring Your Brain for Happiness." Dr. Loretta Breuning is Founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and author of Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain your brain to boost your serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin and endorphin levels. As Professor of Management at California State University, and as a parent, she lost faith in prevailing views of human motivation. Her search for answers led to studies of the brain chemistry we share with earlier mammals. Suddenly, everything made sense and she began creating resources to help people manage their inner mammal. The Inner Mammal Institute offers videos, books, podcasts, multimedia, and a training program, to help you make peace with your inner mammal. To learn more about Dr. Loretta Breuning and her work please visit: https://www.innermammalinstitute.org/ — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life to 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.

— "Forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself and others." Valeria Teles interviews Michelle R. Hannah — the author of "The Self Vows: Seven Vows That Will Change Your Life." Dr. Michelle's remarkable spirit, determination, motivation, and personal experiences are the building blocks of her respect for human dignity and social change. Born and raised in Southern California, she received her undergraduate degree in psychology; her MBA; and a master's degree in teaching and learning with technology. She also holds a doctorate in spiritual counseling. Michelle is a dynamic and electrifying speaker, Audiences everywhere have expressed that they feel as if they are in a personal conversation with Michelle due to her engaging and interactive approach. It's always a challenge for her to leave because people want to have a session directly after. Dr. Michelle public speaking spans over 15 years and is the author of The Breaking Point: A Full-Circle Journey and workbook. Her book The Vows: A workbook for marriage success and understanding yourself is ushering couples and people desiring to be married into a deeper intimacy connection, emotional healing and living authentically. Michelle has helped over 500 couples stay together and live their best life. The Self Vows; Seven Vows that Will Change your Life is her most recent gift to the world. If you are ready to pause, lean into the process and press reset-this book is the solution for you. To learn more about Michelle R. Hannah and her work please visit: https://www.michellerhannah.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.

— "You have only one life to live, Make it authentic and feel happy from inside out." Valeria Teles interviews Tiffany Nguyen — the author of "7 Steps to Move On When Things DON'T Work Out." Tiffany Nguyen is a spiritual life coach who helps busy professionals and sensitive, high-achievers reconnect with their truths and live authentically. She combines practicality and spiritual wisdom to guide people towards clarity and confidence in who they are, leading them to inner peace and happiness. With her analytical brain and her intuitive Tarot reading skill, Tiffany brings a unique approach to one's self-transformation journey. Tiffany immigrated to the U.S when she was 16 and quickly learned the harsh reality of being alone in a foreign country. She faced her greatest fear: loneliness. As the years went by, she grew tired of chasing the next thing and feeling lost, and decided to look within. Tiffany created the Happiness Blueprint to illustrate how people can build a fulfilling life for themselves. She holds a Doctor of Pharmacy and is a student of Tibetan Meditation Master, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. Her articles have appeared on Elephant Journal, Thrive Global, Purpose Fairy, and McGill Media. To learn more about Tiffany Nguyen and her work, please visit: https://www.spunkyspiritualist.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.

— "We will heal our hips, turn pain to love, and step into our power." — It also can heal broken hearts, breathe life where there was none, open doors where there were only stone walls, and create a sacred space for the transformations we encounter on life's journey." Picture this: Marci Darling, Holly Golightly, and Zelda Fitzgerald stumble into Auntie Mame's bedroom, cocktails in hand, for an evening of dish and swish about their recent breakups. After a bit of tomfoolery, Divorce Diva is born, a nonfiction book about one woman's journey from broken-hearted bubby to badass babe. Valeria Teles interviews Marci Darling — the author of "Divorce Diva: Navigating Grief and Loss with Hope, Humor, and Chutzpah." Marci Darling is a sassy, irreverent writer who's previous careers include belly dancer, showgirl, circus acrobat, burlesque dancer, and preschool teacher. She is the author of Divorce Diva: Navigating grief and loss with Hope, Humor, and Chutpzah and two mystery novels, Martini Mystery and The Champagne Scandal. Her new book, Darling Adventures: Travel Stories by Marci Darling will be released in March 2021. She has a Masters from Harvard, a BA from UCLA, and a Certificate in Novel Writing from Stanford. She is also the creator of the Diva Writing Workshop and Mom to two teenagers. To learn more about Marci Darling and her work please visit: https://www.marcidarling.com / — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life to 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.