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Episode Directory

February 2012

  • 2/23/2012: Special Encore Presentation: Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements Coming Soon
  • 2/16/2012: Inspiring Natural Confidence with Amy Saloner and Robin Kaplan Listen Now
  • 2/9/2012: NOH8 Simply Love with Adam Bouska and Jeff Parshley Listen Now
  • 2/2/2012: The God Question with Peter Bolland Listen Now

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Jill Addison

Jill Addison is an Online Video Producer who loves blending her skills in video production and marketing to help small business owners gain new clients with 1 and 3 minute online video commercials. Jill is the Founder and Host of The Bloom Channel - “Where Successful Women Entrepreneurs Share Their Stories.” The Bloom Channel is a web TV show that helps every woman who’s ever dreamed of starting her own business learn from successful women entrepreneurs who have already done it. View Guest page

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Lorin Beller Blake

Lorin Beller Blake has been a successful entrepreneur a few times over. In the early 90’s, she started, with a partner, a technology company and built it to a 3+ million dollar firm, sold it and merged it with an entity where she had the opportunity to sit on the executive team to take the company public in 2000. She left that position after 2.5 years and was certified as a coach and since then authored her first book, From Entrepreneur to Big Fish: 7 Principles to Wild Success and most recently is a contributing author along with Steven Covey in the book: Roadmap to Success. Lorin has been sharing her unique and powerful perspectives for Entrepreneurs across the continent for various international organizations. In 2010, Lorin was recognized by the International Stevie’s and received two prestigious awards: Women Supporting Women Award as well as Mentor of the Year. View Guest page

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Peter Bolland

Peter is a philosophy professor, spiritual teacher, speaker, and writer as well as an award winning singer-songwriter and award winning poet. Since 1991 he has taught philosophy, religion, and mythology at Southwestern College. His band, The Coyote Problem, has earned critical acclaim and numerous awards, including Best Americana Album at the San Diego Music Awards for their last two CDs, Wire and California. He is well respected in the global Unity movement and is regularly featured on Unity.fm and Unity Magazine. He teaches a popular series of classes focusing on transformational wisdom and the awakening process. In 2008 he co-wrote the DVD series “Jesus and the Awakening to God Consciousness” featuring Deepak Chopra and Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell. Peter describes himself as “a man doing a lot of little things to help people feel the wisdom welling up through the cracks of their own lives.” View Guest page

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Adam Bouska

On November 4, 2008 Proposition 8 passed in California, amending the state Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. The defeat provoked a groundswell of initiative within the GLBT community at a grassroots level, with many new political and protest organizations being formed in response. The NOH8 Campaign is a photographic silent protest created by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska (http://www.bouska.net) and partner Jeff Parshley in direct response to the passage of Proposition 8. Photos feature subjects with duct tape over their mouths, symbolizing their voices being silenced by Prop 8 and similar legislation around the world, with "NOH8" painted on one cheek in protest. Three years since its inception, the NOH8 Campaign has grown to over 20,000 faces and continues to grow at an exponential rate. The campaign began with portraits of everyday Californians from all walks of life and soon rose to include politicians, military personnel, newlyweds, law enforcement, artists, celebrities, and many more. View Guest page

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Randa Cote

Randa Cote, founder and president of SPE Solutions, Inc., has dedicated her professional life to helping businesses use technology to implement efficiencies, improve business processes, and get organized. After more than 20 years leading strategic initiatives for Fortune 1000 companies, she founded her company and is considered an industry expert, and is a sought-after public speaker. Randa is also president of Moms in Business Unite, Inc., which conducts annual conferences that focus on supporting and promoting the growing number of women-owned and mom-owned businesses. Randa was honored as the Women’s Advocate of the Year at the 2010 BRAVO! Awards. View Guest page

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Wendy Craig-Purcell

Wendy Craig-Purcell is the Founding and Senior Minister and CEO of The Unity Center, that celebrated its 28th anniversary in May 2011. She is a graduate of the Unity School of Christianity, and was ordained in 1980, one of the youngest to ever be ordained in Unity. In her book, Ask Yourself This: Questions to Open the Heart, Expand the Mind, and Awaken the Soul, Wendy helps readers discover often-overlooked aspects of their spiritual nature. Wendy has been active for many years in the Association of Global New Thought (AGNT). She joined the Leadership Council in 1999 and currently serves as Vice President. She has participated in numerous AGNT events including the three AGNT-sponsored “Synthesis Dialogues,” with His Holliness the Dalai Lama of Tibet, the “Awakened World” conferences, the Gandhi-King Peace Train, and the Living Legends of Nonviolence Conference. She has received prestigious awards for her service including the Gandhi Non-Violence Award and induction into the Martin Luther Kind Jr. Board of Preachers Hall of Fame. View Guest page

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Lisa M. Diamond

Lisa M. Diamond, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies in the Department of Psychology at the University of Utah. She is the author of "Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire," a book that explores the changing nature of sexual identity and desire, and is based on her longitudinal research of female sexual identity development. Diamond's research focuses on two distinct but related areas -- the nature and development of affectional bonds, and the nature and development of same-sex sexuality. The common thread uniting these lines of research is her interest in the psychological and biobehavioral processes, underlying intimate relationships and their influence on emotional experience and functioning over the life course. View Guest page

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Ky Dickens

Award winning filmmaker Ky Dickens, directed the highly acclaimed documentary Fish out of Water, which uses animation, narratives and historical analysis to deconstruct the seven Bible verses used to condemn homosexuality. Most recently, Ky joined forces with Rock the Vote & Equality Illinois to write and direct the Vote Naked Illinois campaign, which gained national media attention and a segment on FOX News' O'Reilly Factor. In the fall of 2010, Ky was selected as a Documentary Juror for Chicago's Reeling Film Festival. Last winter, her short cell phone video about an abandon snowman was chosen as the “Yahoo! Holiday video of the Year” in the United Kingdom. Ky’s current feature film, Sole Survivor, explores the impact of survivorship on the human condition. In the history of aviation, there have been 14 large-scale, commercial plane crashes with a lone survivor. The documentary follows the journey of George Lamson who, at 17 years old, survived the 1985 crash of Galaxy Airlines Flight 203, as he seeks to meet other sole survivors of aviation crashes. Sole Survivor will wrap in 2012. Ky graduated with Magna Cum Laude honors from Vanderbilt University. She completed a double major in sociology and communications and a minor in Fine Art. View Guest page

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Lisa Druxman

Lisa Druxman, M.A. is the founder of Stroller Strides and is a nationally recognized speaker and author. She is considered an expert in the field of fitness, particularly pre/postnatal fitness. Lisa launched Stroller Strides in 2001, and now has 1,200 locations and more than 150,000 participants nationwide. It's a stroller based workout that offers moms a great way to get in shape, meet other new moms and have fun with their baby. She created the weight management program, L.E.A.N. Mommy® (Learn Eating Awareness and Nutrition) which is also the name of her book (Hachette Books). She has presented at the I.D.E.A. national and world conferences, is certified as a Group Fitness Instructor, Personal Trainer, is a Provider of Continuing Education through the American Council on Exercise (ACE), and sits on the board of directors for the Postpartum Health Alliance. Lisa is a well-published writer, winning an APEX journalism award. She is the exclusive writer for Entrepreneur’s online Mompreneur column. She has also been nominated for and received numerous awards from organizations such as the National Association of Women Business Owners for her unique and successful business. She has been featured on NBC’s Today Show, CNN, The Montel Williams Show, Access Hollywood and profiled in magazines such as Entrepreneur, Woman’s Day, Good Housekeeping, Self and more. View Guest page

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Brittany Gibbons

Brittany Gibbons is a writer, humorist, and catalyst. Mostly known for her satirical wit and self deprecation, Brittany first gained recognition writing for the popular humor blog, Barefoot Foodie, in which she overshares bits of her life between phonetically spelled sound effects and excessive ellipses. In 2010, Brittany traded in her author hat for one of media maven, launching Mouth Media, the nationally recognized online magazine Curvy Girl Guide, as well as several other new projects. Brittany has tackled the reinvention of beauty and body acceptance in a 2011 TED talk. She is also a 2011 BlogHer Humor Voice of the Year, ranked among Babble’s Top Mom Blogs of 2011, SheKnows Top Humor Blogs, one the 50 Most Influential Bloggers Online, as well as #6 on the 2011 List of 50 Mom Bloggers with Klout. Brittany is also the voice of the popular humor podcast, Brittany & Meredith Live, and can be found contributing to the new ABC show, Rebecca Regnier’s Full Plate. View Guest page

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Julieanna Hever

Julieanna Hever, M.S., R.D., C.P.T. , also known as The Plant-Based Dietitian, is a passionate advocate of the miracles associated with following a whole food, plant-based diet-the established effects of which provide positive healthful benefits. Julieanna is the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition and the nutrition columnist for VegNews Magazine. She is the co-author of the upcoming book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Gluten-Free Vegan Cooking (available December 2011). Julieanna is the co-producer and star of the documentary To Your Health, and the Executive Director of EarthSave, International. View Guest page

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Robin Kaplan

Robin Kaplan is the founder of the San Diego Breastfeeding Center. She is a mom of two rambunctious boys, a wife, a mompreneur, and a social media geek. After working in the education field for 10 years, Robin decided to change her career path to help new moms overcome their breastfeeding challenges. Having dealt with her own breastfeeding and ‘new mom’ struggles, Robin now could meld her personal experiences with clinical practicum and research. View Guest page

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Astra Kelly

About Astra Kelly ~ Astra Kelly is a rare talent with a universal, lyric-based, melodic sound that is an original blend of her Chicago roots in soul and blues merged with rock, indie and acoustic elements. Kelly’s early interest in music was fueled by family jams, school choirs and formal music studies. Her passionate performance style is derived from her days of street performing in Chi-town, an undeniable devotion to the music, and incessant touring, including a 2 year, 85,000 mile solo jaunt that ended when her tour van was totaled by a train. Her lyrics read like poetry, speaking of emotional transformation and personal freedom. Whether armed with an acoustic guitar or onstage with the full electric band, her delivery is an powerful expression of her art and sound. View Guest page

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Shira Lane

Award winning filmmaker, Shira Lane, was born in Israel and raised in Australia. She returned to Israel to serve in the army and graduated from Beit-Zvi Entertainment and Performing Arts School in Ramat Gan. Her career in Israeli television includes the acclaimed medical drama Tipol Nimratz (“Intensive Care”). When the series ended, she attempted to return to Australia by way of Los Angeles, but due to severe dog quarantine laws she opted to settle in Hollywood, not to part from her dog. However, her lifelong allergy to milk and dairy products increased in severity upon arrival in the U.S. because of the more prevalent use of milk and dairy by-products in foods. This prompted her to examine the scientific research on the subject and seek information from medical journals, nutritionists, doctors, and even documentaries. Disgruntled by the lack of scientific consensus, and the popular advertising campaigns promoting dairy, she opted to make her own film on the uniquely American mythology of milk. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her dog, her partner Luke, and baby son Ori. View Guest page

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Jennie Lapointe

Jennie Lapointe is a shaman healer and spiritual counselor. She is passionate about helping people live fulfilling and purposeful lives. She is a gifted intuitive and channels for many of today’s spiritual leaders. Jennie has an extensive background working in the health care industry and with children. She is a creative sonsultant for the Kathryn the Grape books, and the co-creator of the storyline for Kathryn the Grape’s Colorful Adventure. Originally from Canada, where she raised her three sons, Jennie now lives in southern California with her husband. Jennie’s life illuminates inclusion and she ripples a message of Divine love to everyone she encounters. View Guest page

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Christy Morgan

Christy Morgan, also known as The Blissful Chef, is a successful vegan macrobiotic chef, whose business is changing people’s lives through healthy cooking classes, lectures, personal chef services, private instruction, and team building events for businesses. With her first cookbook, Blissful Bites, and various online and offline articles, she is well published in the world of natural foods. Christy’s mission to show that clean food can be delicious, easy to make, and will bring more energy and bliss into your life! View Guest page

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Jeff Parshley

On November 4, 2008 Proposition 8 passed in California, amending the state Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. The defeat provoked a groundswell of initiative within the GLBT community at a grassroots level, with many new political and protest organizations being formed in response. The NOH8 Campaign is a photographic silent protest created by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska (http://www.bouska.net) and partner Jeff Parshley in direct response to the passage of Proposition 8. Photos feature subjects with duct tape over their mouths, symbolizing their voices being silenced by Prop 8 and similar legislation around the world, with "NOH8" painted on one cheek in protest. Three years since its inception, the NOH8 Campaign has grown to over 20,000 faces and continues to grow at an exponential rate. The campaign began with portraits of everyday Californians from all walks of life and soon rose to include politicians, military personnel, newlyweds, law enforcement, artists, celebrities, and many more. View Guest page

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Faith Rivera

About Faith Rivera ~ If Tony Robbins were a girl, could sing like Mariah, groove like Madonna, and inspire like Oprah – you’d get Faith Rivera, Hawaii-born Singer, Songwriter & 2003 Emmy-winner for Outstanding Original Song on NBC’s Passions. She is most known for her high-energy performances and hip-shakin’ music for all ages and faiths. Her original music has been featured on popular TV shows like ER and Scrubs and with international authors and teachers like Marianne Williamson, Michael Beckwith, and Jack Canfield. She has sung with legendary musicians including Luther Vandross and Neil Young, and has wowed audiences from the Hollywood Bowl to the Honolulu Symphony to the Parliament of World Religions in Melbourne, Australia, and Peace concerts from Tokyo to St. Croix. Faith is here to celebrate and awaken the everyday superstar in all of us! View Guest page

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Sean Sala

Sean Sala, a former Navy operations specialist, organized the first active-duty military contingent to march in a gay pride parade. Over 350 service people marched in support of military equality, and aroused international attention and influence, as other countries have followed his lead. View Guest page

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Amy Saloner

Amy Saloner is the co-owner of Natural Baby Pros and co-founder of The Natural Baby Project San Diego. She is a mother, entrepreneur, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, teacher, healer, and advocate for social change. She received her Masters Degree in Social Welfare at UCLA, and worked for almost 10 years in the field of social work, education and child development. Her deepest desire is to provide education and support for families to experience their journey into and through parenthood as an empowered and healing one. View Guest page

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Aliza Sherman

Aliza Sherman is a Web pioneer, mobile strategist, and social media innovator. In 1995, Newsweek named her one of the “Top People Who Matter Most on the Internet” after she founded the first woman-owned, full-service Internet company, Cybergrrl, Inc. and the first global Internet networking organization for women, Webgrrls International. Aliza’s books include The Everything Blogging Book, Streetwise Ecommerce, PowerTools for Women in Business and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Crowdsourcing. View Guest page

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Danielle Smith

Danielle Smith is a wife and mom, and in her ‘free time,” she balances work as the founder and primary author of ExtraordinaryMommy.com as well as hosting and producing Bliss TV. As a result of her work on ExtraordinaryMommy.com, Danielle has been featured on The CBS Early Show, Fox News, CNN Headline News, and NPR. She is a contributing author to The Internet Mommy and The Little Pink Prayer Book - a Tribute to Breast Cancer Survivors. View Guest page

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Evelyn Thomas

Evelyn Thomas is a veteran of the Army National Guard and the U.S. Marine CoEvelyn Thomas is a veteran of the Army National Guard and the U.S. Marine Corps. She is an honorably discharged combat veteran, and she served in the military prior to Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT). She served during the “ban of homosexuals” in the military and was read her Miranda Rights, and was isolated from other female and male Marines. As a result of the tragic death of Seaman August Provost, Thomas decided to take action and founded The Sanctuary Project Veterans. Thomas and the Sanctuary Project Veterans were a part of “The Boot Drop” in Senator Webb’s senate office, the only activist action to result in changing a Senator’s vote for the repeal of DADT. View Guest page

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Sara Vance

Helping people live healthier lives is Sara’s passion. Owner of Rebalance Life and a regular contributor for on a variety of southern California’s television news programs, Sara Vance has over 18 years experience in the health & fitness industry. But Sara knows first hand that making healthy choices is not always easy. As a child, Sara was a picky eater and her diet consisted of too many sweetened & processed foods, and not enough fresh whole vegetables and fruits. This led to digestion problems, weight gain, and teasing. Sara helps people reach their optimum health – offering classes, consultations, speaking/media, and articles. A speaker at the first TEDx Youth conference in San Diego, Sara was also recognized as a Lunchbox Hero by The Lunchbox Organization in Boulder, CO for her work educating kids about nutrition. Sara is available for private cooking/nutrition classes and yoga classes. Sara also offers school assemblies, nutrition lectures/ counseling/classes. View Guest page

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Linda Waters

Linda Waters is the CEO and founder of Back to Business, a career consulting firm that focuses on helping women get back into the workforce. Her passion and mission is to “un-stick” women in career transition. Linda and her team help clients develop clarity and confidence in their direction, and sound strategies to be successful. Originally dedicated to helping Moms return to the workforce, Back to Business quickly expanded to serve women in all stages of career transition. In 2009 Linda launched a new project called Confidence Beads™ designed to inspire and empower women. The project gives back by donating to Ovations for the Cure of ovarian cancer, and to New Hope, toward domestic violence education programs. An accomplished business leader and presenter, Linda speaks regularly to academic, professional and corporate audiences on career-related topics. She is the recipient of the prestigious ATHENA award, received for business excellence, making an impact on women nationally and internationally, and helping women reach their full potential. View Guest page

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Marsha Wenig

Marsha Wenig is the founder of YogaKids International, Inc., the original and leading provider of yoga, education and fitness products for children. She started the business in her family’s recreation room in 1998, and today, YogaKids is known around the world and is available in 23 countries and 32 states. Marsha has delighted millions of children with yoga, as their bodies grow stronger, their joy soars, and their confidence is engaged. Marsha has been widely covered by worldwide media for her work in yoga education, including her newest product, YogaKids Tools for Schools. She’s been featured in Time, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, Child, Fitness, Yoga Journal and many local and national publications. She has appeared on CNN, PBS, ABC and NBC and many radio programs. Marsha has developed the most in-depth training program on yoga education for children in the world. Her products have received multiple awards, including two Parent’s Choice Awards. View Guest page

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Alex Yates

Alex Yates, is known as the Marketing Mad Man (“mad” equals Messages About Desire). Alex operates as a hired gun marketing professional who is brought in by clients big and small to help execute strategic marketing, brand building, business development rainmaking, market research, social media, and a big red toolbox of skills to deploy his experience with integrated marketing communications. Alex has a solid and successful career in marketing and holds a master’s degree in Management and Leadership. View Guest page

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Jeff Zlotnik

Jeff Zlotnik is the Founder and Executive Director of The Meditation Initiative. He is purposeful in bringing awareness to the mental health benefits of mindfulness and meditation. Jeff began his meditation practice in 1996 while receiving his BA in Psychology at the University of Arizona. He has led meditation to thousands of people, and is passionate about inspiring people to experience the benefits of intentional breathing. Some of his most passionate areas of focus include working with school-aged children, senior citizens, prisoners, and wounded military service members and veterans. Jeff approaches meditation simply as a daily practice of mindfulness laying the foundation for a happier and healthier life. View Guest page

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Inspiring Natural Confidence with Amy Saloner and Robin Kaplan

February 16, 2012
Hosted by Kathryn Cloward

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Join Kathryn as she talks with Amy Saloner and Robin Kaplan, two inspiring and purposeful women who are passionate about helping parents build confidence through natural parenting. As the co-owner of Natural Baby Pros and the co-founder of The Natural Baby Project San Diego, Amy Saloner is passionate about helping educate and support families. Robin Kaplan, the founder of the San Diego Breastfeeding Center, is a compassionate advocate and educator for helping moms overcome breastfeeding challenges.

The Ripple Effect

Thursday at 12 Noon Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Variety Channel

The Ripple Effect is talk radio that makes waves and inspires change. Is your belief system the sum total of what other people have told you to believe? Do you have a deeper knowing that you often doubt or dismiss? Are you ready to make choices for your life that lead you to a deeper fulfillment? The Ripple Effect will inspire and encourage you to follow your intuitive knowledge in business, parenting, personal development, and so much more.

Host Kathryn Cloward shares her refreshing perspective of the human experience through her candid and often vulnerable approach to experiencing the world unleashed and unlimited! The Ripple Effect shines a light on remarkable people who are changing the world. If you’re looking to be inspired, enlightened, and encouraged, it’s a show you won’t want to miss. Experience The Ripple Effect, Thursdays at 12 Noon Pacific Time on the VoiceAmerica Variety Channel.

Kathryn Cloward

Kathryn Cloward is a passionate and purposeful entrepreneur known for her ability to create dynamic companies. She’s founder and president of Natural Kidz and Kandon Unlimited, home of Kandon Publishing and Kathryn the Grape Company.

Kathryn has received numerous honors for her hard work and community service. In 2010, she was awarded as one of San Diego Metropolitan’s top 40 Under 40, and was recognized as an Inspirational Woman at the Women Changing the World Awards. Kathryn was the featured mompreneur gracing the cover of San Diego Family magazine in May 2011 with her son and her first Kathryn the Grape book.

With over 15 years of entrepreneurial experience, Kathryn built her career from the ground up with hard work, determination, creative risk-taking, and entrepreneurial optimism. Her soul-searching and acceptance of life’s authentic flow, has resulted in significant business growth, expansion into new endeavors, and a deeper appreciation of the importance of stepping out of her comfort zone to continue to fulfill her life’s purpose. Bringing her childhood nickname to life in the Kathryn the Grape children’s books, in particular, has been one of her most fulfilling projects yet. Kathryn demonstrates the necessary commitment and idealistic strength to successfully balance and manage multiple businesses with motherhood. As a public speaker, her contagious energy, inspirational wisdom, and stories of self-awareness inspire and captivate audiences.

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