Bright Side With Tekneshia

Today's show will feature author Jeff Rasley who has enlightened us with his presence before. This time he brings us a memoir about childhood heroes and part biography of John Ritter, who is the best basketball player from my hometown and still holds all the scoring records.  John graduated from Goshen High School in 1969.  He was a star for the Indiana University Hoosiers and captain of Bob Knight's first Final Four team.  His life later took a very unexpected turn.  Rasley set out to discover what happened to John and why.

Mikhail Tank, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, is a truly unique character. Since creating Darksoul performance art and the Darksoul Theatre, in early teenage years, his career has hit the ground running; including being a Guinness World Records holder, publisher of the renowned and sought-after grimoire, The Testament of Solomon, 1st artist to create a virtual festival one-man show (Edinburgh, 2009), a SAG /AFTRA actor who has co-starred with Isabella Rossellini, and a director of documentaries and dollar baby films (based on stories by the legendary Stephen King). Mikhail holds a degree in Dramatic Arts from UC Davis, where he was also cast by world-renowned artist Bill T. Jones as Dionysus in Euripides' The Bacchae. He's been featured on the BBC, The Evening News, Yahoo! Business, The Guardian, Newslite, ABC, CBS KNX Radio, AOL's Patch, KFOG, Vancouver Express, Times Square, NY, among many others that have garnered him critical acclaim and well-received reviews. Mikhail is currently a radio host on to

He teaches others how to develop mind-reading skills and use them to better relate to customers, co-workers, family, and friends. A teacher, author, and Mentalist, Carl plays with language, psychology, and non-verbal communication to educate and entertain audiences. His best-selling book, How to Read Minds and Influence People, explores communication from a radically different perspective. It unlocks the science of mind reading and helps people harness the power of persuasion. It offers readers the tools to relate to people and positively influence them.

Bill is an actor by trade, starring in such movies as WHO’S JENNA…? Which had it’s premiere last weekend in New Jersey; with his wife, Michele, he runs the Golden State Film Festival in New Jersey – which was voted best film festival of 2015.  

Orient City: Ronin & The Princess is a samurai spaghetti western that mixes the characteristics of the American Wild West and Feudal Asia. An unforgiving place, Orient City is a vertical tangle of rock and skyscrapers interconnected with waterways and cable cars. The poor, quite literally, dwell at the bottom. At the center of it all is Boshi, a fallen samurai who has sworn to protect a young girl whose family has been assassinated. Together they head to Orient City for one thing… revenge.

Pouline Middleton has been a Modern Love coach since 2010. Danish by birth, she holds a M. Sc. in Economics and has worked extensively around the world, having lived in Paris, Algeria, Hong Kong, and visited 36 states in the U.S. She worked for several companies in sales and marketing until she decided to become a coach. Pouline actually lived with the three-men model for a period in her own life. She has also conducted scores of in-depth interviews with people who live in either open or polyamorous relationships. She is 53-years old, and has an 18-year old daughter with her first husband before they divorced after six years of marriage. She then had a number of long- and short-term relationships, leading her to invent the three-men model that she used to find love. In 2013 Pouline Middleton met the Danish videographer and still photographer Steen Larsen. They fell in love and married in 2014. They live on an old farm outside of Copenhagen, Denmark. One Woman Three Men was first published in in 2010 in Den

Sharon Hart-Harris was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She discovered her love for writing in elementary school. She wrote her first book 2013 titled, “Customer Service – Who Said the Customer is Always Right?” Sharon enjoys writing poems, short stories and songs. She is passionate about her work and finds peace in writing. She now resides in Delaware with her husband and is mother to three grown children and grandmother to seven grandchildren. For more details, please visit www.IamSharonHart.com.  

Robinson is one of the world's leading experts on happiness and how to get there. A psychotherapist, bestselling author of 10 books, and a professional speaker who consistently presents to Fortune 500 companies, he has reached more than 100 million people around the world with his practical methods. Robinson has made numerous appearances on such shows as Oprah, CNN, and the leading morning shows, and been featured in Newsweek, USA TODAY, and the Los Angeles Times.  He has spent more than forty years studying the most practical and powerful methods for achieving a state of personal life satisfaction and happiness.   The Technology of Joy is the culmination of Robinson's personal experiments with a vast number of apps, gadgets, tools and supplements seeking the very best "happiness hacks."   

Another familiar “Full House” face is joining Netflix’s sequel/reboot “Fuller House.” Harry Takayama, Stephanie’s childhood friend, will be making an appearance on the Netflix series. The character — now all grown up — will be played by actor Michael Sun Lee, and not Nathan Nishiguchi, the child actor who played Harry over multiple episodes of “Full House’s” second and third seasons. - See more at: https://www.thewrap.com/fuller-house-to-bring-back-stephanies-childhood-friend-harry-in-recast-role-exclusive/#sthash.gxTkHDMr.dpuf

Ronelle Wood is gifted in her chosen field of myofascial release and a woman of exceptional talent as a writer, teacher, mentor, and public speaker. She speaks to the heart of the desire of hundreds of clients, students, readers, and listeners to heal and rid themselves of pain as well as develop their own abilities to facilitate healing. She is a source of simple but life-changing touch, wisdom, and words of inspiration that came from her own experience of healing physical, emotional, and spiritual pain. She sees that miracles can be achieved every day, and is dedicated to sharing with the world the truths she has learned.

Simon Fox, Executive Director of the Adventures in Caring Foundation (AiC), is pioneering the education of the heart. For 30 years AiC has taught the art and practice of compassion—as a skill that restores well-being and promotes healing. Their work is now recognized globally. Adventures in Caring is based in Santa Barbara and despite its small size it is having a big impact. Founded by Simon’s wife, Karen Fox, in 1984, the nonprofit is most famous for its Raggedy Ann and Andy volunteers who visit local nursing homes and hospitals to lift the spirits of patients who are lonely. What is less well known is who is under those wigs, what they discovered, and how far their influence has spread. Many people still think that compassion cannot be taught—considering it a personality trait that’s either there or not. Others think of compassion as a philosophy or a feeling. Under Karen and Simon’s tutelage, Adventures in Caring has taken it a step further: compassion as a verb—the practical skill of getting it across

Lawrence is a multi-faceted, multi-award-winning entertainer with an illustrious portfolio spanning acting, hosting, writing, producing and music. He has worked in Canada, Asia and now America. Currently based in Los Angeles, Lawrence travels to various cities around the world for work, particularly New York and Toronto.   After graduating with a degree in journalism, Lawrence first rocked the airwaves not in his hometown of Toronto, but rather half way around the world in Asia.   First TV gig: as co-host and writer of Citylife Hong Kong, the territory’s top rated prime time English entertainment and lifestyle program in the mid-90s. During this time, Lawrence also acted in theater and appeared in numerous commercials and print ads.   The floodgates to show business, however, really burst open when Lawrence was talent scouted by the television execs in Singapore. Originally slated to become an afternoon veejay, Lawrence was drafted practically by accident as a temporary roving reporter on Showbuzz, the

Blogger; author; IT professional; avid Tweeter; closet Anglophile; and member of the Atlanta Writer’s Club with addictions to British tea, Doctor Who and soccer. With a strong will and precocious nature, she is the atypical Southern belle, preferring science and reason. Diversity extends to her writing as well as she writes about anything that strikes her interest. Fiercely loyal to friends and family, she maintains sarcasm is a legitimate art form and challenges conventional thinking.

Kelley tackles the unapproachable topic of death and dying with heart, compassion, wisdom and humor--and inspires a more epic form of passionate living with her readers in the process!  Part guidebook.  Part workbook. Part spiritual call-to-action. This hybridized book is a powerful, beautiful and inspiring must-do for people of any age!  From the full-color photographs, to the thought-provoking, inspiring and witty quotes, genuinely-impassioned poetry and heart-rending personal stories-Kelley has taken the dread, dismay and deferring out of the process of death planning.   Why leave it to others to decide how to celebrate your life, make vital life-and-death decisions, and pass along your inheritance (financial and cultural)-when you can leave them a roadmap to what you truly desire? Kelley bids you join her on the journey as she takes you on a literary hand-holding expedition of personal exploration and considerations as she ushers you step-by-step to completing your advance-care planning and personal ini

Jennifer K. Jordan is a California-based author with a passion for celebrating the spiritual in our daily lives and educating others. She has worked as a writer and teacher and holds dual Master’s  Degrees in Education and School Counseling. As a huge advocate of equal parenting for dads,  Jennifer spent many years searching for and interviewing the fathers of DADLY Wisdom. She  now offers their powerful stories in this transformative book of love, joy and inspiration.

Yol Swan is a spiritual counselor and coach with degrees in English literature, music and homeopathy who has taken the understanding of the soul and the wounded Feminine to new cosmic depths in her new book, The Indigo Journals: Spiritual Healing For Indigo Adults & Other Feminine Souls.  Born in Mexico to intellectual parents and surrounded by a blend of Shamanic cultures, she is a modern seer who perceives life as energy and is highly sensitive to other dimensions. She began channeling spiritual messages in her teens and later spent many years in psychoanalysis, which launched her into a deep exploration of Divine Consciousness during a 3-year retreat in almost complete isolation. First initiated as a Buddhist nun by a liberated master from Thailand and then into a path of meditation and mantra by enlightened Hindu teachers, her life is filled with mystical experiences, unusual encounters, and profound insights into the power and workings of the mind. A painful divorce brought up memories of Atlantis

Courtney Amundson began her path as a seeker at a young age, progressing to the point that these teachings began to flow through her, effortlessly and with complete love and joy, starting at age 16. In the beginning, the wisdom was received for her own evolution and understanding, but after a short time she was guided to share it with as many people as possible through Teachings from God. Since then, she has worked single-mindedly on getting these teachings out to the public, not only through the work of the book, but expanding into sharing her insights through publishing articles and speaking. In addition to her dedication to the advancement of the teachings, Courtney is actively progressing toward qigong healing certification, as well as craniosacral therapy certification. And as a classically trained violinist, she is engaging her passion for music in new, more free expression. Teachings from God has given Courtney the inspiration and tools to create the life that excites her, and more than anything she

As an infant, Lynne Cockrum-Murphy survived the tragic house fire that claimed her father and two sisters with severe burns over much of her body. She lived most of her life with a severely depressed and alcoholic mother, and saw her mom contemplate suicide with a razor blade in hand. She endured sexual abuse by a trusted male relative, along with a gang rape in a darkened station wagon. She lived through her stepfather being crushed to death in a logging accident and her mother being murdered in a bar-room robbery. If--after all she has been through--Lynne Cockrum-Murphey is radiantly happy and living a life of pure service to the world, don't you think she can teach you a thing or two?  Indeed she can! Living Hope: Steps to Leaving Suffering Behind is Cockrum-Murphy's empowering new book, an Amazon #1 best seller, taking people from hopelessness to hope. This is the woman you want at your side when you are in such deep pain and chronic misery that you don't see the way out. And you can't understand why ba

Dr Gil Kajiki is the founder of the Valley Thyroid Institute. He graduated from the Pasadena College of Chiropractic and has been a chiropractor for 30 years. The main focus of his practice is thyroid and Auto Immune conditions.  Through working with his patients he developed the Kajiki Protocol for determining thyroid and autoimmune issues with a particular concentration on Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. He offers his patients answers and protocols to improve thyroid function and overall health. With his roots in chiropractic-biophysics, Dr. Kajiki was busy helping patients in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California with their spinal structural corrective care when his wife became ill with what at first appeared to be Epstein Barr. As he watched his wife’s health deteriorate under the care of several doctors, Dr. Kajiki began a relentless search for answers to why his healthy wife could become so ill and yet no one seemed to know how to care for her. After more than two years of tests, medication, B12 sh

Toni Luisa Rivera, Doctor of Chiropractic, Certified Rubenfeld Synergist, author, and workshop facilitator.Born and raised on Air Force bases until her father retired in Puerto Rico when she was eleven years old. Horses and sailing were her early passions. Graduated Life Chiropractic University in 1985 and returning to Puerto Rico to open her first chiropractic office in the rural area of the island where there were no alternative options for healthcare. Dr. Toni discovered the vital role body, mind, spirit, and emotions play in healing while attending to the many people seeking care. Wanting to explore healing methods that in corporated all these aspects of a person, she moved to Santa Fe, NM in1994.Taking up dressage riding, hot yoga, motorcycles, snowboarding and marimba music, she has basked in the variety and magic of the southwest. Having trained with Ilana Rubenfeld herself, founder of the Rubenfeld Synergy Method (RSM), Dr.Toni has become a master teacher, focusing on teaching clients about self-heal