Curiously Enough

This episode we have a very honorable guest and TedX speaker, Sara Delaney. Sara is the Founder and Executive Director of Asheville-based nonprofit organization Africa Healing Exchange (AHE) and the owner of 3 Mountains, a social enterprise with product lines Silverback Carbonated Tea & Tîma Tea. Sara is a passionate global activist and social entrepreneur and has been working with the people of Rwanda for over a decade. She has degrees from Simmons College, Grande Ecole Du Commerce, and SIT Graduate Institute, in the fields of Business Management and Nonprofit Development. She recently completed an International Executive Fellowship with Mama Hope Foundation and was named as Diversity Journal’s “Women Worth Watching” and is the next TedX Asheville speaker. Sara is originally from Vermont and lives in Asheville with her husband and their two sons. In this episode we cover giving back, how trauma knows no time, what Rwanda can teach us, and the spirit of resilience. If you'd like to learn more about Sara a

 We are so excited to introduce our guest for this week’s episode, Ian Morris. Ian Morris is the founder of Listening to Smile, a unique sound wellness and healing modality. Ian has over 20 years of experience as a musician and has studied and worked in the performing arts field all of his life. After dealing with chronic illness and the anxiety and depression that followed, Ian decided to explore sound and frequency. His healing was a direct result of the music he created and the frequencies that were chosen to facilitate healing.  This work grew into the live sound healing events called “Sonic Meditations” and multiple albums for listeners to incorporate on their own. Listening to Smile has now expanded into an international community. In this episode we cover topics like chronic illness and how it relates to victimhood, how desperation is powerful, the history of sound healing, and music’s effect on our minds and bodies. If you’d like to learn more about and Ian and Listening to Smile, please vis

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This week, we are so grateful to be talking with our guest, Ben Harris.  Ben is the Director Of Communications and Constituent Engagement for Georgia State Representative for District 48, Mary Robichaux. In previous years, Ben taught in the world-class Career Advancement Center of the Robinson College of Business. Ben even mentored entrepreneurs in Rwanda through the African Entrepreneur Collective. But today we’re going to be focusing on a specific part of Ben’s story.  After losing his brother Michael during his service in the United States Marine Corps, Ben has eagerly offered his voice and Michael's story to TAPS (The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors) for the purpose of helping service members and their families get the support they deserve.  Ben’s story has led him from Georgia all the way to a Washington, DC, joint conference of the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs. He has also used his voice through writings and interviews featured in the Associated Press, the Departmen

Welcome back to Curiously Enough! This week we are chatting with a special guest, Kim May. Kim has spent the past 35 years assisting people interested in improving their minds, bodies and spiritual well-being. She is a certified Personal Fitness Trainer, author, speaker, empowerment workshop facilitator, a leader of Native American women’s lodge practices, and licensed Science of Mind Practitioner. In addition, Kim’s journey of sobriety allows her to bring her experience and wisdom into the work she does with others.  Kim’s passion is assisting people in regaining their innate power and awareness that THEY are their own best advocate, as well as helping them tune into the subtle messages that are constantly being offered by the body as well as their intuition. In this episode we discuss how to tap into and find your spirituality, what beliefs are at their core, and how the willingness to explore your inner world is first step to finding inner peace. If you would like to learn more about Kim May and the w

We’re so excited to have our first couple on the podcast! Meghan Neeley & Erika Cederdahl are the founders of Two Lesbians In Love. They lead transformational retreats and offer relationship coaching for lesbian, bisexual and Queer women. They also hold conscious date nights where couples learn what they really want to experience in their relationship while also learning the root of recurring issues. To top if off, Meghan and Erika even host their own podcast- Two Lesbians in Love where they reveal what it’s actually like for two women to be in a loving relationship together in addition to offering guidance and community. They each came out when they were 20 years old. In addition to a BA in psychology and LGBT studies their combined education includes over 3000 hours of training in relationship coaching, yoga teacher training, and bodywork. Two Lesbians In Love is devoted to creating a transformational space for women in relationship with women where there is safety, no fear of who’s watching, and creati

We’re so excited to welcome our guest for today, Papillon DeBoer. Poppy is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Certified Structural Therapist in Asheville, NC. His focus is on trauma, outsiders, loners & the marginalized, adolescents, and existential or spiritual counseling.  Poppy has been working with people to create change since 1997, when he worked as a community organizer in a rough Chicago neighborhood.  Then, he went on to study and practice deep tissue massage as a way of making change more personal. He worked with clients for many years, to move and feel differently, and to release trauma.  Poppy has also flipped pizzas, painted houses, lived out of a backpack, and managed a treehouse hostel. Over the last five years, he has worked as a case manager at a local crisis shelter for runaway and homeless youth in addition to facilitating workshops, healing rituals, and even completing his book “Secret Teachings of the Butterfly”.   In this episode we talk about: the phases o

Welcome to Curiously Enough, Episode 19. This week we talk with Tina Madison White, a brave + inspiring human being. Tina is the Executive Director of the Blue Ridge Pride Center, in Asheville, North Carolina, and a member of the board of directors for the Human Rights Campaign.  After 35 years in business management, she has shifted her focus to activism, writing and speaking. Tina entered the workforce in the 1980s as a white, Ivy League-educated male. She spent most of the next 30 years consulting to and working for large corporations. Her specialty was business transformation: redesigning systems, processes, and organizations to improve performance. In 2013, Tina embarked on her most ambitious transformation project yet: herself. With the support of her wife, Mary, and her family and colleagues, Tina finally acknowledged the gender identity she had spent fifty years working so hard to hide.  Today, Tina’s transformation continues. She is learning how to be a community activist and a public serva

We are so excited to welcome our guest for today, Nate Martinez. Nate has spent the past 20 years performing, recording and producing music. Over the past seven years his pursuit has broadened and he began seeking out how music and, more importantly, how sound can dramatically shift our perspective, raise our consciousness, and even heal us.  In 2011, Nate began studying shamanism and intuitive healing which eventually led him to become certified in sound therapy. Then, in 2014 he created NTM Sound as a way to share his knowledge and experience with others and a way to share sound therapy treatments to individuals and sound baths for the community.  At NTM Sound, Nate uses Biosonic tuning forks, Himalayan singing bowls, overtone singing, breathwork, shamanic drumming, and crystal quartz bowls. He uses these tools to provide a safe and relaxing environment where you can focus on what is out of balance in your body and life to bring you towards a place of harmony. Currently, Nate leads regular sound b

Welcome to Curiously Enough! This week we have Mayor of West Chester, PA, Dianne Herrin. Dianne took her oath in office in Pennsylvania as West Chester’s Mayor on January 2, 2018. For 15 years, Dianne has served the Borough as Chair or member of several committees - including the Comprehensive Plan Task Force, the Sustainability Advisory Committee, and the Shade Tree Commission. During this time she has also effectively advocated for quality of life issues impacting residents.  In 2007 she led a successful effort to keep building heights in the downtown reasonable and help preserve the historic brand that makes West Chester so special. Dianne is committed to ensuring effective communications with residents and business owners, and she works to help unite our diverse community behind our shared aspirations and through creative problem-solving. She is Vice President of Practical Energy Solutions, a Borough-based commercial energy efficiency and renewable energy consulting firm serving school districts, mun

This week on Curiously Enough we have Nico Doorn with us! Nico M.Ed., LCDCI is the Executive Director at Alpha 180, America’s first sober fraternity, located in Austin, TX. Alpha 180 provides newly sober clients a platform to enter higher education in a supportive environment including residential, clinical, and social programming. Before relocating to Austin, Nico served as an Outreach Coordinator for Cumberland Heights Treatment Center in Nashville, TN. Simultaneously, he was completing a graduate degree in Human Development Studies at Vanderbilt University where he served as the graduate assistant for Vanderbilt Recovery Support. During his involvement, this Collegiate Recovery Program grew in its reach and offerings receiving local and national attention. Nico’s addiction treatment experience spans from young adult specific program formulation to ground-up recovery residence development and leadership. He spent the last 3 years serving on the board of the Tennessee Alliance of Recovery Residences. Nico al

Welcome back to Episode 15 of Curiously Enough! Instead of learning from an expert about our stories, I wanted to bring a guest who could share their moving and inspirational story. Sometimes we learn most about ourselves when we see ourselves in others and connect with the pain and restoration. This is a podcast and a platform to shine a light on the shadows we hide in so by giving this platform to others we let their light shine through. Shame dissipates when there is connection, fear is questioned when we stand in strength. So here's to connection and strength and discovering our bravery through the bravery of others.  Today, our guest, Christie Valdiserri is sharing her story as she began her journey as a dancer, losing her hair, and becoming bold in facing life and the challenges that present themselves.  We talk about self-love, hope, and what she's learned as she's transformed from blonde to bald to bold.  Check her out on instagram: @christie.valdiserri https://www.christievaldiserri.co

Welcome back to Curiously Enough! Today we are thrilled to have Kim Porter on as our guest. Since 2014, Kim Porter has served as the Executive Director of Be a Part of the Conversation. Be a Part of the Conversation addresses substance use, misuse and addiction and its impact on individuals and their families by building a culture of awareness and support.  They hold events at community centers, schools, or public venues where speakers, professionals, and people in recovery share on prevention & early intervention, understanding substance use and addiction, and supporting recovery. Kim and her fellow board members want individuals to be supported and assisted by a community that is educated and able to take timely and positive action toward healing and lifelong recovery. Kim is a Certified Family Recovery Specialist (CFRS). With this certification,  she shares her lived experience with addiction with other families to provide recovery support services. On this episode, she shares her experience

Today it is my pleasure to introduce our guest for today, Sarah Jane Chapman! Sarah Jane lives in Nashville, Tennessee where she is a yoga and meditation teacher as well as a massage therapist. Yoga has continued to help Sarah Jane in her own recovery from an eating disorder. She has made it a part of her mission to share tools and insights with her clients that she serves.   She has completed Kids Yoga teacher training with Karma Kids Yoga and completed her 200 hour Hatha Yoga teacher training in India. In addition, she went to massage school at Mind Body Institute to expand her knowledge of body and energy work.  Sarah Jane teaches yoga to private clients in addition to teaching at Wild Heart Meditation Center. She also works with folks who are in recovery from drugs, alcohol and eating disorders at Cumberland Heights and other treatment centers around Nashville. Currently, Sarah Jane is working on completing her yoga therapy certification.  In this conversation, we talk about eating disorder

Today we're honored to share our conversation with the one and only, Tommy Rosen. Tommy is a yoga teacher and recovery expert with advanced certifications in both Hatha and Kundalini Yoga. He has 26 years of continuous recovery from acute drug and alcohol addiction. Tommy is one of the pioneers in the field of Yoga and Recovery assisting others to holistically transcend addictions of all kinds. He leads Recovery 2.0 retreats and workshops internationally and presents regularly at yoga conferences and festivals.  Tommy is not only an author but hosts The Recovery 2.0 Power Hour Podcast where he interviews leaders in the field of addiction and recovery, spiritual teachers, medical doctors, nutritionists, yoga and meditation teachers, and wisdom keepers who are all shedding light on living beyond addiction. Tommy has been able to talk and work with people such as Gabby Bernstein, Joe Polish, and Dr. Bruce Lipton. His podcast helps listeners tap into new perspectives on addiction and cutting-edge philosophie

Welcome back to Curiously Enough, Episode 11!  It is an honor and privilege to welcome our guest for today, Don Lipstein. Don Lipstein is honored to work with TAPS as a Survivor Care Team Advocate connecting survivors to compassionate care and various grief resources.  He does this in tribute to his oldest child, Master of Arms Second Class Joshua L. Lipstein, who died by suicide in March 2011 while proudly serving in the US Navy for 5 years.  After 30 plus years in hospitality management, Don joined TAPS in 2012 as a Peer Mentor Coordinator and transitioned to the Survivor Care Team in 2017.  Most recently, Don was recognized as a Certified Family Recovery Specialist in May, 2018 based on his personal and professional experiences with family addiction.  His genuine passion, and love for people have led him to be a guiding light for many TAPS survivors as they find their way through their grief.  We discuss grief, forgiveness, the stigma of suicide, vulnerability, and more. You d

This week on Curiously Enough we have a special guest, Dallin Nead. Dallin turned to creativity and storytelling to help him deal with loneliness, lack of connection, and low confidence as a teenager. Dallin switched his private journaling to sharing his story publicly. Now, he has made it part of his mission to fight the stigma and limitation of sharing our story that our society has set in place. Dallin tries to break false beliefs, shame, judgment, and fear to work best with clients to tap into their own vulnerability.  Over the past 10 years Dallin has worked in corporate, travel, film, and broadcast video production serving major brands like Princess Cruises, U.S. Marine Corp., and Teachable. Through all of this he fell in love with the power of story and how it has the power to change the world and grow businesses. StorySelling was inspired out of a need that Dallin saw to combine effective methods of marketing and storytelling with proven quality, systems, skills, and people. If you want to learn

This week on Curiously Enough we have Dr. Melissa Brown Wenrich, someone I deeply value in my own life. Dr. Melissa is the founder of Nashville Brain and Body located in Nashville, TN. She is a board certified functional neurologist, acupuncturist, and chiropractor among other certifications.   Dr. Melissa and I discuss her story with finding her voice so she could help others find theirs. We discuss the importance of knowing your story, especially when it comes to understanding your health and treatment for your illnesses. She believes we need to treat patients like their humans. She believes our bodies are never trying to harm us but tell us something, she believes in the power of focusing on your breath, and searching for the root cause instead of focusing on symptoms.  Enjoy this week’s episode, it’s packed with useful information from a holistic/alternative viewpoint. Dr. Melissa Brown is a powerhouse of wisdom and hope.  If you would like to know more about Dr. Melissa and the work she is

Today we’re talking about compassion. Just me & you this week! No expert, no interview. Just a casual conversation about what it means to show and receive compassion. Some questions I cover during this episode: What is compassion? Why is compassion so important? What are the risks of being overly-compassionate? What are the rewards? What is the relationship between judgment and compassion? What is self-compassion? What do boundaries have to do with compassion? Expressing and receiving compassion has been a monumental piece of my story. You don't want to miss this episode! Thank you for listening!  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/curiouslyenough/support

Happy friday! This week on Curiously Enough, I brought on a special friend and someone who inspires me, Nicolette Ray. Nicolette's story has fueled her passion for helping others and has allowed her to step into the light that she is!  She has used her story to guide and motivate others in finding and knowing their truth. She found that she felt the most free when she stopped trying to prove herself and rather stepped into being herself. As a mentor and teacher, her mission is to help others do the same with Soul Aligned Branding.  She helps entrepreneurs get fully aligned with WHY they’re here on this planet. She takes the big vision inside of her clients and teaches them how to align their brand mission, message, marketing, and visual presence with that dream.  We cover a bunch of topics ranging from understanding your WHY all the way to struggling with chronic illness. She provides her insight on the chakra system, taking responsibility for your life, and authenticity. I can’t wait for you t