Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire
307 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsDr. Deborah Adamy has conversations with everyday people who inspire, uplift and who are living their lives with vitality and joy. She admires people who can weather adversity and hardship without becoming cynical and bitter; who actually choose to learn, grow and find meaning and purpose in what they have experienced.
There are countless ordinary people living pretty extraordinary lives and Deborah wants to shine light on them! Enlighten: Uplift and Inspire includes conversations with a wide variety of people: activists, musicians, shiatsu therapists, circus arts performers, playwrights, directors, psychotherapists, dancers, film makers, yoga teachers, educators, actors and photographers, just to name a few. May you feel inspired and uplifted listening to this podcast. Visit www.enlighten.nyc for more. Enjoy!!
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Episode 57 Roosevelt Credit, vocalist, composer
February 04, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBFor 2019's Black History Month, we are featuring 4 wonderful people, all who have a tie to my absolute favorite dance company in the world: the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Our first guest of the month sings with the Alvin Ailey gospel choir. The second is a young singer who had never seen Ailey live and came with me as my guest this past December, while the company celebrated it's 60th Anniversary - one of my greatest joys is introducing new people to this magnificent dance compan...
Epoisode 56 Diane Churchill, artist, teacher & community activist
January 28, 2019 05:30 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBMy guest today is Diane Churchill. Diane is a gifted artist, painter, art teacher and community activist. In addition to her formal education studying Art History at Wellesley College and Studio Art at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, Diane describes her transformative informal education at the “University of the Streets” working in NYC’s Lower East Side back in the late 60’s. It was a time of creativity, opportunity, vitality, diversity, tragedy and loss. Without clear direction or guidance...
Episode 55 Dan Pugach, musician, composer
January 21, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBMy guest to day is Dan Pugach. Dan is a talented drummer, composer and a recent Grammy-nominated arranger. Dan and his wife Nicole Zuraitis, (who was my guest in December 2018) have been nominated for a Grammy for Best Arrangement with Instruments and Vocals, for their co-arrangement of Dolly Parton’s song Jolene. Dan performs with various artists throughout the NY metropolitan area, but his passion for big band music has been channeled into writing and arranging for his own nonet, a 9 piec...
Episode 54, Andrea Frade, yoga & mediation teacher
January 14, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBMy guest today is Andrea Maxine Frade. Andrea is yoga and mediation teacher, a Reiki Master and Cranial-Sacral practitioner, as well as a reader of the Akashic Records. After a dark period in her life of being in different forms of abusive relationships, Andrea eventually understood that she had denied her own well-being and self-care. She was so capable, taking caring of her students and clients, yet her personal life was in chaos. The irony was that while she was suffering in a relationsh...
Episode 53, Blessings For A Transformative 2019
January 07, 2019 05:30 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBDr. Deborah Adamy, also known as Mama A, host of the podcast “Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire”, reflects on the past year, thanking her 51 guests of 2018. She enjoys not only the fascinating careers and passions of her guests, Deborah truly appreciates their authenticity and open-heartedness, their ability to be vulnerable, to find meaning in challenges, compassion in suffering and a renewed sense of purpose as they learn and grow from whatever they experience in life. Deborah tells a person...
Episode 52 Diana Bowers-Smith, archivist
December 17, 2018 05:30 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MBMy guest today is Diana Bowers-Smith. Diana is the first archivist I’ve had as a guest on my podcast and after my conversation with her, I’d say its about time!! Diana works as an archivist in the Brooklyn Collection, Local History Division at the Brooklyn Public Library. Her recent investigative research settled the debate of the authenticity of the eagle statue that once marked the front entrance of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn’s main newspaper for over 100 years. Diana graduated...
Episode 51 Perry Smith, guitarist, composer, activist
December 10, 2018 05:30 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBMy guest today is Perry Smith, guitarist, activist, and community builder. Perry grew up in California’s San Francisco Bay area, listening to folk music and alternative rock, but tells the story of when he was bitten by the jazz bug at age 11. He loved the complex, sophisticated jazz chords as well as the freedom of improvisation that jazz music offered. Perry went to University of Southern California, to study with jazz legend Joe Diorio. Nine years ago Perry moved to NYC, where he complet...
Episode 50 Nicole Zuraitis, vocalist, pianist, songwriter
December 03, 2018 05:30 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBMy guest today is Nicole Zuraitis, vocalist, pianist, songwriter and music educator. As one reviewer said: “Nicole is not your average jazz singer, she is a lady powerhouse!” Nicole played soccer as a youth, but since she towered over her peers, she played on the boy’s teams. She even trained with the Olympic Development Team. Nicole admits that she was thrilled to immerse herself in music after a soccer injury ended her involvement with sports. Nicole learned that she had a big voice an...
Episode 49 Peter Calo, guitarist, singer, songwriter
November 26, 2018 05:30 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBMy guest today is Peter Calo, guitarist, singer/songwriter, film score composer, and truly, a man of HEART! Peter’s parents were refugees from Europe during WWII and spent 2 years in a Siberian prison camp, eventually moving to a small farming community in Alberta Canada. Years later, Peter’s family moved to Boston, where Peter, as a teenager, jump-started his music career. His rich, expansive music career has included performing/recording with such diverse artists as Carly Simon, Dionne Wa...
Episode 48 Randi Linick, yogi, educator, counselor
November 19, 2018 05:30 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBMy guest today is Randi Linick, yogi, educator, addiction counselor and psychotherapist. Randi shares her background: growing up on Long Island, NY, attending Washington University in St. Louis, moving to Atlanta, GA after college, and her fulfilling 10 years as an inner city middle school teacher. Randi speaks of making meaning out of loss, painful experiences that cracked her heart open, the courage to make critical changes in her life, which all ignited her to follow a spiritual path. ...
Episode 47 Will Esposito, wrestler, yoga teacher, HypeLite
November 12, 2018 05:30 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBMy guest today is Will Esposito, wrestler, yoga teacher, and non-profit business owner. After college, 2 friends of Will’s died; one from cancer, the other was shot and killed. Will was searching for healing, for peace, for meaning, he was determined to be engaged in life with purpose and passion. Will realized the need for high school students to know themselves more fully, explore career options, see and meet people who were doing what they love and how they got there. He has created H...
Episode 46 Laura Pensiero, actor, reiki & breathwork healer
November 05, 2018 05:30 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBMy guest today is Laura Pensiero, actor, compassionate teacher, dedicated healer and business owner. Laura incorporates Reiki and Breathwork in private healing sessions as well as develops curriculum for workshops and long-term courses. I was lucky enough to experience, firsthand one of Laura’s Breathwork workshops and immediately invited her to be my podcast guest. After graduating from NYU’s Tish School for Acting, Laura moved out to LA to pursue her dream to be an actress. Laura looks...
Episode 45 Shira Turkl-Rubin, Soul Flyte owner & instructor
October 29, 2018 04:30 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBMy guest today is Shira Turkl-Rubin. Shira is a yoga and AntiGravity® teacher, business owner and entrepreneur. A year and a half ago Shira manifested a long held dream and opened her own boutique yoga studio in Nyack, NY, called Soul Flyte. Her knowledge of yoga, fitness, digestive health, body awareness, meditation and nutrition led her to create Soul Flyte, hire like-minded instructors from various backgrounds and provide the community with a refreshing, exciting fitness approach. Shira ...
Episode 44 Larry Saltzman, musician
October 22, 2018 04:30 - 1 hour - 63 MBMy guest today is Larry Saltzman. Larry is an accomplished guitarist, who has created a viable career as a well respected musician, doing something he loves. Larry is also my husband’s doppelgänger, so I like to think of him as my brother-in-law! Larry believes that the gig of life requires the same ingredients needed for being a successful musician: say yes, show up, be a really good citizen! Larry has recorded or performed with Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, Andy Snitzer, Chris Botti, Bett...
Episode 43 Addison Frei, musician, composer
October 15, 2018 04:30 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBMy guest today is Addison Frei, a darn good ping pong player and tennis player... oh and yes a gifted pianist, composer, and music producer. Enrolled in Julliard’s Post Graduate Ensemble, Addison has traveled internationally as a Jazz Ambassador for Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, and Benny Goodman. Addison’s family members are scientists and mathematicians, which inspires him to celebrate intellectual progress in society. What Addison relishes about his f...
Episode 42 Donna Cribari, musician, composer, former nun
October 08, 2018 04:30 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBMy guest today is Donna Cribari, former nun, current musician, music educator and composer. I've known Donna since I was a child. She was a part of a vibrant circle of nuns, priests, ex-nuns and ex-priests that influenced my understanding that one could honor spirituality even when one needed to challenge the institution of religion. In the late 60‘s Donna had been a member of the religious order of the Sacred Heart of Mary, in simpler terms, a Marymount nun. She was involved in the prog...
Episode 41 Jimmy Lambert, actor, director, dramatic arts educator
October 01, 2018 04:30 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBMy guest today is Jimmy Lambert, actor, director, dramatic arts educator. I met Jimmy 7 years ago in Vancouver, BC when he was on the road tour of Mamma Mia. He comfortably became an extended member of our family. Born and raised in California, Jimmy studied acting at UCLA after turning down an offer to play baseball with the Tampa Bay Rays. He is grateful for all the values he learned from working with Gary Marshall, as well as the lessons learned from his parents. Sadly, his mom died 3 ye...
Episode 40 Jennifer Mancuso with Laura Boyd, restorative justice advocate
September 24, 2018 04:30 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBMy guest today is Jennifer Mancuso along with Laura Boyd. Jennifer is a restorative justice advocate, community organizer, massage therapist and founder of Rockland Prison Justice Project. Rockland Prison Justice Project is a local grassroots advocacy group, organizing events, panel discussions, restorative justice circles, and workshops to raise awareness about mass incarceration, explore issues in the criminal justice system, by asking who is in prison, why are they there and for how long...
Episode 39 Stefanie Dunnigan, educator, author, mindfulness consultant
September 17, 2018 04:30 - 55 minutes - 51 MBMy guest today is Stefanie Dunnigan. Stefanie has been an outstanding elementary school teacher for 17 years, who intuitively incorporates mindfulness into the classroom. Well before the current trend of mindfulness, Stefanie was an educator who naturally tuned into her students. From first hand experience, Stefanie understood that students can’t absorb academics if they are mentally distracted, emotionally triggered, or traumatized, so she experimented with all sorts of strategies to enga...
Episode 38 Collin Hauser, musician, photographer
September 10, 2018 04:30 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBMy guest today is Collin Hauser. Collin is a musician, photographer, travel blogger and spiritual seeker. After years of dedication to his music (saxophonist, singer/songwriter, guitarist), Collin began to see the box he had created for himself - as if he wasn’t allowed to be anything else but a musician. With the help of his beloved wife, Tennessee, Collin experienced a re-calibration of who he was; his identity expanded to be more than a musician. Collin has embraced photography, videogra...
Episode 37 Shawna Emerick, dancer, yoga teacher, retreat leader
September 03, 2018 04:30 - 1 hour - 72.7 MBMy guest today is Shawna Emerick. Shawna is a dancer, gifted yoga teacher, retreat leader, and although we didn’t talk about it in this conversation, she is also a Thai massage practitioner and life coach. We first met dancing together in the performance company Moving Mantras, which blended modern dance and yoga. I soon discovered Shawna’s unique gifts as an outstanding yoga teacher. She utilizes her knowledge of anatomy, with verbal cues that are expressed like poetry, she embraces yoga p...
Episode 36 Warren Odze, drummer, wisdom, wit
August 27, 2018 04:30 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBMy guest today is Warren Odze. Warren is a successful drummer who has had a rich, versatile career; he has played, recorded &/or toured with Rod Stewart, Judy Collins, Bernie Leighton, Milt Hinton, Hank Jones, Peter Allen, Henry Gross as well as played on countless Broadway shows. Warren appreciates that his parents introduced him to quality music, listening to legends like Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald and Louie Armstrong. Jo Jones (aka Papa Jo Jones) was a family friend and actually pla...
Episode 35 Jemma Lampkin, ex-pat, crossfitter, yoga instructor
August 20, 2018 04:30 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBMy guest today is Jemma Lampkin. Jemma is a “Global Market Segment Manager”, living in the Netherlands. She initially moved to Rotterdam for her job, with the expectation to stay 2 years and has now been there for nearly 5 years. As much as she misses her NY roots, family and friends, this ex-pat embraces the quality of life she experiences abroad, the regular access to travel, and the strong morale at her company (she clarifies that working for a corporation in the Netherlands is markedly ...
Episode 34 Dr. Victor Goodyer, maxillofacial surgeon, adventurer
August 13, 2018 04:30 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBMy guest today is Dr. Victor Goodyer. Vic is a maxillofacial surgeon, who cares deeply about people, has an adventurous spirit, has beaten many odds, and sees “old age” as a career in itself. Vic lives on the quaint Isle d’Orleans, just outside the old city of Quebec, Canada and despite our geographical distance, has been a dear friend for over 30 years. He recounts the impact his tall, meticulous, British father and short, loving Italian mother had on his life, his attraction to challenge,...
Episode 33 Susan Wortman, psychotherapist, ceramicist
August 06, 2018 04:30 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBMy guest today is Susan Wortman. Susan is a psychotherapist, ceramicist, and my personal wing woman! Although Susan and I only met about 3 years ago, we had an instantaneous, deep connection, speaking the same heart language. She was honored to have a long career as a therapist, what she describes as her “calling”, for it felt effortless to facilitate a healing process for others. When she brought her psychotherapy practice to a close last year, she admitted that it was bittersweet. “It was...
Episode 32 Jeffrey Lee Campbell, guitarist, producer, author
July 30, 2018 04:30 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBMy guest today is Jeffrey Lee Campbell. Jeff is a guitarist, composer, producer and most recently, a published author! Jeffrey’s honest, engaging book, “Do Stand So Close”, recounts his year as Sting’s guitarist on the “Nothing Like the Sun” world tour. To quote the publisher’s summary: “Do Stand So Close” follows Jeffrey’s amazing odyssey-from relocating to NYC and miraculously landing the high-profile gig, to life on the road with one of the planet’s biggest rock stars, to his humbling cr...
Episode 31 Stephen Selman, musician, educator, amateur astronomer, entrepreneur
July 23, 2018 04:30 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBMy guest today is Stephen Selman. Stephen is a musician, educator, amateur astronomer and entrepreneur. He studied guitar and songwriting at Berklee College of Music in Boston, appreciating not only the other musicians he befriended there, but how the confidence to create was instilled in him. Stephen embraces the philosophy of his work place, Brooklyn Music Factory, which believes that music is for everybody, music is FUN, and music is a social art form that is best enjoyed with others. St...
Episode 30 Laura Rodgers, dancer, yogi, vegan, philanthropist
July 16, 2018 04:30 - 1 hour - 61 MBMy guest today is Laura Rodgers. I met Laura in yoga classes 6 years ago, yet learned in this conversation that she had been a dancer, studied yoga for 25 years, is a newly devoted vegan, and a passionate philanthropist. Beyond health and environmental reasons, Laura explains her recent shift to becoming a vegan; she cares deeply about not harming any sentient beings. Laura describes her injury while a dance major at Sarah Lawrence, as a blessing, which then led her to study psychology at...
Episode 29 Douglass DeCandia, conscientious farmer, activist, poet
July 09, 2018 04:30 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBMy guest today is Douglass DeCandia. Doug is a conscientious farmer, restorative justice activist and a gifted poet, who happens to be my first cousin once removed. Doug describes growing food as an act of providing nutrition, for people to live more fully physically, emotionally and spiritually. He is also dedicated to using restorative and regenerative agricultural methods that help heal what we have done to the land. Doug cares deeply about providing food for those who are systemically d...
Episode 28 Dana Forbes, Gestalt therapist, modern day theologian
July 02, 2018 04:30 - 56 minutes - 52 MBMy guest today is Dana Forbes. Professionally Dana is a Gestalt therapist and co- facilitator of Intuition Groups for psychotherapists. Personally I know that Dana practices a soulful therapy that has Spirit at the center of his work. In fact, I think of Dana as a modern day theologian, one who sees God in everything, embodies mysticism, and understands the web of connectedness. Dana shares highlights of his spiritual journey, from his rich memories of working hard, in the sun, on a boat i...
Episode 27 Kat Selman, singer/songwriter, music educator
June 25, 2018 04:30 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBMy guest today is Kathryn Selman (also known as Kat). I had the honor of officiating Kathryn’s wedding last summer at a beautiful barn, called Gratitude and Grace, 2 attributes that capture Kathryn and her husband, Stephen. Kat is a vocalist, singer-songwriter, music educator and most recently a marketing director for the Brooklyn Music Factory. Kat gracefully blends jazz, Brazilian and pop, into her compositions, and is about to release her first album. Ross Pederson, my guest last week...
Episode 26 Ross Pederson, drummer, producer, composer
June 18, 2018 04:30 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBMy guest today is Ross Pederson. Ross is a gifted drummer, producer, composer and arranger. Ross has been described as: “an explosive, yet sensitive, dynamic and compelling voice on the drum set”, which also fits his personality...except for maybe the explosive part! He shares his early musical influences from his parents, his Mom was a piano teacher, his Dad taught him to play trumpet at 5 years old, the lure of his older brother’s drum set, and the incredible experiences he had at UNT, pl...
Episode 25 Berthilde Dufrene, nurse, administrator, published author
June 11, 2018 04:30 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBMy guest today is Berthilde Dufrene, nurse, administrator, published author and inspiring leader. I first learned of Berthilde, through her relief work in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. Her mission trip experiences provide a window into this dedicated, courageous woman. Berthilde founded the Haitian American Nurses Association (also known as HANA) of Rockland County which orchestrated much needed humanitarian and medical relief trips. Under Berthilde’s leadership, HANA shifted focus from ...
Episode 24 Carlo Pellegrini, circus performer, educator, co-director of AGC
June 04, 2018 04:30 - 1 hour - 80.1 MBCarlo Pellegrini, also known as Mr. Amazing, is the only person that I have met that actually ran away to join the circus! Carlo is a circus performer, educator, and co-director of Amazing Grace Circus, who also had a career as a modern dancer. Carlo grew up in San Jose, CA and credits his education with the Jesuits as helping him question authority, develop leadership skills and think differently. Carlo tells of his lure to the circus and the eye-opening, colorful story of his year on the ...
Episode 23 Toney Earl, Jr., M.A.D.E. Transitions
May 28, 2018 04:30 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBToney Earl, Jr. is the executive director and co-founder of MADE-Transitional Services, the non-profit agency to provide opportunities for formerly incarcerated individuals to transform their lives. Through job readiness, job placement and life skills training, MADE promotes personal responsibility, healthy relationships and support for the participants to make a positive contribution to society. Toney is a genuine, dynamic spokesperson addressing at-risk youth, business owners in the priv...
Episode 22 Estefania Ochoa, entrepreneur, innovative event planner, magazine publisher
May 22, 2018 14:06 - 54 minutes - 50 MBEstefania Ochoa is an entrepreneur, innovative event planner and a radiant soul! She and I met last month and had an immediate soulful connection, sharing values, life philosophy and our dreams to make a difference in the world; Estefania is my new kindred spirit! She has started her own magazine SOYYO (translated from Spanish “I am me”) which is the answer she eventually gave to people’s discomfort with her ethnic ambiguity, constantly asking “what are you?” With SOYYO, Estefania taps into ...
Episode 21 Mark Attebery, sculptor, musician, composer, music educator
May 14, 2018 05:00 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBMark began his career as a musician, performing and composing throughout California. He taught music in CA and OR public schools before moving to New York about 20 years ago, when he became the director of the music program at Rockland Country Day School. From there he devoted 14 years to teaching music at the Fieldston School in Riverdale, NY before retiring last year. Mark isn’t really retired, he simply changed careers, for Mark has enthusiastically thrown himself back into his passio...
Episode 20 Susanna Styron, filmmaker, writer, director
May 07, 2018 23:56 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBSusanna Styron, filmmaker, writer and director, has made meaningful films that reflect people’s resilience to hardship. From her feature film “Shadrach”, documentaries of her relief work in New Orleans, Ground Zero or Haiti, to a short film of life after divorce, as well as her most recent film “Out of My Head” about the mysterious disease migraine, Susanna covers natural disaster, social/political injustice, life transitions and personal illness. She is inspired by courageous people who are...
Episode 19 Stephen Carr, maritime lawyer, avid sailor
April 30, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBStephen Carr is a man of faith, lifetime learner, maritime lawyer and avid sailor. He also happens to be my dear father and I am delighted to share my conversation with my dad. The release date of this podcast, April 30th, 2018 is his 88th birthday! Steve is my eldest guest and I marvel at his long, rich life as he shares childhood memories, family history, his 4 years in the seminary and decision to leave, his appreciation of his education, first at St. Michael’s College/ University of Toro...
Episode 18 Jennifer Attebery, pilates instructor
April 23, 2018 05:00 - 59 minutes - 55.1 MBJennifer Attebery is a Pilates instructor, dancer, and open-hearted gypsy spirit! As a child, she studied with the School of American Ballet, moved to New York City at age 17 to follow her dream to be a ballet dancer. After 7 years of performing, Jennifer was looking for something else and spontaneously moved to New Mexico, where she danced and taught at the Santa Fe Dance Company. Jennifer achieved a kinesiology degree with an emphasis in dance at UC Berkley. When she was a mother of 2 youn...
Episode 17 Peter Fish, musician, composer, producer
April 16, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBIn addition to being an accomplished composer, musician and producer, Peter Fish is the reason that my husband and I choose to move to Nyack 24 years ago. He raved about this creative, warm village and modeled for us, meaningful ways to be involved in the heart and soul of our community. Peter tells me about his formative years breaking into the music world. When he was a teenager he toured with the Glen Miller Band, Woody Herman Band, Maynard Ferguson and Buddy Rich. When he was 16 years ol...
Episode 16 Hilary Sweeney, Aerialist, Director of Westchester Circus Arts
April 09, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBHilary Sweeney shares her journey from ballet dancer, chemistry researcher and aerialist to opening her own business, Westchester (NY) Circus Arts. She describes her experience of auditioning for Cirque du Soleil as well as what it has been like to find love in unlikely places. She believes people of all ages should not have to “runaway” with the circus or be born into a circus family in order to benefit from the artform. She was a Westchester Business Council’s 40-under-40 Rising Stars Awar...
Episode 15 Giancarlo de Trizio, Drummer, Percussionist, Instructor
April 02, 2018 16:43 - 1 hour - 70.1 MBGiancarlo de Trizio, immigrated from Molfetta, Italy to pursue his musical passion and study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. His determination, courage and tenacity is palpable, as he shares stories of the past 10 years living in the US. As a talented drummer, Giancarlo has performed at the Blue Note Jazz Festival (NYC), Beantown Jazz Festival (Boston), NYC Summer Stage and the Desert Daze Music Festival (CA). He toured with the Broadway productions of “In the Heights” and ...
Episode 14 Betsy Gelb, yoga teacher, psychiatric nurse, academician
March 26, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBBetsy Gelb explored all sorts of new ways to exercise before deciding that yoga resonated most deeply for her. In fact, within her first year of practicing, she immersed herself into an intense yoga teacher training. Having recently met Betsy, as my new yoga teacher, I was delighted to have a teacher who confidently and gracefully embraced aging (she recently turned 70), challenged us to cultivate upper body strength and shared her philosophy about breath, yoga, health, silence and the power...
Episode 13 Michael Heitzman, Director, Writer
March 19, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBMichael Heitzman is a gifted director and writer, who happens to be one of the funniest humans I know! His eclectic, creative background includes playing baritone horn, singing in his high school chorus and performing in plays and musical theater, his college double major of theater and telecommunications and his post college internship at Mary Tyler Moore Enterprises, as production assistant for television writers and producers. Michael believes that his variety of experiences as actor, mus...
Episode 12 Terese Dana, Applied Behavior Analyst, Founder of TD Social Skills
March 12, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBTerese Dana has been an applied behavior analyst (ABA) for nearly 30 years, focusing on social skills for children on the autism spectrum. She works with children, educators and families in Maine, New Hampshire, New York and New Jersey. Terese shares rewarding experiences with children on the spectrum, the resources she has created for educators and families, as well as new projects she continues to develop. You can learn more about Terese, her focus on advancing social learning & emotional ...
Episode 11 Matt Balitsaris, Musician, Record Producer, Philanthropist
March 05, 2018 06:00 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBMatt Balitsaris is a musician, record producer, humanitarian and philanthropist. Matt was the band leader and composer of 2 bands my husband played bass for in the 80s and 90s: C’est What?! and Loose Shoes. Matt’s beautiful solo guitar playing can be found on the albums "Evening Fires" & "An Echoed Smile". Matt converted the barn on his Buck’s County, PA property into a magnificent recording studio and founded the successful jazz label, Palmetto Records. In addition to his music career, M...
Episode 10 Carolyn Mitchell, Songwriter, Businesswoman, Mentor
February 26, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBFor February’s Black History month, we are featuring 4 amazing African American women: a filmmaker, a humanitarian entrepreneur, a singer-song-writer, and this week’s guest, Carolyn Mitchell - a songwriter, business woman and mentor to new artists,. Carolyn shares her early experience in the music industry, her revelation that she was more comfortable as a song-writer, rather than a performer. She talks about her choice to build a career in corporate America, which allowed her to keep musi...
Episode 9 Anna Msowoya Keys, Humanitarian Entrepreneur
February 19, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBFor February's Black History Month we are featuring 4 amazing African-American women. This week's guest is Anna Msowoya Keys, a humanitarian entrepreneur and community organizer. She began her career as an advocate for women and children in African conflict areas, first through Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and then with International Refugee Committee (IRC), that took her to Burundi, Rwanda, Mozambique and Malawi. She witnessed the heart-wrenching turmoil and crisis during the genocide in...
Episode 8 Melissa McMillan, Singer/Songwriter
February 12, 2018 04:59 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBFor February's Black History Month we are featuring 4 amazing African-American women. This week's guest is Melissa McMillan, a singer/songwriter, who knew since she was a child exactly what she wanted to do: be a singer. Her clear desire to pursue music led her from high school bands to study jazz vocals with Rosana Eckert at University of North Texas (UNT), where she was encouraged to match her natural talent with her musicianship. UNT is where I met Melissa, she was a classmate of my daugh...