The Best Ever You Show

Jennie Lee - Spark Change

Jennie Lee is a recognized expert in the fields of yoga therapy and spiritual living. She is an award-winning author of three books:SPARK CHANGE: 108 Provocative Questions for Spiritual Evolution;TRUE YOGA: Practicing with the Yoga Sutras for Happiness & Spiritual Fulfillment; andBREATHING LOVE: Meditation in Action.Also a certified yoga therapist, Jennie has taught classical yoga and meditation for over 20 years, and coaches private clients in the practices that integrate life spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically. She facilitates international wellness retreats and is a regular contributor to numerous national magazines. Additionally, Jennie writes inspirational dramatic screenplays. When she is not writing or coaching, she enjoys surfing and hiking with her husband in Hawaii or practicing Italian with friends in Tuscany.
Visit: jennieleeyogatherapy.com

Mari Smith - The New Relationship Marketing

Mari Smith is the Premier Facebook Marketing Expert and social media thought leader.
Often referred to as “the Queen of Facebook,” Mari Smith is one of the world’s foremost experts on Facebook marketing. She is a Forbes’ perennial Top Social Media Power Influencer, author of The New Relationship Marketing and coauthor of Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day.
Mari's background includes almost two decades in the fields of online, offline and relationship marketing, and Internet technology. As a passionate social media leader since 2007, Mari travels the United States and internationally to provide engaging social media keynotes and in-depth training to entrepreneurs and corporations.
With her popular blog at MariSmith.com, and her large, loyal following on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn, Mari is considered one of the top resources and thought leaders in the world of marketing. She regularly appears in media locally and nationally in publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Inc., Forbes, Fortune, Chicago Tribune, and Success Magazine.
On a personal note, Mari is Scottish-Canadian; she was born in Ontario, Canada, spent her childhood in a small rural Quaker community in BC, Canada... then lived in Scotland for two decades before moving to San Diego, California in 1999.
Visit MariSmith.com for more information.

Tina Sloan - Staying in the Game

Tina spent 26 years on The Guiding Light, the famous soap opera on CBS, and was featured on 60 Minutes when the show closed after an historic 75 year run. Tina, then in her 60’s, reinvented herself as an author, playwright and speaker.  Her first book Changing Shoes describes how she came to terms with growing older: literally changing shoes from gorgeous high heels to the proverbial black flats.  Her one-woman play also titled Changing Shoes toured the US.  Tina has performed in numerous movies including Black Swan, Changing Lanes, as Ben Affleck’s mother, The Post, several Woody Allen films as well as others with Al Pacino and Jody Foster.  She has also appeared on TV shows including Law and Order SVU.  Her new book, a romantic thriller, Chasing Cleopatra, is a true page turner and was just released. Tina lives in Florida with her husband of 45 years and in Maryland very near her son and grandchildren.  She has run 8 marathons and climbed 20,000 foot peaks in Africa and Nepal.  

Barbara Ann Mojica - Little Miss History

Barbara Ann Mojica, M.A. S.A.S., S.D.A is a historian and retired educator. Her education career spans more than forty years serving as a teacher, special educator, principal, and school district administrator. Barbara writes monthly historical articles for the Columbia Insider under the banner "Passages." Using the whimsical Little Miss History character to narrate her book series, Barbara hopes to educate, entertain and inspire children to learn about historical people and places. Little Miss History's antics make reading nonfiction a fun-filled adventure for all ages. She firmly believes, "If you don't know your history, you don't know what you're talking about." The Little Miss HISTORY book series has garnered two dozen awards including B.R.A.G. Medallions, International Book Excellence Awards, International Readers' Favorite Awards, Eric Hoffer, and Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards
Website: https://www.LittleMissHistory.com
Blog https://bamauthor.me
Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/Littlemisshistorycom/
Twitter https://twitter.com/bamauthor
Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/bamauthor/
Linked in https://www.linkedin.com/in/bamauthor/
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6851359.Barbara_Ann_Mojica

Dr. Lara Salahi - Outbreak Culture

Lara Salahi is an award-winning multimedia journalist and author, and assistant professor of Broadcast and Digital Journalism at Endicott College.  Lara has worked in local news, network and cable television, international print, and documentary film, and her work has been published and broadcast on numerous news outlets.  She field produces stories in the New England region for ABC News shows including Good Morning America and World News with David Muir. She previously worked with ABC News' Medical Unit in New York, where she produced digital and on-air health stories.
Her book, Outbreak Culture, examines each phase of the 2014-16 Ebola epidemic -- the largest and deadliest Ebola outbreak to date -- and identifies the factors that complicated the response to the crisis. Through original research, critical interviews and shoe leather reporting, the book exposes a fractured system of global outbreak response and lays out guiding principles to shift the culture among international responders.
Lara was part of the team at the Boston Globe and its news site Boston.com awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for exhaustive and empathetic breaking news coverage of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings and the ensuing manhunt. Lara is the founder of Salahi Media, a multi-platform media production company dedicated to sharing stories on public health, science and medicine, through diverse experiences and compelling narratives.  She received a dual undergraduate degree from Boston University in Broadcast Journalism and International Relations with a concentration in Middle East and North African foreign policy and security studies, along with a minor in French. She has a master's degree in Health Communication from Emerson College and a doctorate in Education from Regis College with a concentration in teaching and learning. Lara travels extensively and is fluent in Armenian, Arabic, and French. She began her career as an on-air reporter.

Coronavirus Conundrum - Supporting our High School & College Students

As society, adults, and children continue to navigate the Coronavirus pandemic in the United States and the world, we continue to make many adjustments in our lives.  Please join us in a community conversation to chat about solutions and ideas to best support our high school and college students and their families during this time.  From health and safety to managing online classes to emotional well-being, Dr. Lynne Celli will be on-hand to answer questions and provide support..  Additionally, we will chat about daily engagement from friends, participating in athletics, social circles and the long-standing effects everyone is facing from missing major milestones in their lives. What can be done to fill the voids of these missing milestones? How can adults help these students cope with their feelings of isolation, disengagement, and anger in healthy ways. 
Dr. Lynne Celli is the Executive Director of Leadership and Professional Education at Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts. She has devoted her career to education at all levels for more than 35 years. She has been a teacher, principal, superintendent of schools, professor, and chair of a graduate program. Dr. Celli earned her Ph.D. and M.Ed. in curriculum, instruction, and administration from Boston College and her BA in sociology/education from Clark University.

Kirsten Blakemore - Unleash Your Power

Kirsten’s background of competing in athletics and in the Miss USA Pageant gave her a foundation for what it meant to win as well as fail fast in business. Where she truly found her passion was working with hundreds of organizations across all industries, uncovering their blocks to success. Identifying obstacles to forward movement in business can be difficult but understanding how to “fix” them can be even more of a challenge. Her expertise working within companies from leaders to front line employees enables her to have unique access to the most common barriers preventing success.
In her keynotes, Kirsten actively engages her audiences to create fertile ground for possibility. The first step in change is having an open mindset. Her mission has always been to create safe space for people to think differently, empowering their best selves.
Kirsten has developed into a massive equity champion over the years and has created both Diversity and Inclusion as well as women in business curricula. She is well versed on the impact limited thinking has on company culture and has mentored expansion of thought and shares those principles through various outlets. She is a published author on topics such as company culture, failure, leadership, diversity and inclusion, and women in business. These publications can be found on Forbes, Inc.com and LinkedIn. She has written a chapter in the bestselling book, Women Leaders with Inspiring Stories and is launching her new book for women called Unleash Your Power in March 2020.
Kirsten holds many coaching credentials such as CPCC from The Coaches Training Institute, Forbes Coach member, ICF accredited PCC and is a certified Health Coach along with her Master's in Psychology from Pepperdine.
Visit:https://www.kirstenblakemore.com/

Steering in the Dark - Leading During Uncertain Times

As everyone called for 2020 to be the most incredible year of their life, projects launched and energy was renewed.  Now, we all have a different vision.  It's not so 20/20 and in fact it's blurred with moments where we need to remind ourselves of many things and learn how to do things differently.  Our lives might be filled with adjustments right now and a new prescription for vision. Coach Chris Celano and Coach Jamy Bechler provide us some tips and advice to how to lead during uncertain times and ground in a hopeful positive mindset.
Coach Celano is the head baseball coach at New Haven.  Chris Celano enters his ninth season as the head coach at the University of New Haven in 2020. He has amassed a record of 198-133-2 (.598) with the Chargers and an overall mark of 383-271-2 (.585) as a collegiate head coach. The 2018 New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) Division II Coach of the Year led the Chargers to one of the most successful campaigns in program history in 2018, as the team accumulated a program-record 39 wins. It was the 13th 30-plus win in program history and third under coach Celano. https://newhavenchargers.com/sports/baseball
Coach Bechler  is the host of the “Success is a Choice” podcast. He is also the author of "The Bus Trip" and “The Leadership Playbook". The former college basketball coach and high school athletic director now travels across the country speaking and consulting with sports teams and educators about leadership, culture, and teamwork. Jamy is also a certified John Maxwell Leadership Coach and you connect with him on twitter @CoachBechler or at his website JamyBechler.com  

Developing Emotional Resilience: Tips for Those Navigating Stressful Situations

Join hosts Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino, Beth Caldwell and Kris Fuller.
Everyone knows the importance of having a strong physical body, but too many of us ignore the important aspect of having a strong and healthy emotional state to navigate challenging and difficult situations. Join us this Saturday at 1 pm ET and listen in as three resilient women share their best strategies and coping tools for coping with crisis and how you can empower others to do the same. Bring your questions!
Beth Caldwell is the author of more than ten books on leadership, inspiration, and personal development. She believes that women CAN do it all, just not at the same time. She is the founder and creator of the SHIFT Program and Leadership Academy for Women. She is the former host of the popular WebTV Show Smart Leadership and currently hosts a motivational weekly broadcast called Monday Morning Mastermind. 
Elizabeth Hamilton Guarino is one of America's most trusted mindset, leadership and personal & corporate development consultants. As the Founder and CEO of Best Ever You and Compliance4, Elizabeth has helped thousands around the globe be their best and achieve world-class excellence. Elizabeth is the author of PERCOLATE - Let Your Best Self Filter Through and contributor to A Lesson for every Child: Learning About Food Allergies
Kris Fuller is keynote speaker, business coach and event planner, Kris is known for her mindset philosophies and meticulous planning.   Kris is an author with Waldorf Publishing and the CEO of Your Life Sparkles. Kris is a graduate of the University of Alberta (Bachelor of Education), University of Sedona (Bachelor of Metaphysics) and certification from the Palouse Center for Mindfulness. She also holds a Performance diploma from Red Deer College and Gifted Mind Series from Oxford Brookes University in the UK. 

Dr. Neal D. Barnard - Your Body in Balance

Neal Barnard, MD, FACC, is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC, and President of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.Dr. Barnard has led numerous research studies investigating the effects of diet on diabetes, body weight, and chronic pain, including a groundbreaking study of dietary interventions in type 2 diabetes, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that paved the way for viewing type 2 diabetes as a potentially reversible condition for many patients. Dr. Barnard has authored more than 90 scientific publications and 20 books for medical and lay readers, and is the editor in chief of the Nutrition Guide for Clinicians, a textbook made available to all U.S. medical students.
As president of the Physicians Committee, Dr. Barnard leads programs advocating for preventive medicine, good nutrition, and higher ethical standards in research. His research contributed to the acceptance of plant-based diets in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. In 2015, he was named a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. In 2016, he founded the Barnard Medical Center in Washington, DC, as a model for making nutrition a routine part of all medical care. Working with the Medical Society of the District of Columbia and the American Medical Association, Dr. Barnard has authored key resolutions, now part of AMA policy, calling for a new focus on prevention and nutrition in federal policies and in medical practice. In 2018, he received the Medical Society of the District of Columbia’s Distinguished Service Award. He has hosted four PBS television programs on nutrition and health.
Originally from Fargo, North Dakota, Dr. Barnard received his M.D. degree at the George Washington University School of Medicine and completed his residency at the same institution.