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Shelli Renée Joye, Ph.D., attended Rice University on a physics scholarship and graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering. After graduation, she worked with John Lilly on interspecies communication and pursued contemplative practice with Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. She completed her doctorate in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Shelli is the author of several books, including “Tuning the Mind,” and her latest: “The Electromagnetic Brain.” For more information visit: shellijoye.net

Thomas Moore published his classic Care of the Soul in 1992 and has since written twenty books on spirituality, sexuality, myth, religion and depth psychology. His books have been translated into thirty-two languages. He has taught religious studies and psychology and has been a psychotherapist for over 30 years. He often speaks at C. G. Jung societies and has done special work consulting at major medical centers with the idea of bringing soul to medicine. He was a close friend and collaborator with James Hillman and published an anthology of Hillman’s work with extensive introductions and commentaries. He has often been on television and radio, most recently on Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul Sunday.

Robert Kerbeck is the founder of the Malibu Writers Circle and a three-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize. He fought the 2018 Malibu Fire with his wife and son to save their home. His book, Malibu Burning: The Real Story Behind LA's Most Devastating Wildfire, won the 2020 IPPY award as the Silver Medalist in Creative Nonfiction and the 2020 Readers’ Favorite Award as the Silver Medalist in Nonfiction Drama. Malibu Burning was also a Finalist for Foreword Book of the Year and Winner of the Best of LA Award. His essays and short stories have appeared in numerous magazines and literary journals. One of his stories was adapted into the award-winning film, Reconnected.

Dr. Stephanie Mines is the author of five books that reflect over three decades of research as aneuroscientist. She has investigated shock and trauma as a survivor, a professional, a clinical researcher, and healthcare provider. Her nonprofit The TARA Approach is instrumental in the systemic change she promotes as a Sustainable Health paradigm. Dr. Mines also developed Climate Change & Consciousness to facilitate inner transformation for grounded climate action.

Marcelle Pick, MS OB/GYN, NP is passionate about transforming the way women experience healthcare through an integrative approach. She is co-founder of the renowned WOMEN TO WOMEN HEALTHCARE CENTER and one of the first to be certified as a Functional Medicine practitioner. She holds a BS in Nursing from the U of New Hampshire and an MS in Nursing from Boston College – Harvard Medical School. Marcelle is the author of several books including: The Core Balance Diet, Is It Me or My Hormones and Is It Me or My Adrenals?

Rita Burgett-Martell, a summa cum laude graduate of Belmont University in Nashville and the author of two books: “Change Ready! How to Turn Change Resistance into Change Readiness” and “Defining Moments: Seizing the Power of Second Chances to Create the Life You Want.” The practical guidance Rita provides is based on her thirty years of professional experience as an organizational change consultant to Fortune 500 clients and career coach to more than 11,000 individuals, plus her own experience of embracing the unknown to completely reinvent her own life from that of an 18 year old uneducated housewife in Nashville, Tennessee to an international change strategist and thought leader to C-level and senior executives.

Lisa Tahir, Author of “The Chiron Effect - Healing Our Core Wounds through Astrology, Empathy, and Self-Forgiveness” is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Louisiana and California. She has private practice office locations and residences in both Los Angeles and New Orleans. Additionally, she is certified in EMDR level I, Reiki level II, and as a Thought Coach through the Institute for Transformational Thinking. Lisa is passionately committed to working with people to help them heal through all of the senses of the body by utilizing intuition, therapy, energy healing, meditation, Reiki healing, crystal healing, nutrition, sound frequencies and yoga, exercise,

David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, is a groundbreaking physician-scientist, disease hunter, speaker, and bestselling author of the acclaimed memoir, "Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope Into Action." Labeled the ‘doctor who cured himself’ by NY Times, Fajgenbaum went from being a college quarterback to receiving his last rites while in medical school. He nearly died four more times battling Castleman disease, a deadly cytokine storm disorder. To try to save his own life, he spearheaded an innovative approach to research through the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network discovering a treatment that has put him into his longest remission ever. This approach is saving his life and others as well. Now, he is spreading this approach to other diseases like COVID-19 and sharing lessons he learned about living from nearly dying through "Chasing My Cure,"

Laurie Marshall is a certified Social Studies and Art Teacher with 35 years experience in public, alternative and private schools. She is a bully prevention, project-based learning and arts integration specialist. A mother of two sons and a grandmother, she is passionate about supporting parents and teachers in these unprecedented times. Believing that creativity and compassion are everyone's birthright, she has trained over 6,000 teachers in project-based learning and facilitated 125 peace building murals with over 35,000 people around the world.

Dr. Steven Gundry is a renowned cardiologist, New York Times best-selling author and medical researcher. During his 40-year career in medicine, he has performed over 10,000 heart surgeries and developed life-saving medical devices. His book, “Dr. Gundry’s Diet Evolution instructs how to heal and avoid surgery through diet. His second book, "The Plant Paradox", a New York Times bestseller, outlines a 90-day plan for some of the world's most pressing health issues. Dr. Gundry practices medicine at his Center for Restorative Medicine and International Heart & Lung Institute in Palm Springs and Santa Barbara, CA.

UK-based author, Colm Holland, spent twenty-five years working in sales and marketing in the publishing industry. He was a member of the Harper Collins team which published Paul Coelho's The Alchemist in 1993. Colm teaches the art of spiritual alchemy in business and relationships. He is an experienced columnist and his interviews and articles are highly entertaining, full of humor and deep insights to help others find true empowerment through inner transformation.

Philip Goldberg has been studying the world’s spiritual traditions for more than 45 years. He is the author or co-author of 25 books published in more than a dozen languages. His book American Veda was named by Huffington Post and Library Journal as one of the Top 10 Religion Books of 2010; it was followed in 2018 by the popular biography The Life of Yogananda and his latest, “Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times.”

Howard Martin is one of the original leaders who helped Doc Childre found HeartMath, serving as a key spokesperson and executive. He co-authored with Doc Childre, The HeartMath Solution. Howard is also a contributing author of the new book, Heart Intelligence, Connecting with the Intuitive Guidance of the Heart. Howard played a key role in launching the Global Coherence Initiative (GCI), a science-based, co-creative project to unite people in heart-focused care and intention, to facilitate the shift in global consciousness from instability and discord to balance, cooperation and enduring peace.

Faust A. Ruggiero’s professional career spans almost 40 years, and is diversified and compelling, as it has consistently established new and exciting cutting-edge counseling programs in its pursuit of professional excellence and personal life enhancement. He is a published research author, clinical trainer, and a therapist who has worked in settings that have included clinics for deaf children, prisons, nursing homes, substance abuse centers, inpatient facilities, and as the President of the Community Psychological Center in Bangor, Pennsylvania. In that capacity, he developed the Process Way of Life counseling program, and has developed it into a formal text presented in the Fix Yourself Handbook.

Dean Radin, PhD, is Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Associated Distinguished Professor of Integral and Transpersonal Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He earned an MS in electrical engineering and a PhD in psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Before joining the research staff at IONS he held appointments at AT&T Bell Labs, Princeton University, University of Edinburgh, and SRI International. He is author or coauthor of hundreds of technical and popular articles, four dozen book chapters, and four popular books: The Conscious Universe, Entangled Minds, Supernormal, and Real Magic.

Dr. David Hanscom is an Orthopedic surgeon and the author of “DO YOU REALLY NEED SPINE SURGERY?” and of “Back in Control: A Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain” A survivor of COVID-19 himself, Dr. Hanscom has been working with about 20 other professionals such as distinguished University Scientist and professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, Dr. Stephen Porges and David R Clawson, MD–Physical Medicine and Rehab. They are looking at inflammation and chronic disease through the lens of the Polyvagal Theory. Together they have come up with some new possibilities for addressing COVID-19.The Executive Producer of Mission:Evolution for REL-MAR McConnell Media Company and XZBN is Rob McConnell - robmcconnell@rel-mar.com

Dr. David Hanscom is an Orthopedic surgeon and the author of “DO YOU REALLY NEED SPINE SURGERY?” and of “Back in Control: A Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain” A survivor of COVID-19 himself, Dr. Hanscom has been working with about 20 other professionals such as distinguished University Scientist and professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, Dr. Stephen Porges and David R Clawson, MD–Physical Medicine and Rehab. They are looking at inflammation and chronic disease through the lens of the Polyvagal Theory. Together they have come up with some new possibilities for addressing COVID-19.

Dr. Dennis Carroll has a doctorate in biomedical research with a special focus in tropical infectious diseases from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He was a Research Scientist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory where he studied the molecular mechanics of viral infection. He has over 30 years of leadership experience in global health and development. He served as the Director of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Emerging Threats Division. Dr. Carroll was responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership for the Agency's programs addressing new and emerging disease threats. He currently heads the Global Virome Project, an international partnership to build the systems and capacities to detect and characterize future viral threats.

In 2000, Milo Shapiro left fifteen years in I.T. to pursue his then-18-year passion: applying improvisation to business practices and personal development. His teamwork course “TEAMprovising” improves communication, boosts innovation, and builds community. With 10+ years in National Speakers Association, this motivational speaker and public speaking coach has entertained and educated through lecture, classes, and improv-related speeches, delighting audiences world wide. Milo is the author of "Public Speaking: Get A's, Not Zzzzzz's!" "Public Speaking for TEENS: Get A's, Not Zzzzzz's!" and "The Worst Days Make The BEST Stories!"