
Meet the Experts

Rajni Tripathi
The Transformation Institute

Rajni Tripathi
The Transformation Institute
Rajni, Founder and Managing Director of Thought Transformation Institute, is a therapist focused on holistic mental and emotional health.
By merging meditation, therapy and psycho-somatic practices like yoga, she helps her clients tap into their sovereignty and feel empowered to live a peaceful and joyous life.
Rajni's background includes over 8,000 hours of teaching/therapy experience, hundreds of hours of meditation, and yoga training, along with neurolinguistic programming, evidence-based mindfulness training, and much more. Her purpose is to help others live awake, aware, and able.
Rajni also serves as a Board Member of the American Women's Medical Association - Chicago, and other organizations to actively promote and facilitate all avenues of mental wellness and emotional health in her community.

Chris Joyce
Gusher Co

Chris Joyce
Gusher Co
Chris is founder of 24 companies in high tech, consumer goods, health, and manufacturing. His products have been sold in more than 11,000 stores in 23 countries. He has users of his tech products in 148 countries across the globe.
Chris believes great ideas can come from anyone anywhere. And he believes the market and not venture capitalists should be the judge of whether or not these ideas see the light of day.
So he created Gusher Co. Gusher is the simple, quick, and easy way to create and build a startup. Without the need for investors. Without the need for capital. How? Gusher helps Entrepreneurs create and launch startups using performance equity. We have hundreds of founders and companies from across the globe. Everything from technology, media, and health to design, finance, and gaming.

Shane Svorec
Author of "Broken Little Believer"

Shane Svorec
Author of "Broken Little Believer"
Shane Svorec is a lifelong writer, perpetual peace seeker, and believer of possibilities.
Author of Broken Little Believer, Shane lives on the east coast with her family, 2 dogs, and chickens. Having traveled all over the country, Shane is part gypsy, part hippie, and part missionary all in one. Shane is a mental health advocate, crisis intervention worker, and humanity builder. She loves the outdoors, craves adventure, and enjoys writing about all of them! Finding beauty in simplicity and purpose in everything, her belief, and motto is all about personal accountability - "If you don't take ownership of your mindset, someone else will."

Sara Stathatos
Possibility Wellness

Sara Stathatos
Possibility Wellness
Sara Stathatos is a student and instructor of Pranic Healing, with over 12 years of experience with meditation and energy healing. She runs with her family 3 medical clinics as well as a wellness center. She coordinates Pranic Healing classes for beginner and advanced students, as well as study groups and various introductory sessions.
Sara is currently completing her Doctorate in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. She has been working in the medical field since she was 16 and worked alongside various physicians to gain knowledge in western medicine as well. She plans on using her knowledge of eastern and western medicine to apply an integrative approach to health care after she graduates in 2022.

Todd Smidt
Of Whiskey and Words Travel Blog

Todd Smidt
Of Whiskey and Words Travel Blog
Todd Smidt is a world traveler, writer, and entrepreneur. After college in 2013, he quit his 9-5 job at a commodities trading company to work on a cruise ship and travel the world. This is where he first really discovered his passion for adventure and started really learning who he was and what made him tick.
Nine years, 58 countries, and countless adventures later he runs Of Whiskey and Words lifestyle and travel blog along with being the COO of Lifted Logic, a digital agency in Kansas City. Through these platforms he uses his knowledge of travel, SEO, and marketing to help inspire people to travel, pursue their passion, and enjoy a nice glass of whiskey along the way.

Brenda Hershey
TRY Global

Brenda Hershey
TRY Global
Brenda Hershey is an author, international humanitarian and Trauma Recovery Yoga (TRY) Global's Managing Director. She became a certified TRY instructor in 2019 and had been teaching the classes regularly when she experienced her very own “big T” trauma.
Residing in Iraqi-Kurdistan, Brenda is currently conducting an official research study investigating the impact of TRY on the trauma symptoms of survivors of genocide and local humanitarians.
Her purpose is to help people (re)connect mind, body and spirit, which she pursues through her work with TRY Global, the mission of which is to use neuroscience and yoga to create healing worldwide.

Dr. Jamie Goldstein
Coa
Dr. Jamie Goldstein is a licensed clinical psychologist, author, and consultant. She is the Therapy Experience Lead & an Emotional fitness instructor at Coa, your gym for mental health. Dr. Goldstein is strongly anchored in the foundational pillars of connection, authenticity, and the power of language. Whether through emotional fitness classes, published works, or individual therapy she has spent the past decade committed to providing the space and opportunity for all individuals to find safe, fun, and healing ways to explore themselves.

Shereen Yusuff
Suda-Prem

Shereen Yusuff
Suda-Prem
Shereen Yusuff is a Wim Hof breath coach who helps others dig deep in order to understand their true identity. She began her journey in 2016 after undergoing ACL surgery and realized she was unable to experience life as vigorously as she wanted so decided to delve more into breathwork, and is now certified in both the Wim Hof Method & Buteyko Method.
To date she has opened a studio of her own and hosts workshops throughout the year where she shares her knowledge with as many people as she can.
Shereen lives in Houston and participates in hobbies that include golf, tennis, hiking and recently started to pick up playing drums.

Michelle Speakz
If you hide it, you can't heal it

Michelle Speakz
If you hide it, you can't heal it
A United States Veteran of the Navy Intelligence Community with 13 years of honorable service, author, speaker, life coach, and leader; Michelle is a force of nature and mouthpiece for recovery and reconciliation to the communities she serves. A graduate of the University of Phoenix she earned a Bachelor of Science in Management. CEO of Michelle Speakz If You Hide It You Can’t Heal It, a Coaching & Mentoring Organization; Founder of Healing Women Healing Nations NE Florida Inc, a Social Service Organization; Trainer and advocate for National Alliance on Mental Illness. Michelle uses her voice of commitment as she advocates for survivors of domestic & sexual abuse, homelessness among female veterans, and those battling with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Military Sexual Trauma (MST).
Michelle’s own journey to healing from sexual and domestic abuse, military sexual trauma, and mental illness secondary to trauma was the catalyst for her passion for assisting others on their journey to healing.

Diana Devesse
Diana Devesse Coaching

Diana Devesse
Diana Devesse Coaching
Diana believes in a world where childhood trauma no longer gets in the way of experiencing childlike joy. She brings this belief to life with her Purpose Alignment method. She is a Self-Mastery Coach with a specialty in NLP and Somatic healing.
After two NDE’s and severe childhood abuse, Diana has dedicated her life to helping others discover their purpose to assist in the betterment of society and humanity as a whole. Her relentless pursuit of knowledge has led her to a diverse and extraordinary body of knowledge and a truly unique skillset.
Diana’s mission is to empower YOU to use the wisdom of your past to serve others- And she believes when we align the wisdom of our past with our purpose to serve, we experience deep joy, abundance, and fulfillment in our lives.

Catherine Scherwenka
Author of "Inner Peace" and "PSTD & Drug Free Me!"

Catherine Scherwenka
Author of "Inner Peace" and "PSTD & Drug Free Me!"
Catherine Scherwenka, a successful entrepreneur, a globally recognized Spiritual Empowerment/Yoga/Meditation workshop facilitator, and a mentor for the youth, has led thousands of people through transformational experiences both in person as well as virtually. She is a facilitator of classes, workshops and retreats that focus on bringing balance into the Body.Mind.Spirit. Catherine is a published author of TWO books, “PTSD & A Drug Free Me!” and “Inner Peace” and spends much of her time guiding and facilitating retreats and meditations around the world.