Moments With Marianne

Is it possible to heal after the loss of a child? Joe McQuillen has been married for 27 years and is a father of three children, one on the other side. Joe was the youngest of 10 children from an Irish-Catholic family. Although Joe has had two successful careers, he is at heart a blue-collar kid from Buffalo, NY. Starting as a salesman, he spent 25 years in the automobile business and worked his way up to executive manager and partner in a number of successful Chicagoland dealerships. https://mysearchforchristopher.home.blog

Rachael O’Meara is a transformational leadership coach and speaker, assisting others to fulfill their potential. She as a senior account executive at Google and also hosts authors who have meaningful messages about mindfulness and emotional intelligence for the Talks at Google YouTube channel. Her book Pause was named one of 2017's top business books for your career, and was featured in the New York Times and on WSJ.com. She leads workshops and speaks regularly on the practice of pause. She has a Certificate in Transformational Coaching from Wright Graduate University, and an MBA from Fordham University. https://www.rachaelomeara.com

Mary Shutan is a spiritual healer and teacher with an extensive background in Chinese Medicine, CranioSacral therapy, Zero Balancing, and energy work. She is the author of The Spiritual Awakening Guide, Managing Psychic Abilities, The Body Deva, and Working with Kundalini. http://maryshutan.com

Modern-day “Hidden Figure,” award-winning rocket scientist and author Olympia LePoint overcame poverty, gang violence, and failing marks to eventually launch 28 rocket missions to space. Olympia is now applying the same math and science that she used at NASA to show audiences and readers how anyone can remap their own thoughts to remove fear, unleash their brain power, and change the course of their life. http://answersunleashed.com

Nick Craig is the president and founder of the Authentic Leadership Institute, where he has guided over 5000 executives in the last ten years on the journey to discover and lead with purpose and has worked with organizations including GE, Unilever, Goldman Sachs, and West Point Military Academy. https://coreleader.com

Maralee has written several articles for the ABA Child Law Journal, Women’s E-New and other publications on the problems of family courts not protecting abused children. Maralee is with Women’s Media Center (WMC), SheSourceExpert, NPEIV (National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence), APB speaker bureau and RAINN speaker bureau. She speaks at conferences, hospitals, law schools, legal conventions and is a spokesperson for protective mothers. Her passion for advocacy developed through living a mother’s worst nightmare. She organized a National Rally of Mothers at the Colorado State Capitol and has been involved in legislative work that spans over two decades. She testified before Congress to promote judicial accountability to better protect sexually abused children’s rights in our courts. Maralee’s story has been covered by many media outlets, and internationally on CNN. www.maraleemclean.com

Laurie Nadel is a psychologist, journalist, and best-selling author who specializes in helping people recover from trauma. In Long Beach, NY, she runs a support group at City Hall for people who are traumatized by losing their homes to Hurricane Sandy. At Metropolitan Communication Associates in Manhattan, she works with patients who have traumatic brain injuries due to assault/rape, M.S. and stroke. During 2003-2005, she directed a program for teenagers whose fathers were killed on 9/11/01. http://www.laurienadel.com

Keith Leon S. has been writing books, speaking, publishing other people’s books, and making a difference in the lives of others for over 15 years. A multiple bestselling author, well-known speaker and talented musician, Leon S. has spoken at events that included Jack Canfield, Neale Donald Walsh, Barbara DeAngelis, John Gray, Michael Beckwith, and Marianne Williamson. He’s made music with Stevie Wonder, Ben Vereen, Nancy Wilson, Keb Mo, and Carl Anderson. https://www.walkingwithmyangelsbook.com

Deirdre Hade’s seminal work on the Kabbalah’s Tree of Life will be recorded with Jack Canfield, the co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, and released to the public for the first time this fall, 2018. The Radiance Tree of Life Journey Meditation is a guided journey into the ancient healing pathway of mystical Kabbalah's Tree of Life that cleanses the body, mind and spirit of toxic thoughts and emotions. By clearing away old patterns and obstacles with the power of its miraculously rejuvenating frequency, the Tree of Life reveals the potential of the soul, inner harmony and peace, and connectivity to great love. www.DeirdreHade.com

Peter Smith is the president of The Newton Institute and trains Life Between Lives practitioners around the world. He is also the founder of the Institute for Quantum Consciousness and the creator of the Hypnoenergetics® modality. He has published several articles on Spiritual Regression and Hypnotherapy and is a co-author of Memories of the Afterlife, the final book in the bestselling Life Between Lives quadrilogy. www.QuantumConsciousness.com.au

The doctors who have successfully guided participants in ABC’s Extreme Weight Loss & The Biggest Loser series share their insights on Moments with Marianne.Dr. Holly Wyatt earned her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and completed her internal medicine and endocrinology training at the University of Colorado. She has been involved in the field of obesity, weight management and metabolism her entire career and personally struggled with her weight and maintaining a reduced healthy body weight earlier in her life.Dr. James Hill is an internationally recognized leader in weight management. He has a Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire in physiological psychology. Dr. Hill has spent the past 35 years conducting research to understand why obesity develops and how it can be prevented and treated. He was a co-founder of America On the Move and a co-founder of the National Weight Control Registry. https://www.stateofslim.com

Reshma Saujani is the Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, a national nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in technology while teaching girls confidence and bravery through coding. She has been interviewed on NPR's Marketplace and The Brian Lehrer Show and featured in the New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, Fast Company, Real Simple, Glamour, Family Circle, The Daily Show, and more. She's been named one of Fortune's 40 under 40, a WSJ magazine innovator of the year, one of the 50 most powerful women in New York by the New York Daily News, Forbes' Most Powerful Women Changing the World, Business Insider's 50 Women Who Are Changing the World, and an AOL/PBS MAKER. Reshma is also author of Girls Who Code, a New York Times bestselling book for young readers. https://reshmasaujani.com

Scott Stabile is the author of Big Love. His inspirational posts and videos have attracted a huge and devoted social media following, including over 350K Facebook fans and counting. A regular contributor to the Huffington Post, he lives in Michigan and conducts personal empowerment workshops around the world. http://www.scottstabile.com

Jennie Lee is a certified yoga therapist who has spent two decades coaching people in the healing tradition of classical yoga #meditation. Using the practices she writes about in #BreathingLove, Jennie helps people overcome #grief, #depression, #anxiety, and #stress as well as create lives filled with greater joy. Author of the award winning book True Yoga, Jennie's writing has also been featured on dozens of wellness blogs and in magazines including the Huffington Post, Mind Body Green, Yoga Digest, and Yogi Times. www.JennieLeeYogaTherapy.com

Judy Goodman CPC, CSRC, CRC, author of the award winning, International bestselling audiobook, Journey… The Quest of the Soul, as we discuss the workings of both the spirit and physical worlds. Walking in both worlds at all times, Judy answers the profound questions we ask ourselves.Judy brings a broad range of knowledge presented with a gentle quality that captivates, and lifts each person individually. Her sense of compassion and understanding, coupled with a great sense of humor keeps the topics interesting and very informative at the same time. You can learn more about Judy Goodman at her website here: www.JudyGoodman.com

As an author, speaker and consultant, Sally’s mission has always been to help women recognize, articulate and act on their greatest strengths. Her previous books include The Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work and the best-selling The Female Advantage: Women’s Ways of Leadership, hailed as “the classic work” on women’s leadership styles. Her groundbreaking The Web of Inclusion: A New Architecture for Building Great Organizations was cited in The Wall Street Journal as one of the best books on leadership and is credited with bringing the language of inclusion into business. https://sallyhelgesen.com

Guy Finley is an internationally renowned spiritual teacher and bestselling self-help author. He is the Founder and Director of Life of Learning Foundation, a nonprofit center for transcendent self-study located in Merlin, Oregon. He also hosts the Foundation's Wisdom School, an online self-discovery program for seekers of higher self-knowledge. He is the best-selling author of The Secret of Letting Go and 45 other books and audio programs that have sold over 2 million copies, in 26 languages, worldwide. Guy's latest book, Relationship Magic: Waking Up Together, applies decades of spiritual wisdom to practical relationship challenges, transforming any relationship from mundane to magical. www.guyfinley.org

Linda Graham, MFT, is an experienced psychotherapist who integrates modern neuroscience, mindfulness practices, and relational psychology in her international trainings on resilience and well-being. She is the author of Resilience and also Bouncing Back, the winner of a 2013 Books for a Better Life Award. www.lindagraham-mft.net

Dr. Mike Dow, Psy.D, is a highly sought-after psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author of The Brain Fog Fix, Healing the Broken Brain, and Diet Rehab. His books have been published in several different languages and are bestsellers in Europe and Asia. He has hosted several hit television series on E!, TLC, VH1, and Investigation Discovery. Dr. Mike is a go-to expert in relationships, brain health, addiction, and mental illness. He can currently be heard weekly on Hay House Radio’s The Dr. Mike Show. https://drmikedow.com

John Assaraf is a serial entrepreneur, brain researcher, and CEO of NeuroGym. He is the author of two New York Times best-selling books: “Having It All” and “The Answer,” and was featured in the blockbuster movie hit, “The Secret.” John is one of the leading behavioral and mindset experts in the world, with a unique ability to help people release the mental and emotional obstacles that prevent them from achieving their very best in life and business. www.MyNeuroGym.com