Season 11: Happiness On Tap Podcast

Soul Fusion Healing: The Energetic Mechanics for Self-Healing 

Marvin L. Wilkerson, a spiritual astrologer, hypnotherapist, and neurological programmer dedicated to helping people understand and heal the deeper layers of their consciousness. Over the past three decades, he’s guided clients in uncovering their karmic patterns, releasing emotional blocks, and aligning with their true spiritual essence.

His work — Soul Fusion Healing — integrates astrology, psychology, and energy awareness into a practical framework for transformation. It’s based on the idea that healing begins when the soul, mind, and body are brought back into harmony. Through this process, people awaken to their purpose, shift subconscious patterns, and create a healthier, more conscious life.

As the author of Soul Fusion Healing: Integrating Mind, Body, and Soul, Marvin explores how ancient wisdom and modern science meet — revealing how our astrological blueprint and subconscious programming work together to shape our reality.

Connect with Marvin Wilkerson:

Website: https://www.BLHypnosis.com 

Website: https://www.Astromarv.com 

Website: https://www.Soulfusionhealing.com 

When Your Life Falls Apart, It Might Be Your Greatest Breakthrough

Sara Stansberry didn't set out to blow up her life. It blew up on its own — in a driveway, during the school rush, with a garage door that wouldn't close and a woman inside who finally couldn't pretend everything was fine. That became the beginning of everything.

Since then, Sara has rebuilt: a second marriage to her husband Walter, a blended family of six children, a coaching practice, a podcast, and a Substack community of women who are tired of performing okay. Her work sits at the intersection of emotional honesty and practical tools — not therapy, not toxic positivity, but the real conversation your best girlfriend would have with you at midnight when things fall apart.

She is an Adult Chair certified life coach and creator of the Creative Destruction framework, which has guided women through the most disorienting transitions of their lives — and out the other side of them.

Connect with Sara:

WEBSITE: https://www.sarastansberry.com  

Never Give Up: Turning Setbacks Into Purpose

Larry Shealy is a former business executive, small business owner, survivor, and speaker who has overcome divorce, job loss, and multiple life-threatening medical crises: A crippling disability, SCA-Sudden Cardiac Arrest, and Septic with MRSA.

With his quiet faith, relentless optimism and determination, he helps others discover hope in the hardest chapters in their life. His message: “I have been there. time and time again, and every setback I have had has become a stepping stone to a higher purpose in life….so…no matter what the circumstance may be, put your game face on and..... 

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP!

The Resilient One

Christian family man, 4th Degree BJJ Black Belt Academy owner/instructor…who helps people rebuild identity, faith and strength, after life knocks them to their knees.

Connect with Larry:

Website - www.HendoBJJ.com 

When the World Hurts: How Emotional Resilience Helps Us Heal  

Liz Moyer Benferhat spent nearly two decades in sustainable development, where she kept witnessing the same thing: burnout, grief, and an inner toll nobody talks about. What she found wasn't a problem unique to activists or policymakers. It was a human problem. In 2018, she launched We Heal For All to address what she saw as the missing piece in social change work: the emotional lives of the people doing it. Through her teaching, she demystifies emotions, what they are, how they move through the mind and body, and why understanding them changes everything. In her signature Circle model, participants process those emotions experientially, together, unearthing wisdom within what they feel. 

Her work has helped hundreds of people, parents, professionals, healers, and everyday humans trying to make sense of it all, move through the world's pain rather than be flattened by it, and find their place in changing it. Her sustainable development work spans from grassroots programs in Africa and South America to SDG policy through the UN's Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and her research has been published in Columbia University's Consilience Journal. She holds a Master of Public Administration in Development Practice from Columbia University and lives in the Bronx, New York. Her award-winning debut book, When the World Hurts: Why the World's Pain Makes Sense, and What You Can Do About It, is available now at https://www.wehealforall.com/book 

Connect with Liz:

Website: https://www.wehealforall.com/ 

Raising Emotionally Resilient, Mindful, and Confident Children 

Veronica  Moya is a children’s mindfulness expert, author, educator, speaker, and founder of Mindful V™, a bilingual nonprofit and media platform helping children develop emotional resilience, confidence, intuition, and self-trust from an early age. She is known for her powerful perspective that children are naturally wise, emotionally perceptive, and deeply connected to their inner world, and that adults should help protect that connection instead of training it out of them. 

Through the Mindful V™ Method, Veronica uses mindfulness, visualization, storytelling, affirmations, gratitude, and emotional-awareness practices to help children navigate anxiety, rejection, bullying, overstimulation, and self-doubt with greater resilience and clarity. She is also the creator and host of Mindful V and the author and illustrator of Goom Finds His Happy Place. 

Veronica is a sought-after voice for conversations about emotional regulation, conscious parenting, childhood intuition, family wellness, resilience, and giving children the tools many adults spend years trying to reclaim.

Connect with Veronica:

Website: https://veronicamoya.com/ 

How One Woman Unlearned 35 Years of Conditioning and Chose Herself  

Audra Phelps founded Mama Audra to help moms unravel the web of old beliefs after leaving the LDS church to discover their own identity as a woman and mom. With over 15 years of experience in international education and coaching, she discovered her passion in supporting moms grappling with grief, mom guilt, and identity loss after a faith crisis. Audra began her career as a high school biology teacher, was raised in the church, and then moved overseas with her family to work in international schools. 

When she finally made the life-altering decision to leave the church, she found herself sinking in uncertainty, lonelier than she'd ever been before, and constantly feeling like she was failing her children. Through years of self-discovery and coaching, she has walked the path to uncovering beliefs that resonate, building relationships with her children based on love and trust, and navigating the loneliness that comes from starting all over again. She is now focusing her work on the unique challenges that ex-Mormon moms are navigating. Audra is reaching back to help them feel confident in who they are and blaze their own path, on their own terms.

Connect with Audra:

Website: https://mamaaudra.com 

Pleasure as a Pathway to Healing and Authenticity

Sharon Marie Scott is an erotic mystic, author, and educator who has spent nearly two decades exploring the intersections of desire, consent, psychology, and spiritual growth.

With a background in comic books, video games, film, and fiction, Sharon Marie approaches transformation through story and lived experience rather than formulas. She is less interested in helping people fix their lives, and more interested in helping them see where they’re not actually enjoying the one they have—and what changes when they start telling the truth about that.

She is also the founder of The Pleasure Renaissance, a global cultural initiative that reframes pleasure as a form of physiological intelligence and emotional wellbeing. Her work helps people cultivate a healthy relationship to pleasure by approaching it with presence, integrity, and self-respect.

Connect with Sharon:

Website: https://www.sharonmariescott.com/  

The Breathwork Shift That Calms the Nervous System in Minutes

Andrew Keaveney is a Stanford University graduate who studied Film and Eastern Philosophy, blending his academic insights with a deep personal commitment to spirituality. Raised between Ireland and Tennessee, Andrew’s global perspective has been shaped by his four years spent in an ashram in India, where he immersed himself in yoga, meditation, and Sanskrit. His dedication to spiritual practices has been a lifelong journey, having started meditation at 16, and later helping to launch the Art of Living Retreat Center, helping transform it into one of the leading wellness destinations in the U.S.

For over 17 years, Andrew has taught breathwork and meditation in both the U.S. and India, sharing the profound wisdom of these traditions. He learned Sanskrit to connect more deeply with the philosophical foundations of yoga, which he now conveys through teaching, video and writing. His media work includes a short film about a research study on meditation at Yale; being an editor of the 2023 Wall Street Journal bestseller, Notes for the Journey Within; and currently working on a documentary about the World Culture Festival, which united over 1 million people in DC for the largest meditation gathering in US history. Andrew lives and teaches at the retreat center in North Carolina, continuing his work in wellness and meditation. 

Connect with Andrew:

Instagram: @artoflivingusa 

Instagram & Substack: @andrew.keaveney 

How Guided Imagery Helps Resolve Trauma and Grief

Dr. Christopher Cortman has facilitated over 80,000 hours of psychotherapy during his distinguished career spanning forty years. A Florida Licensed Psychologist, he maintains a thriving private practice while specializing in emotional trauma and anxiety disorders. He’s appeared nationwide on talk radio and television. The acclaimed author of five previous books, his new book, The Guided Imagery Cure: The Best Proven Methods for Quickly Resolving and Healing Trauma, describes a profoundly impactful tool for addressing trauma, grief, and more.

Connect with Dr. Cortman:

Website: https://srqshrink.com/ 

How To Protect Your Time, Energy, and Boundaries

Jennifer Garcia is a queer Afro-Latina Business Operations Director, a proud cat mom, and book nerd who brings that same love and loyalty to every client she serves. With 16 years of coaching experience, she founded Dream Creative & Co. LLC to help female founders and CEOs stop being the bottleneck in their own businesses. She believes the right systems turn a brilliant idea into a scalable legacy. As the daughter of an immigrant, she knows what it means to build something from nothing. She is on a mission to ensure founders have the tools they need to simplify their systems and finally get some rest.

Connect with Jennifer:

Website: www.dreamcreativesystems.com 

Self-Determination Redefining Leadership Beyond Disability

Raised in Southern California, Molly brings her lived experience with disability and years of facilitation to every conversation. As a leader with a disability, she listens first, then helps individuals and families create person-centered plans they can use day to day. Building confidence, skills, and momentum toward what matters most.
 

As a longtime volunteer and Board President of UCP Santa Clara–San Mateo Counties, she dedicated significant time to supporting programs and services that empowered individuals with disabilities to live more independently. She participated in the GRASP Disability Awareness Program, engaging directly with students to foster understanding and inclusion through education and personal interaction. In her role on the SamTrans Citizens Advisory Committee, where she served as Chair, Molly brought the perspective of a rider with a disability to advocate for more accessible public transportation systems that benefit all users. She also connected UCP with key stakeholders to advance initiatives, such as developing a fully accessible playground in San Mateo County and expanding inclusive spaces within the community.

Connect with Molly Kennedy:

Website: https://www.mollytkennedy.com/ 

Live for Today: Building a Life of Resilience

Colin Owensby is an ultra-endurance athlete, resilience advocate, and wellness entrepreneur whose life and work explore what it means to rebuild after loss, move through adversity, and create a life rooted in purpose.

At 15, Colin survived a near-fatal car accident that left doctors telling his parents he might never walk again. Within months, he defied that prognosis. Shortly after, he experienced another devastating loss when his brother died suddenly. Rather than allowing those moments to define him, Colin began building a life around resilience, intention, and the belief that while we cannot always control what happens to us, we can choose how we move forward.

His path has been anything but linear. Colin has competed as an NCAA swimmer, modeled internationally for brands including Ferragamo, Zegna, and Giorgio Armani, and built a career in commercial, film, and television work in Hollywood. Across each chapter, he has used storytelling, movement, and community as tools for connection and growth.

As a two-time Ironman and 100-mile ultramarathon finisher, Colin does not view endurance sport as a pursuit of toughness alone. For him, endurance is a vehicle for understanding identity, purpose, emotional strength, and the habits that help people keep going when life changes unexpectedly.

That philosophy is at the center of his Map of Resilience, a practical framework developed over 25 years and grounded in daily habits, relationships, environment, and meaning. Through this work, Colin helps people navigate grief, reinvention, and personal challenges with tools they can apply in everyday practice of building a more intentional life.

Connect with Colin:

Website: https://thecolinowensby.com/