Intimate Conversations

It was such a pleasure to have Shana James, from Authentic Woman Experience, on this week's Intimate Conversations show!  I have found a new soul sister and I am so grateful!!  She is amazing!  It was a crazy day with some unexpected challenges and Shana was such a blessing with how she worked with me to get through the challenges and join me for some last minute show changes. We had such a great talk and covered so many areas!  Love, Sexuality, Motherhood, Intimacy, Relationship, Radiance and much much more.  Love this woman!! And Shana generously brought a very special offer for the women---- For a limited time, all of you glorious women can get $100 off  her 3 CD Authentic Woman Experience home course series.  Whoop!!! AND she brought a great gift for the men too----a free download to give you the inside scoop on how to bring out The Man She Wants.  Oh Yes!! That's what it's all about right?  Men and women joining together and seeing the steps each other can take to bring out their best authentic self!  You betcha!! Shana has worked with hundreds of men and women in the Authentic Man Program and the Authentic Woman Experience. She is passionate about men having profound interactions and relationships with women. She calls out every man’s greatness and believes the world benefits from doing so. Shana does not teach games or pick up lines. She works specifically with each man in the places he holds back and feels stuck. With an open heart and incredible clarity Shana will see you in a way that makes it natural to step into the future and relationships you want. She draws on years of experience as a coach, workshop leader, yoga, meditation and a Master’s degree in Psychology to help you have what is most important to you.

Christy Whitman is nothing short of inspirational and brilliant.  She once again was put into my life to share her with you all at just the right time.  Not only is she an amazing person, she is an amazing human being who helps people bring their truth to light and embrace it. This week on Intimate Conversations, Christy asked me 3 questions that I needed to hear and answer out loud.  Go on and listen to the interview to hear these questions and so much more. You can learn more about Christy in her bio below. Christy Whitman is a New York Times bestselling author, transformational leader, and author of the forthcoming book The Art of Having It All. She has appeared on The Today Show and The Morning Show, and her work has been featured in People Magazine, Seventeen, Woman’s Day, Hollywood Life, and Teen Vogue, among others.  Christy is the CEO and founder of the Quantum Success Coaching Academy, a 12- month Law of Attraction coaching certification program. Christy has helped thousands of people worldwide to achieve their goals through her empowerment seminars, speeches, and coaching sessions and products. Christy’s life-changing message reaches over 125,000 people a month, and her work has been promoted by and featured with esteemed authors and luminaries such as Marianne Williamson, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Marci Shimoff, Brian Tracy, Neale Donald Walsch, Abraham-Hicks, and Louise Hay. She currently lives in Montreal with her husband, Frederic, and their two boys, Alexander and Maxim.

Luke Reichle is style from the inside out. This man knows how to make us present, one with the world, and one with ourselves. He is just a genius and he is pure gold at understanding the secrets of ourselves. If you have a chance, I implore you to go forward and experience Luke and his passion for yourself. Luke Reichle is a renowned designer, speaker and recognized expert in the fields of costume design, fashion and personal style. Each week, between prime time and syndication, over 20 million viewers are treated to his costume designs for hit shows Castle, Without a Trace and CSI Miami. His designs for the large and small screen encompass every major film studio and television network, including Disney, Warner Brothers, Universal, Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, MGM, United Artists, ABC, NBC, CBS, BBC and HBO. While attending Pacific Fashion Institute in San Francisco, his women’s evening pieces were being carried by Henri Bendel and Saks Fifth Avenue. Upon moving to New York he took his first 7th Ave. job in the design rooms of Perry Ellis. He proceeded to design men’s and women’s wear for Calvin Klein, Alexander Julian and in Europe as creative director for Bjorn Borg Design Group. Other contracts run the gamut from The Arrow Shirt Company to Levi-Strauss and Harley-Davidson. Luke has designed for Oscar, Emmy, Golden Globe and Grammy and Tony award winning actors, musicians and entertainers, among them Holly Hunter, Kathy Bates, Viola Davis, Anthony LaPaglia, Joel Grey, Tony Bennett, Bette Buckley, Beau Bridges, Virginia Madsen, Christian Slater, Lou Gosset Jr., Diane Wiest, Kelsey Grammer, Kathleen Turner, Martin Short, Mary Steenburgen, Colin Farrell as well as Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Famke Janssen, Brendan Fraser, Stephen Segal, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Heather Graham, Peter Weller, Jim Caviezel, Scott Caan, Giovanni Ribisi and Mark Ruffalo. His upcoming book Style Secrets of the Red Carpet: Style from the Inside-Out, is an invaluable guide to dressing with confidence, power, ease and maximum oomph! In this book he takes the style skills he's developed in over twenty-five years of designing fashion, television and cinema, and marries them to a system of metaphysical, psychological and spiritual exercises that will radically change alter ideas about how you look and change what you say to yourself when you look in the mirror. This fresh approach to dressing will enable you to eliminate the barrier between you and your inner beauty, and equip you with the "insider" knowledge necessary to re-create yourself in your own image!

Marni Kinrys is the bomb. I KNEW I’d love her. She has amazing practical tools for men to meet women… and at the core we are aligned that it’s about being turned on by YOURSELF in life, its about knowing what you want. I revealed some small town Canadian experiences and how I’ve dissolved that to be more unspoken, great vulnerable sharing. Check out Marni’s insights into her marriage as well, really great tools for men to be authentic and confident. Marni Kinrys is the ultimate Wing Girl. A woman who puts her insider knowledge to good use for the betterment of all men by telling them what women REALLY want, not what they say they want. Marni has worked with 100′s of thousands of men all over the world to help them understand women so they can attract, date, seduce and get any woman they want without being a jerk. Her method is based on the key principle of “You gotta turn yourself on first before any woman will ever be attracted to you”. Over the past eight years, Marni has collaborated with the top male attraction experts; sharing expertise and advice to help men find their ideal partners. She fell into her current role as “wing girl” while watching her handsome, charming and successful male friends fail miserably while trying to hit on and pick up women. Marni says “I am a wing girl – a woman who puts her insider knowledge to good use for the betterment of all men.” As a client described it, “She is not giving “PICK UP” advice – she is just trying to get men to “get it.” Educated at University of Western Ontario (Canada) with a BA in psychology, Marni has been prominently featured in The Los Angeles Times, CNN, The Huffington Post, Fox News, The Chicago Tribune, Marie Claire, Elle, Men’s Health, BlackBook, Penthouse, Asylum.com, Creative Loafing, AOL Personals, Askmen.com & more. Marni is a contributing writer to Urban Male Magazine and a weekly guest on Rock 101 Radio in Boston, MA. She was most recently awarded “World’s Best Female Pick-Up Artist” from the World Pick Up Artist Summit in Hollywood, CA and awarded World’s Best Wing Girl at the 2010 Global Pick-Up Conference. Marni is currently working on a scripted TV show, a reality TV show, and her book “Confessions From A Wing Girl” is due out in April. This year she plans to take the information she has learned to help women.

Destin just takes my breath right away. How sensual and exquisite he is, and so delicious and fun! He is heartfelt, masterful, and he knows his message inside and out. On this call we did this amazing breathing technique that..well if you weren't there to experience, you should go right now and listen in! This was a conversation for the books! Destin Gerek, the original Erotic Rockstar™, is a man living his life as art. An erotic film-maker and celebrated performer, Destin has gracefully carved out an enduring position for himself as an esteemed figure in the worlds of neo-Tantra and sexuality education. As a sought-after erotic and transformational life coach, lecturer, blogger, and educator on all aspects of sex, sacred sexuality, Tantra, and erotic empowerment, the Erotic Rockstar™ is shaking up society and helping people create transformational change in their lives in the process. A recognized authority in the areas of sexuality, personal transformation, and spirituality Destin is a California State Certified Sexologist through the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, and protégé of world-renowned sexologist Joseph Kramer. A graduate from New York University with a BA, Major in Sociology, Minor in Psychology, and a concentration in Human Sexuality, Destin is also a trained Certified Sex Educator through San Francisco Sex Information. Having participated in hundreds of hours of continuing education, thousands more in research and development, Destin’s depth of experience and educational background is extensive and unique. Now blazing a path into the world of spiritually-oriented high-end erotic entertainment, Destin is the creator and co-star of the cutting-edge adult film project, Endless Seduction: An Initiation into Ecstatic Pleasure…, featuring top notch erotic media depicting sex in its highest expression. Destin has been featured in television, radio, print, and internet media for his expertise and insight into the often mysterious world of sex. His passion, depth of experience, enthusiastic “sex-positive” message, and no-holds-barred rock star attitude make Destin a lively and smart media “sexpert”. Destin has made appearances on Tech TV, CurrentTV, Showtime, and his work has been featured in Details Magazine, Yoga Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, and other Associates Press syndicated newspapers across the US, and more. Being passionate about education, Destin has extensive experience as a workshop creator and leader. A ten-year participant of the Burning Man Arts Festival, Destin has led numerous workshops on the playa, each packed to capacity with well over 100 participants each. Over the years, Destin has facilitated dozens of erotic workshops ranging from PG to XXX in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sedona, Baja Mexico, Seattle, Ashland, Portland, New York, Maui, Big Island Hawaii, Byron Bay, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Bali, and more!

Cynthia Rowlands is the Mistress of the Magnificent Skin! This is a woman that has transformed the ways we can use her techniques and products to step up our skincare. Cynthia makes looking younger a true gift and such a pleasure.  Cynthia Rowland is widely recognized as an expert in all-natural facial fitness. Cynthia is the creator of Facial Magic, the revolutionary, facial exercise system and the innovative, easy-to-use Luscious Lips pump that restores youthful fullness to your lips in just seconds. She helps women aged 25 and up to lose 10 to 15 years off their faces simply by doing European spa exercises that help tone, tighten and lift facial muscles. Cynthia is also the founder and president of Rejenuve, Inc., a company dedicated to providing women innovative and highly effective anti-aging products. She has appeared on The View, The Today Show, Rachael Ray, The Doctors and other popular shows. Cynthia is co-host of The Ageless Sisters on blogtalkradio.com and author of The Magic of Facial Exercise. This author, speaker and television personality is leading the crusade to keep women looking vibrantly younger through natural techniques without spending their children's inheritance. Already, more than one million women and men worldwide in more than 40 countries are fans of Cynthia's Facial Magic and Luscious Lips products.

Larry Michel is one of my dearest friends and this was such a core conversation. Larry gave us his stimulating insights on Energetics and how everything is touched by it! He talked intimacy, romance, life, even money! Nicknamed “The Love Finder” Larry Michel is the Founder of the School of Genetic Energetics, a Master ERP™ (Energetic Relationship Professional) and the host of The Larry Love Show. He is a breakthrough relationship coach, trainer, speaker, entrepreneur, producer and author. As a partner at MatchMatrix.com, he has brought to the world a scientifically proven system that instantly delivers an understanding of the impact and expanse of our energetic relationships. Larry has taken energetics into the corporate world and shifted companies from struggling to flourishing; into the classroom and helped teachers to discover the full magnificence of their students, to parents and children that were pained by bullying and teenage cruelty to become understanding and accepting of their uniqueness; to singles stumped by their seeming inability to find a partner and giving them the freedom and clarity to attract and identify their souls desire; and to committed couples that were absorbed in guilt, shame, blame and resentment to permanently transition to accepting, honoring and respecting their differences and most important finding and embracing true loving. “We must stop hoarding our emotions as if they were unshakable drugs, become aware of our core influences, embrace them, and release our stories so we can “Love in the Now.” Larry’s connection to clients and companies around the globe is in constant high demand. He has one primary objective for all of us… get fully present, embrace what you are with complete unconditional love (flaws included) and enjoy every precious moment. There will be no shortage of amazing people to share the joy with.

Dr. Diana Kirschner is a light in this world. She is the woman who is a potent mix of vulnerability, understanding, light, love, and wisdom. I had such a deliciously wonderful time with her and was just immediately taken by her warmth. One of the best calls and I hope that you were there to experience it for yourself. Love expert, media psychologist and bestselling author, Diana Kirschner Ph.D has helped thousands of singles and couples find their dream relationships. She is the go-to psychologist for TV talk and reality shows with a proven track record of high ratings. Dr. Diana is the author of the acclaimed new book, Sealing the Deal: The Love Mentor’s Guide to Lasting Love and the bestseller, Love in 90 Days, which is the basis for her PBS Pledge Show Finding Your Own True Love. In January, 2009 Fox’s Morning Show with Mike and Juliet issued an official challenge to Dr. Diana: Could she really help someone to find love in just 90 days? True, lasting love? Over 13 consecutive weeks Fox viewers watched and ratings hit an all-time high, as Dr. Diana helped 37 year old Amelia go from zero dates to having 12 great prospects to a dramatic finale where a beaming Amelia found the One. Dr. Diana is a frequent guest on The Today Show and has appeared on: Oprah, Good Morning America, Nightline, & Access Hollywood. Shestarred as the Love Specialist on The Simple Life, where she mentored Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie and helped five troubled couples; starred in Love in 90 Days Boot Camp, an Official Selection in the reality category of the 2006 New York Television Festival; & hosted a field segment on Montel. Dr. Dianais widely quoted as a love and relationship doctor commenting on dating, couples and family issues in The New York Times, USA Today, Time Magazine, The New York Post, The LA Times, Cosmopolitan, and People magazines, Yahoo.com and many more.

I was waiting for this reunion as it was long overdue and may I just tell you.. I LOVED it. Leela is a woman filled with the spirit that we all want and strive to embrace. She has this sweetness and this unique understanding of how to express her message that shoots it straight through to the core of who we are. Love, love, loved it!  Leela is the founder and CEO of Vividly Woman Embodied Leader tools and training. A facilitator of groups and individuals for over 20 years, she is an expert in the field of body, self and soul . Her many studies, trainings, work with individuals and families, shamanic initiations and rich life experience add depth and dimension to her skills. Leela brings her experience working internationally with thousands of people as an Integrative Body Therapist, yoga, Nia and Trance dance facilitator and keynote speaker and trainer to her circles and event facilitation. With charm, fun, sincerity and sensitivity, she gets people into their bodies, more deeply connected to themselves, more open to connecting with others and most of all source and divine spirit. Celebration, compassion and authenticity are the heart of her teaching, inspiring and nourishing the dance that is her aliveness and her delight in sharing it with others. She is passionately devoted to weaving community that models the values and philosophies of the Sacred Feminine. She lives and shares this dance with all individuals who dream an ever more vivid existence!

Who's in LA that wants to start going to pole dancing class with me after Thanksgiving? I am so ready to own the next level of my erotic creature in totality. I have to thank Sheila Kelley's S Factor pole dancing for bringing about this fabulous epiphany. She definitely inspired me to awaken the erotic creature within and I can't wait to show up in one of her classes. I prerecorded an inspiring, hot, REVEALING interview with the amazing Sheila Kelley for you, and will be available for you to watch at your leisure during the holiday weekend. She is a successful actor, my mentor and the originator of a pole dance fitness and strip tease phenomenon - S Factor! Sheila's work is all about helping women unearth their eroticism, beauty, potential and power. Listening to her talk about her S Factor was so inspiring. She is fabulous and gorgeous! Sheila Kelley is one of the most renowned and sought after global femme leaders today. She is a successful actress, author, speaker, philanthropist and most notably, the originator of the pole dance fitness and striptease phenomenon. Sheila Kelley’s S Factor was launched in Los Angeles, CA in 2001 after Sheila discovered the physical and emotional benefits of pole dancing while researching a film role. Her classes offered uninhibited feminine movement without the taboo of shame or judgment. It’s popularity reached new heights as Sheila and her celebrity clients boasted the benefits of the S Factor methods on national broadcasts. Sheila Kelley’s S Factor now spans the globe, reaching women through studios, elite retreats, books, DVDs and workshops. Sheila is widely regarded as an authority on female empowerment as she tirelessly campaigns on behalf of all women unearthing their eroticism, beauty, potential and power.