Harry R. MartinezHarry Martinez (RET) Sergeant Major A sniper team leader’s unflinching account of urban combat in Ramadi  and the psychological cost of fulfilling their mission. “Leadership under fire.Harry R. Martinez is a former Marine infantryman, police officer, and Army National Guard sniper team leader who served in Ramadi during some of the bloodiest months of the Iraq War. His writing explores combat leadership, moral injury, resilience, and the lifelong cost of war. Their sniper section was tasked with one mission: find the enemy and stop them. From rooftop hides and shattered buildings, their split-second decisions saved American lives and ended others. Every victory left behind faces burned into memory, scenes that refused to fade, and a wavering faith he had to rebuild.

Matthew Cossolotto The Empowerment Pro — Success Is An Inside JobTwenty-five years ago, author Matthew Cossolotto made a promise to his dying mother to finish writing a book she had been encouraging him to write and dedicate it to her memory. Harness Your PromisePower: Change Your Life, Transform the World is rooted in that make-or-break promise. Spoiler alert: Matthew kept that heartfelt promise. Matthew’s from-the-heart commitment propelled him on his current path as an author, speaker, and coach. His mission: to share the power of making a promise with millions of people around the world. With a foreword by Jack Canfield -- co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series -- Harness Your PromisePower (released in 2026) is the second book in Matthew's personal empowerment trilogy. The first book is the award-winning The Joy of Public Speaking (2021). The third book -- Harness Your HabitForce -- is planned for publication in late 2026. 

Dr. Katie Eastman Dr. Katie Eastman: Finding peace in the midst of change. Finding peace in the midst of change—supporting you through loss, transition, and transformation with compassionate insight, practical tools.Dr. Katie Eastman, helps people answer one powerful question: Where’s the peace in this? Through her work in grief, change, and leadership, she. guides others to find clarity, purpose, and peace, even in life’s hardest moments.

Jobert E. Abueva Author, The Janus Plan (Sept 2026) | TEDx Speaker | Driving Global Impact: Philanthropy, Marketing, Nonprofit Board ServiceJobert E. Abueva grew up between worlds. Born in the Philippines and raised across Nepal, Thailand, and Japan through his father's academic work, he has spent his career learning that the hardest threshold to cross is the one inside yourself. The Janus Plan is what he found on the other side. A global marketing and philanthropy executive at ETS (Princeton, NJ) whose career spans Fortune 500 leadership and international brand building, Jobert burned out running one of the world's most recognizable beauty brands, Clairol Herbal Essences, and turned that reckoning into a framework for beginning again. He is the author of Boy Wander: A Coming of Age Memoir (Rattling Good Yarns Press) and earned the Lambda Literary J. Michael Samuel Prize. His fiction, essays, and journalism have appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Fortune, and Entrepreneur, among other publications. In April 2026, Jobert delivered a TEDx Talk, “Beyond Resolutions: The Art of Beginning with Intention,” at the University of Texas at Dallas, his first public presentation of The Janus Plan framework. He also publishes the newsletter Past • Future • Present, a growing community exploring intentional living and purposeful transitions. Jobert holds a BA in Economics and Asian Studies from the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He serves on nonprofit boards including the WHYY Community Advisory Board, the Lambda Literary Foundation, and the ACME Screening Room. He shares his time between New Hope, Pennsylvania, and New York City.

Brandon Leibowitz I have been involved with digital marketing since 2007 and want to share my knowledge about SEO, Social Media Marketing, and Google Ads.My name is Brandon Leibowitz and I run and operate SEO Optimizers. We are a digital marketing company that focuses on helping small and medium-sized businesses get more online traffic, which in turn converts into clients, sales, leads, etc. I got my start in digital marketing in 2007 after graduating from college with my degree in Business Marketing. In my first job, I handled the marketing aspects of an e-commerce website. The company that I worked for was a national e-commerce brand that had recently built their website and was looking to bring more traffic to it. I had no idea what I was doing and neither did they. I spent a lot of my time reading books and joining digital marketing forums to learn as much as possible about this new type of marketing. 

Mark Taylor Creative and inspiring learning Mark has been a professional percussionist for 25 years and has had the opportunity of performing with some the UK’s finest orchestras and theatre companies. With 3 children and his experience of delivering whole class music workshops around the UK, Mark wanted to share the creative and inspiring learning he was witnessing in schools. This was the start of the Education on Fire podcast in 2016. Today the show has released over 500 episodes and has been downloaded in over 150 countries. 

Mark Taylor Ex Crime scene photographer becomes Daniel Craig Double and author.Mark is an ex crime scene photographer for the met police in London who now works in film as a support artist, stand in and double. He's doubled for Daniel Craig on 3 projects but also worked on film and TV shows such as Andor, The Ipcress File, No Time to Die, The Magicians Nephew, The Thomas Crown affair, The Capture and many, many more. He's also the author of 2 novels, a film screenplay and an autobiography that details an incredibly varied and exciting life, from growing up with a Scientologist father who thought he was Jesus to working on cruise ships, a glamour studio and anti terrorist operations in the police. No wonder he took to writing about Jack the Ripper and reincarnation.

Jenny Leigh Hodgins Creative Empowerment Coach, Author, Music Educator, Vocalist/Pianist, Composer, PoetI’m Jenny Leigh Hodgins, a Creative Empowerment Coach, author, music educator, vocalist/pianist, composer, and poet with over 30 years of experience guiding individuals in creative growth, performance, and authentic self-expression.I help creatives, busy professionals, overwhelmed caregivers, and creatively curious adults restore energy, overcome creative blocks, rebuild trust in their creativity, and cultivate sustainable creative flow. My approach blends burnout recovery strategies, creative empowerment practices, and insights from my longtime Buddhist practice, all centered on my mission of Empowering Creative Flow and Inspired Living.As a solo caregiver navigating complex family dynamics and estrangement, and as a former HOA board president and community leader who transformed neglected systems, I bring firsthand experience in resilience, leadership, and personal growth.

Robbie Samuels. Book launch strategist and award-winning 4x author with 900+ Amazon reviews, 37 #1 Best Seller categories, and a proven launch system that turns entrepreneurs' books into business-building assets.I'm an award-winning author of four books that have received more than 900 written Amazon reviews and reached #1 Best Seller in 37 categories across four countries. The latter did nothing to help me grow my business, yet everyone seems focused on these vanity metrics of hitting #1 Best Seller.Instead, as a book launch strategist, I coach entrepreneurs to build launch teams that lead to 50+ Amazon reviews (social proof) and turn their book into a business asset that attracts new revenue and media opportunities.

Our guest today is Ed Howard — founder of One Breath Leadership, a new human-centred leadership framework combining neuroscience, psychology, AI and three decades of Zen training. Before becoming a founder, Ed spent 20 years as a Regional Head of Compliance in global investment banking, where he saw firsthand how burnout, overwhelm, and cognitive overload were affecting leaders. Today he teaches practical tools for clarity, resilience, and peak decision-making in the age of AI. He’s also the author of the upcoming book One Breath Leadership, and he helps leaders apply ancient wisdom and modern science to perform at their best.”