Rayo Cole is a walking and talking dynamo who loves God and giving her unconditional support to everyone who crosses her path.  Her love for God was developed at an early age while attending Catholic School.  A negative experience of being bullied at school turned into a life transformation as she found the courage to laugh it off and rely on her faith. Today, she continues her passionate journey as the owner of Rayo Cole Hair creating exceptional wigs and hair extensions to not only the entertainment industry but also to “medical patients experiencing hair loss, or everyday women who simply love to look fabulous.” “Rayo is committed to them thriving fully in their beauty. Rayo Cole Hair also manages celebrity hair stylists and other powerhouse professionals in the hair, style, and beauty industries. Her clients can be found in major magazines—Essence, Cosmopolitan, IN Style, People and Glamour to name a few! Her clients include: Kim Kardashian, Serena Williams, Lupita Nyong'o,  Eve (The Talk), Marlyne Barrett (Chicago Med) Asjha Cooper (Chicago Med), Gabrielle Union (Being Mary Jane Season 2-4), Imani Hakim (Mythic Quest), Alexandra Shipp (X-Men Apocalypse), Wendy Williams, Lyric Lewis, Logan Browning (Netflix’s Dear White People), DeRon Horton (Netflix’s Dear White People), Paula Newsome (Spider Man: No Way Home), Paula Abdul, Bianca Lawson, Tamala Jones, Dorothy the Band (Roc Nation) and many others.” With her belief, that “Music is healing. It soothes the soul”. In 2013, Rayo launched the “My Song” project offering children, teens, and young adults with medical challenges the opportunity to fulfill their dream of becoming a recording artist working with GRAMMY® award winning music team. The result is their personalized video ready to share with the world!" “Rayo created this project to enrich the lives of others and to make a valuable contribution to her community. “My Song” has supporters like Capitol Records, the Make A Wish Foundation, Sony Music, Westlake Studio, multiple renowned, GRAMMY® Award winning and GRAMMY® nominated producers and songwriters.”        

Big hello to my listeners, today you will actually hear me speak on my journey to pursuing my heart desires. In this short video I address the right MEGA mindset to making your project or career take off. A couple of my projects included bringing TGI Fridays restaurants to Northern Europe, placing family wines into Costco, and designing my own scarves for a sellout response in 48 hours at Nordstrom stores. It is a matter of amplifying your uniqueness and maintaining flexibility to close that deal. This short sponsorship presentation was part of a maxed out private event, “Cinema & Sanity" produced and collaborated by international actor and good friend, Prashantt Gupta and acclaimed Bollywood actor, Kashmera Shah.  This panel of prominent actors discussed how to stay sane, mindful and mentally healthy on the path of showbiz dreams especially for South Asians breaking through Hollywood as well as American based Indian actors breaking through wanting to pursue Bollywood.  

I had a wonderful opportunity to visit Elena Bulatova’s Fine art gallery in Palm Desert while visiting friends. The art gallery’s marketing and sales specialist, Svetlana Bulatova, gave me an incredible tour and detailed information on the artist’s dynamic collection of brightly colored sculptors and stunning abstract paintings. My eye first went to the playful melting lollipops and popsicles sculptures and then I viewed a stunning abstract painting called “Purple”. I was impressed with Svetlana’s knowledge of the unique details that go into each one of Elena’s creations. I was surprised to learn that her canvases are treated for UV protection which makes totally sense if you are displaying these beautiful renditions inside/outside in sunny California, Miami or anywhere else in the world.  Several hotels including the Hyatt exhibit her collections, and recently Svetlana mentioned that while on vacation, Elena was surprised to see her artwork displayed in the lobby of the largest cruise ship in the world. The film industry has also been captured by Elena’s talent, and her art was highlighted in Netflix’s episode, “Inventing Anna”, and other features. Before leaving the gallery, I also fell in love with a giant golden teddy bear encompassed by perfectly sculpted rose patterns. According to Svetlana, Elena became inspired with the rose flower teddy bears and wanted to capture this romantic and love feeling in her art. Her husband, Efi Mashiah, is also a creative with his inspired colored screw art depicting Mick Jagger’s tongue reminiscent of the sellout album, Sticky Fingers. According to the article, “Meteoric Rise of A Young Master”, with Elevated Magazine, Elena’s message is clear: “You should always believe in yourself. Make goals. Pursue them. Don’t listen to the people who discourage you.”

Dr. Ernie Bodia, an extraordinary individual, has dedicated his life as the former chief of surgery for thirty-three years at Kaiser Permanente helping women successfully fight breast cancer disease. Today, his efforts are addressing issues women face after treatment at the Breast Cancer Survivorship Institute which he established in 2012. In this interview, Dr. Bodai mentioned that he has insomnia and ADHD which has worked to his advantage since he successfully channels his energy into productive projects, such as, the author over 250 medical articles, 5 books (4 focused on cancer), and several medical patents. He is known for his passionate lobbying efforts to the postmaster general, congress and the senate for authorizing the first specialty stamp focused on best cancer in the United States. This was a tireless two-year effort of traveling back and forth from Sacramento to Washington DC campaigning for this unique commemorative stamp. Today $1.1 billion stamps have been sold resulting in $95.5 million dollars towards breast cancer research. The beautiful breast cancer stamp has gone global with over 27 countries utilizing this exact stamp rendition. Dr. Bodai has been nominated for the Congressional Gold Medal and in 2018 received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Breast Surgeons as well as in March 2019 the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Consortium of Breast Centers. He appreciates these awards but what strikes a deep chord in Dr. Bodai’s heart is his daily interactions with women in their breast cancer journey giving them the tools and emotional support to live full lives again and regain a sense of self-worth and confidence.  Check out his you tube channel on "Thriving with Breast Cancer" & "Lifestyle Medicine - The Cancer Prescription".

We are excited to announce the beginning of season two on the BEST DAY ever, Valentine's Day! The Heartbeat Lounge will be interviewing our inspirational and dynamic guests from all over the world. Follow us on Spotify, Apple, and your favorite streaming platform. We wish our listeners “An Exceptional Happy New Year” living life to their fullest creative potential.

Prasahnatt Guptha is an enthusiastic successful international actor, producer, poet, and singer. He was was born and raised in New York and belongs to a family originally from Jaipur India. His love for this creative craft took him on a journey from Manhattan to Mumbai to the epic center of Bollywood, a gigantic entertainment industry that makes Hollywood look like a mini mouse. Prashantt carved out his success with several Hindi (Bollywood) films and web-series, many of which have been critically acclaimed and box office hits. His deep love for New York and Mumbai keeps him earning those mega sky miles as he resides in both countries. He has also produced and starred in, "A New Christmas", an indie film showcased on Amazon Prime. It was shot in New York during Christmas time with the temperature at minus 2 on the Brooklyn Bridge as Prashantt, supporting cast members, and crew taped up their bodies with hot warmers drinking tea sometimes with a dash of whiskey. My dynamic interview with Prashantt Guptha will further enlighten our audience into the not so glamours world of acting with its tremendous peaks and valleys an actor experience. He gets real in discussing how he prepares and molds himself into the script's character. His acting range is huge playing a 25- to 45-year-old, a debonaire international gentleman vs a pauper, and a rough bad guy you do not want to ever encounter. Instagram:    @prashanttguptha

Eric Nelson is a dynamic and passionate executive director/CEO of the National Nordic Museum located in Seattle’s Ballard waterfront district known for its Scandinavian heritage. He successfully led a ten-year building campaign moving the Nordic Heritage Museum in 2018 to its new iconic designed structure by a Finnish consultant architectural firm.  Within its beautiful contemporary facility, Ralph Appelbaum Associates firm designed and planned the museum and created innovative narrative environments. “The Museum’s achievements were acknowledged in 2019 when the Museum was designed as the National Nordic Museum by an act of congress.” The core exhibit is the “Nordic Journeys” which tells the story from 12,000 years of Nordic history, culture, and values representing “the entire Nordic region (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the regions of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland, and the cultural region of Sápmi) and the legacy of Nordic immigrants to the United States.” The Viking treasures are intricate and unique from jewelry, swords, even an incense burner with the runic engraving,” this was made by Hans the great silversmith in Denmark”. Eric pointed out an interesting fact that the big driver for the Nordic immigration to the US and Canada was the vaccine which lowered mortality rates and more family members were living on the same plot of land. These immigrants took their valued possessions, beliefs in hard work, social justice, creative spirit, and love of nature to North America. Their inventive spirit led some Nordics to fame such as Karsten Solheim, the inventor of the rabbit ears for GE, and later in life when he was old started the ping golf dynasty, creator of its putter. nordicmuseum.org

Lorie Langdon is a bestselling Young Adult Fantasy writer with already 13 books under her belt, and author of the upcoming Disney Villain series, Happily Never After. In my interview, Lorie reveals her journey from a successful corporate career and suddenly takes a disability leave due to Crohn's disease which left her in pain and fatigue.  While resting at home, she fell asleep and woke up with a complete fantasy story ready to be written.  Was this her fate? Yes, Lorie always loved storytelling and listened to her heart felt calling which led her to a fantastic lifetime opportunity collaborating storytelling with Disney. Instagram:  @lorielangdon_author

Rashaana Shah is a producer with Mulberry Films, a books-to-film TV and film development company, and a former actress.  In her own words she was, "born to be in front and behind the camera, it was just my calling".  Listen to her "wide angle view of the creative arts",  and nuggets of wisdom that will resonate in your heart. She also has several other TV and film projects in pre-production or development, including PIANO TUNER a novel by Daniel Mason, NANDA DEVI, a spy-thriller set in the Himalayas in 1965 with Tarsem Singh attached to direct, and PURPLE AMERICA, based on the bestselling novel by Rick Moody. She has recently produced films and music videos featuring ethnically diverse casts from Kenya, USA, South Korea and India. Her films BLOWING UP RIGHT NOW and A NEW CHRISTMAS, are both available on Amazon. Born in India, Ms. Shah earned a degree in computer engineering from a prominent Indian university before moving to Mumbai to pursue a career in acting.  Between 2005 and 2012, Ms. Shah starred in multiple Bollywood and International films that have won international awards, including COLOURS OF PASSION by renowned director Ketan Mehta, and the IFC TV miniseries BOLLYWOOD HERO by comedian Chris Kattan. Ms. Shah is the recipient of ’Top 20 Global Women of Excellence 2022’ by Congressman Danny K Davis and was honored by NY State Assemblyman Hon David Weprin and Federation of Indian Association -Tristate for her achievements in Hollywood.

Courtney Isham has the dream job as the captain of her own ship, meaning she loves what she does in the entertainment industry.  As a content developer and video editor, she is perpetually in the creative zone posting social media content for her clients or showcasing her own comedy vignettes on instagram.  Courtney loves that she does "not wait to create" today's streaming platforms allows artistic talents to move forward no gate keepers just your audience. During the pandemic, she and her husband, Jake, both filmmakers became inspired and wrote a screenplay, "What About God?" a short story filmed at home. Stay tune to this creative team's media features. Instagram:   courtney.isham