– Listen in now as our guest, Michele Phillips, celebrated author of Happiness Is a Habit, discusses her latest and transformative book, Energize Your Happiness: Tap Into Your Personal Energy and Shape Your Destiny. This groundbreaking guide empowers readers to harness their personal energy alignment (PEA) to create a life filled with joy, fulfillment, and purpose. Published by Write Your Light Publishing, Energize Your Happiness offers a practical roadmap to mastering your energy, thoughts, and emotions. Through relatable stories, actionable exercises, and inspiring insights, Michele invites readers to unlock their inner power and become the best versions of themselves. Key highlights of the book include: 1) 20 Energy Rules: Learn how to align your energy, manage emotions, and create a life of serenity and success. 2) Interactive Exercises: Engage with Energizion activities and mantras to shift your mindset and elevate your energy. 3) Personal Stories: Michele shares her own journey of overcoming challenges, finding balance, and embracing self-love. 4) Practical Tools: Discover how to flip your script, magnify positive results, and create your own “Partyverse” for a life of ease and joy. Michele has spent over 25 years helping individuals and organizations achieve success and fulfillment. As the President of Key Performance, she has worked with Fortune 500 companies worldwide, delivering impactful workshops and coaching sessions. Her acclaimed book Happiness is a Habit: Simple Daily Rituals That Increase Energy, Improve Well-being, and Add Joy to Every Daystill ranks on Amazon today, over 10 years after it was published by Cedar Fort Publishing in 2013. Beyond titles, Michele's power lies in personal connections. Michele works with individuals, leaders, and teams to empower them to take ownership of their personal and professional futures. When you write your outcome, you are providing yourself with a path that will excite and inspire you. This in turn energizes your happiness. Learn more at https://Key2Unlock.com. – Listen in now as our guest, Dr. Julie Merriman, shares her insights on how to Treat Yourself to a "Good Girl Detox" This Valentine's Day, and how to get out of your head and into your body to reclaim your Soul Joy. Dr. Julie will also talk about In Pursuit of Soul Joy: A 12-Week Guide for Overcoming Burnout and Compassion Fatigue. Most women have been conditioned to be the caregivers of the world, "good girls" who put others' needs before their own. But as mental health clinician, professor, and author Dr. Julie Merriman points out, "You can't pour from an empty cup." "We struggle with being too responsible, too helpful, and too competent," says Dr. Julie. "We are the ones who anticipate needs, over-function, and carry the emotional labor for everyone around us. And we've been rewarded for it our entire lives. But here is the hard truth: Being "good" has given us chronic exhaustion, resentment, and compassion fatigue, what I call Identity Burnout." The "Good Girl" syndrome is embedded in our nervous system. Detoxing from its conditioning involves taking micro-steps that don't jolt the nervous system too severely, reconnecting with our bodies, and allowing ourselves a few guilt-free, unapologetic moments of pleasure. Dr. Julie Merriman is a licensed mental health clinician, counselor educator, burnout researcher, author and speaker. As founder of the Soul Joy™ brand, she serves as a premier authority for women over 50 navigating the intersection of professional burnout and personal intimacy. With over 30 years of clinical experience and academic leadership—including tenures as a professor, department head, and associate dean—Dr. Julie has dedicated her career to the science of human helping. Her work is deeply rooted in polyvagal theory and somatic neurobiology, providing a bridge between academic rigor and soul-led transformation. Her personal journey through profound burnout and a subsequent breast cancer diagnosis informs her "scorched earth" approach to healing—proving that rebirth is possible at any age. In addition to In Pursuit of Soul Joy, she is also the author of Are We Gonna Have Sex or What? Visit JulieMerrimanPhD.com. – Listen in now as our guest, phenomenologist and author, Anton Grosz, PhD, discusses Handbook for a New Consciousness: The Next Step in Human Evolution. Handbook for a New Consciousnessis a non-denominational, self-study guide designed for the devout believer, the dogmatic atheist, and everyone in between. Through mind-blowing exercises, uniquely designed games, and imaginative puzzles, you’ll be guided to personally experience New Consciousness, the Universal Oneness, in the safety and privacy of your own mind, whatever your current beliefs. New Consciousness is the bridge between science and religion, key to peace on Earth, and the next step in human evolution. Find out who you truly are when you say “I AM”. Born into a Jewish but profoundly atheistic family, Anton Grosz denied anything religious for the first half of his life. In 1978, at the age of 37, he discovered spirituality through a Near Death Experience, going through a tunnel into the light and experiencing a reality different and greater than anything he had ever thought possible. Since then, he has devoted his life to studying different spiritual paths, leading meditation practice, and helping those at the end of life. Dr. Grosz received his PhD from the California Institute of Integral Studies in the Evolution of Human Consciousness. He is a practitioner of phenomenology—the science of experiential reality, an ordained Interfaith Minister, a retired Hospice Chaplain, and a certified Home Care Provider. Dr. Grosz has journaled and written about his numerous experiences and insights. His first book, Letters to a Dying Friend: What Comes Next, has an introduction by the Dalai Lama, and his second book, How Do I Live When I Know I’m Going To Die?, was distributed through the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Dr. Grosz and his wife of 62 years, Phyllis, recently moved from San Francisco to Newark, Delaware. They have two adult children and two grandchildren. Learn more at https://AntonGrosz.com. – Listen in now as our guest, Rev. Dr. Temple Hayes, discusses her latest offering of spiritual treasures, Being a Difference Maker: A guide for Living Life Out Loud, where she sets out to energize readers in coming alive with passion. This follow up to her best-selling book, When Did You Die, is a powerful and accessible tool for anyone ready to live their lives more fully and with intention. You’ll discover a powerful, transformative, and spiritual practice while encountering your most profound sense of self and your soul’s intention. Each page is filled with meaningful support and guidance in navigating the unchartered territory of the soul. With intimate stories gained from living as an intentional spirit herself, Master Spiritual Teacher and Cross-Cultural Healer, Temple Hayes has one message to share, and that message is to "Come alive, now. The world needs you." For those who are called to remain fearless when facing the unknown, and are ready to create worldly and sustainable intentions, this guide provides real-life examples and direction in the ways of the Difference Maker, which is a person determined to: Live what they tweet and walk in the truth; Model, not mimic, the significance of our great Spiritual Warriors; Align with light and all of life; and Participate in positive change. According to Dr. Temple, it is time to live our lives united as ONE and embrace the diversity of our world. Dr. Temple is a visionary spiritual teacher, community builder, and advocate for healing, inclusion, and global peace. With decades of experience guiding individuals and organizations, she is known for her compassionate leadership and her ability to bridge spirituality, social consciousness, and practical transformation. As the founder of Temple Hayes Ministries, iLLLi (The Institute for Leadership and Lifelong Learning, International), and Global Peace Workers, International, she is devoted to fostering environments where people feel seen, valued, and empowered to live authentically. Her work centers on conscious living, inner healing, restorative dialogue, and what she often calls "woundology"—the awareness and healing of emotional and spiritual wounds within individuals and communities. Visit https://illli.org and https://TempleHayes.com.
Events in February 2026
Energize Your Happiness: Tap Into Your Personal Energy and Shape Your Destiny, with Michele Phillips
February 4, 2026 
Treat Yourself to a "Good Girl Detox" This Valentine's Day, with Dr. Julie Merriman
February 11, 2026 
Handbook for a New Consciousness: The Next Step in Human Evolution, with Anton Grosz, PhD
February 18, 2026 
Being a Difference Maker: A guide for Living Life Out Loud, with Rev. Dr. Temple Hayes
February 25, 2026 