2020-04

EPISODE 100: One Hundred Daffodils Heal Our Hearts with Bestselling Author Rebecca Winn

There couldn't be a more perfect guest for the 100th episode of the Superhero of Love Podcast than Rebecca Winn, bestselling author of One Hundred Daffodils: Finding Beauty, Grace, and Meaning When Things Fall Apart. 
Rebecca also had her heart torn asunder and discovered her inner Superhero of Love through a path of self-discovery and some challenging inner work. But her path was strewn with beautiful trees, flowers, plants and even animals and insects!  Nature helped her heal and connected her to her divine source.
During these quarantine times, people are turning to the heart-healing properties of nature just like Rebecca has done her whole life. Her book is a botanical elixir for all of our aching hearts - whether you are in crisis, you are supporting someone who is, or you simply have a level of empathy that is causing you pain as the world navigates this crisis.
Rebecca was supposed to be starting a nationwide book tour when the pandemic hit so listen in for how she is handling the quarantine, and how she handled the two enormous heartbreaks that lead her on this healing journey. 
You will likely enjoy Rebecca's reading of heart-soothing excerpts from her book that seem to be written for these exact times upon us now.
 
 
At one point in the interview, Rebecca tells the story of how and when this glorious photograph of her garden came about:
 
Find her book wherever you buy your books or on Amazon.
Rebecca Winn can be found at rebeccawinn.com
Intagram: @rebeccawinn.writer   
Facebook: Facebook.com/WhimsicalGardens  and Facebook.com/WinnRebecca
Twitter: RebeccOWinn
 

EPISODE 99: Getting Our Bother On with Bestselling Author Jennifer Louden

There's no time like a quarantine time to "GET YOUR BOTHER ON!" 
Jennifer Louden has a history of creating life-transforming best-seller books to help us all become even more powerful Superheroes of Love.  In her brand new book Why Bother? Discover the Desire for What's Next" she leads us to uncover the "why bother?" mantra that is silently running our lives and tap into those beautiful desires we all have that will bring the wind back up under our wings so we can really fly -- and even, dare we say, make a difference in the world?  Yes, even from inside our very own quarantined homes!
Read more about Jen at jenniferlouden.com. Find her on Instagram and Facebook and, MOST IMPORTANTLY, once you buy her book, take your receipt to the "WHY BOTHER?" section of her website to get your FREE GIFTS!

EPISODE 98: Will Crossley Sowing Seeds of Hope with the Students of The Piney Woods School

Will Crossley did amazing things with his education a The Piney Woods School. He went off to become a successful attorney and political appointee. He could have done anything with his education, gifts and experience but he was called back to his roots at Piney Woods to serve as its fifth president, the first alumnus to serve in this role.
 
He is following in the schools founder, Laurence C. Jones' footsteps as he leads with the school's core values including LOVE.  Yes, one of the school's core values is LOVE!
He is right now guiding the hearts and minds of his students from afar as they were quarantined while on spring break.  It is hard to not be inspired by Will Crossley because you can feel it in your bones when you listen to him that he truly does lead with love, and with an even deeper fervor perhaps now in the middle of this quarantine.
Prepare to be inspired by this giant heart!  
 
 
 

EPISODE 97: Taking Care of Our Hearts During this Pandemic with Jody Savin's New App and Book

Jody Savin is an accomplished screenwriter and film producer who graduated from Princeton and the American Film Institute.  But two heart-holding projects plucked her from the entertainment industry into the world of apps and books.
She has created an amazing app with Cybersecurity & Privacy expert Hemu Nigam that can help us take care of ourselves and each other during this pandemic.  Hear how this app came about and how it can help us all in this conversation wtih Jody. 
You will also hear about her brand new book, Stitched & Sewn: The Life-Saving Art of Holocaust Survivor Trudie Strobel from Prospect Park Books which came out on April 7, 2020 about the life and art of Trudie Strobel who was interviewed in Episode 2 of this Superhero of Love Podcast!
Prospect Park Books is offering 20% off the price of the book with the CODE "FREE20," and they are delighted to send this directly to your home so you can stay safe and read about the beautiful story and art of beloved master embroiderer, Trudie Strobel.
Find out more about Syndesy at syndesy.io and download it today in the Apple App Store!
Photo Credit for Jody Savin's headshot: Ann Cutting
Photo Credit for Jody Savin and Trudie Strobel picture: Randy Miller

EPISODE 96: Staying Safe in this Pandemic with Cybersecurity & Privacy Expert Hemu Nigam + His New App Syndesy

Have you searched online for a "COVID Map" to give you the details on where your area stands in the pandemic?
Have you been getting more and more texts and emails with "deals" lately?
Have you -- or someone you know -- been "ZOOM Bombed"?
And, most importantly, are you wondering how you can protect yourself and help protect others during these extraordinary times?  
This episode's guest, Hemu Nigam, says we need to be more vigilant and proactive than ever. But he gives us plenty of tips and tools -- including his new app SYNDESY -- to help us navigate these extraordinary times.
Hemu is one of the top Cybersecurity & Privacy experts in the world who is often seen on CNN and other major news outlets as an expert in online security and privacy.  He was one of the country's first online crimes prosecutors against hackers and child predators at the U.S. Department of Justice. 
Hemu's company, Cyber Security Affairs, provides legal counsel and strategic advice on cutting edge online privacy and security issues. So, when Jody Savin came to him with the idea for an app that could help people feel more secure in the way they connect in the world, he was intrigued.  They started developing Syndesy -- their app that just launched this week -- and soon realized that it had a timely use in helping to control the spread of the coronavirus.  
We hope you will want to download Syndesy by the end of this podcast.  Find it at the Apple App Store.
Find out more about Syndesy at Syndesy.io.  

EPISODE 95: Two Kick-Ass Small Business Owners on Taking Care of Entrepreneurial Hearts During the Pandemic

Small businesses are being hit hard by this pandemic.  Meet two kick-ass giant-hearted small business owners, Elisa Bruley of Elisa B. and Jill Yukawa Pearson of Homage in Old Town Pasadena.  They share their stories, not unlike the stories of many passionate entrepreneurs who are hurting right now.  
A great discussion on what's behind these storefronts we all know and love, and some lovely wisdom on how we might be able to support our favorite stores during this difficult time.
Elisa and Jill are two giant-hearted store owners who give so much love and attention to their customers and to their community.  Here they are at the beginning of their careers - Elisa with her mom on the day her store opened on July 15, 1993, and Jill (on the left in this photo) as a child in her first foray into jewelry-making and sales!
 
 
 
 
Find Elisa B. at ElisaB.com and on Instagram at @myelisab
Find Homage at HomagePasadena.com and on Instagram at @homagepasadena
 
 
 
 
BONUS: That time when Elisa's husband, artist Robert Bonk (robertbonk.com) interrupted the podcast with a hilarious photo-bomb: