Van is the Founder & CEO of worksmART where she develops teams and leaders through the use of creative integration, which means all her work is done through creativity, play and shared experiences. Her work helps companies tap into creativity at all levels of an organization, to level the playing field and create environments where all ideas are heard. She is a mom to a 10 year old boy, 3 dogs and a hamster! https://www.worksmartadvantage.com/ https://www.instagram.com/worksmartadvantage/?hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/company/worksmartadvantage ..read more

Abigail lives to design impactful solutions to unlock human potential. As a linguist and ethnographic researcher, Abigail served as the Community Wellness Research Lead at UCSD's Lab of Comparative Human Cognition for five years. She started and built a 100-member yoga community at a brick-in-mortar studio before moving into corporate training. With a team from the Center for Creative Leadership, she designed and facilitated a program to fuse professional and personal development using mindfulness and improv comedy. Past clients include Atlantic Records, the US Navy, UPS, and UCSD Rady School ..read more

Molly is a classical vocalist, sound healing artist, and experience designer based in Brooklyn, NY and her personal core values are community, collaboration, and creativity. In 2019 she completed her Sound Healing Certificate from Sage Academy of Sound, which led to the founding of Bloom Sound Collective in 2022. Bloom is a community of healers and musicians devoted to creating meaningful healing experiences with sound. She also works with Daybreaker, as the Sr. Partnership Manager. Daybreaker is the global dance and wellness phenomenon. She builds community through brand partnerships and mean ..read more

Kevin Hekmat is a corporate performance and wellness coach who’s here to shift how we respond to stress – and bring more happiness, productivity, and communication to teams around the world. He uses over 30 years of research from the HeartMath Institute to share a new understanding of how we can manage the stress response through simple, evidence-based techniques, and create a happier and healthier work and life. www.Kevinhekmat.com ..read more

Gillian Halter is a Genetic Counselor in the Oncology department at a local hospital in San Diego. She's originally from the Philadelphia area and moved to San Diego, CA 15 years ago. She loves doing yoga, hiking, and being outside as much as possible! She graduated from PSU in 2007, earned her Master's of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology from SDSU in 2012 and graduated from Augustana University with a Master's of Science in Genetic Counseling in 2020. She is a CA state licensed and American Board of GC certified GC.  ..read more

Mikey Mioduski is a presentation specialist who spends his days exploring the intersection of business, design and storytelling. After receiving an MFA in Advertising Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design, Mikey stumbled into the tech space, where he soon found a love for one of the most ubiquitous yet overlooked communication mediums in our modern history: corporate PowerPoint slides. Today, Mikey and his team at GhostRanch Communications are on a mission to bring new levels of creativity and care into the world of b2b presentations. If you care to hear some of their findings alo ..read more

Tune in to the latest episode of the Project Happy Place podcast to hear from Justin Skeesuck and Patrick Gray.  Justin Skeesuck and Patrick Gray have been blessed with a unique friendship that spans over 46 years. Despite the many challenges of a progressive neuromuscular disease robbing Justin of the use of his arms and legs, the two seek to live life without reservation. Their friendship has taken them on many adventures together; most notably their 500-mile wheelchair journey across the vast terrain of northern Spain on the Camino de Santiago. What began as an impossible journey betwe ..read more

Erica Anderson is a Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach with a specialty certification in Autoimmune Health. She was diagnosed at 17 with Still's Disease, a rare autoimmune disease that affects the joints and muscles. After 10 years of taking immuno-supressing drugs, she was able to achieve complete remission using the power of food and managing stress and other triggers. This experience and the years of research into nutrition and the causes of autoimmune diseases, led her to her mission to empower other autoimmune warriors to take their health back by managing their disease through di ..read more

Hello, Happy New Year, here we go 2022. Thank you for joining me for season 2 of the PHP podcast.  PHP is an initiative to spark conversation and inspire people to do more of what makes them happy. My guests inspire me and hopefully you to live a purpose filled life in their happy place. Doing what truly makes their heart happy. I was introduced to my next guest through a friend. I’m going to go off on a short tangent but in full disclosure, Bonnie and I recorded this episode in November of 2021. I reached out to Bonnie a few weeks ago and asked if she’d be willing to re-record. I’m not a ..read more

Sierra City (elevation of 4,200 feet) was founded in 1850 and lies at the base of the south slope of the Sierra Buttes, a group of spectacular rocky peaks that rise to an elevation of 8,600 feet.  Atop the Sierra Buttes, a breathtaking view awaits you from the highest fire lookout in either Tahoe or Plumas National Forest.  Once a booming mining town, Sierra City has become a popular tourist area with more than fifty glacial lakes providing one of the finest and most beautiful recreation areas of the entire state. Jean Herrington was a member of the pioneer Busch family.  Her mo ..read more