Peeling Back The Layers Of Your Life®

Matthew D. Jones is a world-class professional keynote speaker and author. He is committed to motivating audiences and delivering strategies to help the organization thrive amid adversity and excel to new heights of performance. Matt’s story has been featured in both international magazine and TV shows. He holds a BA in Communication, MLS in Liberal Studies with an emphasis in Organizational Leadership, and is pursuing his doctorate in Organizational Leadership. Matt is currently the author of ten books. He is currently working on his next one, which is Happiness is a Marathon: 26.2 Ways to Stay Happy at Work and in Life. They include, Going through Hell? Don’t Stop! How to Survive Your Darkest Days and Create Your Brightest Future, 101 Timeless Truths: Proverbs from Around the World, Life’s a Marathon: 26.2 Winning Strategies for Personal and Professional Success, Sales is a Marathon: 26.2 Winning Strategies to Stay Motivated in Sales, Leadership is a Marathon: 26.2 Winning Strategies to Stay Motivate

SPECIAL EDITION!!! HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY!!! FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL BLACK MBA ASSOCIATION                      Accounting professor Alexander Gabbin was born on September 6, 1945 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gabbin earned his B.A. degree in economics and mathematics from Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1967. He went on to earn his M.B.A. degree from the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois in 1970 and his Ph.D. degree in accounting from Temple University, Graduate School of Business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1986.Gabbin became a certified public accountant in the State of Illinois in 1971 and in the State of Pennsylvania in 1979. Gabbin left a public accounting career with Touche Ross & Co in 1973 to work at the Chicago Urban League during its financial crisis as Deputy Executive Director- Administration. He began his teaching career in 1975 at Lincoln University in Chester County, Pennsylvania as an associate professor in the department of economics and business administration.

ALL THE WAY FROM SWEDEN!!! My mission is to create a higher positive vibration in the world, connecting with loving and light beings. Law of Positivism is a way of being and living, in total love and gratitude. I am a certified Yoga and Meditation teacher, Reiki III practitioner, doula, student of Chinese Medicine and on a deep spiritual journey. I am the creator of Law of Positivism Instagram and Podcast. I also work with the Tarot and Oracle card readings to guide others on their path. I created Law of Positivism as a way to share more light and healing to others and my mission is to create more awareness and raise the frequency of the world. www.lawofpositivism.com       Peeling Back the Layers of Your Life® Podcast Creator, Host, and Producer:  Loronda C. Giddens www.lorondacgiddens.com 

Velera Wilson is a speaker, author, and consultant who has spent over fifteen years leading marketing strategy and driving millions in revenue for Fortune 500 brands including AT&T, Fiserv and Verifone. She is also the founder of Positive Identity, a company that helps ambitious women lead with confidence in their career, relationships, and everyday life. Some of her most popular written guides include “Six Steps to Negotiate the Salary You Deserve Without Letting Fear Override,” and “Four Tips to Nail Your Next Interview,” and shows women how to own their professional worth. Recognized as a female leader in her industry, in 2018 Velera was selected to join Money20/20’s RiseUp global accelerator program for women and served as the program’s 2019 U.S. Ambassador. A big believer in paying it forward, she’s served as a mentor to women through the American Marketing Association, National Black MBA Association, and others across the country. When she’s not working, Velera loves to travel and spend time wit

KAREN NEWELL CO-FOUNDER, SACRED ACOUSTICS As an innovator in the emerging field of brainwave entrainment audio meditation, Karen Newell empowers others in their journeys of self-discovery. Using Sacred Acoustics recordings, she teaches how to enter and engage your own consciousness in order to connect to inner guidance, achieve inspiration, improve wellness and develop intuition. Her lifelong interest in ancient cultures and sacred sites catalyzed her drive to understand the purpose of our existence. She became fascinated with esoteric spiritual texts and sought alternate explanations for humanity’s collective history. In her search for answers, it was clear that direct experience is crucial. She was intrigued by accounts of ancient mystery schools, where initiates were led through a series of trials to learn the secrets of the universe. With no modern mystery school to attend, she enrolled in hands-on experiential courses to investigate and develop such skills as lucid dreaming, astral travel, telepathy, rem

ALL THE WAY FROM SWEDEN!!! Leila Andersson is a holistic healer and educator. She’s a certified mindfulness instructor, yoga teacher, therapist and motivational coach. For years her official story was 9 to 5 and corporate. Now she inspires through writing, speaking and leading. She intuitively coaches groups and clients in emotional and spiritual healing, stress management and creativity. She runs health trainings and the business together with her husband. Her mission is reconnecting the collective body-mind-heart disconnect. www.holisticrebels.com       Peeling Back the Layers of Your Life® Podcast Creator, Host, and Producer:  Loronda C. Giddens www.lorondacgiddens.com 

CRISTNA Quinones is an Atlanta native and Brand Ambassador of the National Black and Latino Council. Tropical/Pop Singer-Songwriter "CRISTNA" continues to grow along with her city of Atlanta as it is recognized as the southern epicenter for cultivating great music. All the more reason for CRISTNA'S unique musical sound, that was inspired by her Hispanic-American roots. CRISTNA continues to amaze, captivate and electrify audiences across the country with her powerful vocal and high energy performance​​s at events. CRISTNA'S stark diversity, some would say, to her stunning creative accomplishments, and other aspects that makes her upcoming project all the more intriguing. CRISTNA is currently preparing a full EP project that will take her artistic development to the next level. Which reflects the ambiance and attitude of the new modern age Millennial Female. It's a project that will give her listeners an intimate glimpse into CRISTNA the artist as well as the power behind her the woman. It will be getting to kn

AS SEEN ON OPRAH's SUPER SOUL SUNDAY AND DR. OZ SHOW!!! Dr. Eben Alexander spent over 25 years as an academic neurosurgeon, including 15 years at the Brigham & Women's Hospital, the Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. Over those years he personally dealt with hundreds of patients suffering from severe alterations in their level of consciousness. Many of those patients were rendered comatose by trauma, brain tumors, ruptured aneurysms, infections, or stroke. He thought he had a very good idea of how the brain generates consciousness, mind and spirit. In the predawn hours of November 10, 2008, he was driven into coma by a rare and mysterious bacterial meningo-encephalitis of unknown cause. He spent a week in coma on a ventilator, his prospects for survival diminishing rapidly. On the seventh day, to the surprise of everyone, he started to awaken. Memories of his life had been completely deleted inside of the coma, yet he awoke with memories of a fantastic odyssey deep into another rea

ALL THE WAY FROM DENMARK!!! Diana Poulsen is a visionary woman, teacher, transformational coach and mentor for men and women who are ascending into their true purpose. Diana supports conscious thought leaders, change makers and the ones who are here to be of service in finding their personal power, authentic expression, resilience and determination to carry their message in ever changing world. She utilizes transformational coaching, Akashic Record consulting, subconscious healing therapy, Kundalini yoga methods, Enneagram psychology, astrology, quantum physics, mindfulness, yoga practices and conscious business development to support men and women though personal and career transformations in her private mentorship, workshops and Online programs. She is one of the founders behind “Shelab” on a mission to inspire women to connect with their innate wisdom, creative power and compassion. www.dianapoulsen.com https://www.facebook.com/consciousleading/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/consciouslivingbydiana/      

FEATURED BY OPRAH!!! Malcolm “MJ” Harris is an internationally recognized lifestyle and business influencer who has been featured by Oprah, USA Today and Black Enterprise... He has a global reach of over 8 million people each month - across social media and TV. In addition to this, he is the CEO and founder of National Care Financial Group, which is one of America's largest African-American owned financial services firms.  MJ’s rise began when he started creating empowering and aspirational digital content about lessons learned from his path of achieving success after overcoming a childhood surrounded by abuse and addiction. Through his videos, online courses, and live events, he created a loyal global fanbase and quickly became a powerhouse in the self-improvement industry.  www.mjharrisspeaks.com       Peeling Back the Layers of Your Life® Podcast Creator, Host, and Producer:  Loronda C. Giddens www.lorondacgiddens.com 

ALL THE WAY FROM DENMARK!!! Nicola Gianluca Raimondi, born in Italy in 1974, studies law and starts a forensic career that he decides to leave to devote himself to the study of Marketing, Business Management, Transformational Psychology and Coaching. He has been a Senior Director abroad for more than 15 years for Multinationals (Tobacco first and Renewable Energy afterwards), Lecturer, Mentor for Entrepreneurial Programs and Universities, Life & Business International Coach. Since he was young he has been dedicated to esoteric and oriental studies and for 27 years he has been practicing and teaching AIKIDO.  He lives in Denmark and travels frequently world wide, for conferences, workshops and seminars with enthusiasts of Esotericism, Simbology, Business and Leadership, to spread methodologies, tools and opportunities of transformation offered by Ancient Psychology™. www.ancientpsychology.com       Peeling Back the Layers of Your Life® Podcast Creator, Host, and Producer:  Loronda C. Giddens www.lorondac

ALL THE WAY FROM DENMARK!!! Edyta Gromacka is One Woman Army She is an Entrepreneur, Video Producer, VJ, TV Host and global projects organiser with Ancient Psychology™.  She brings value to companies, and recently trained LEGO Risk Management Team in Denmark on how to be brave and sometimes sacrifice your individual goals for team goals. She also trains students and individual clients during workshops and online e-learning courses. She is driven by creating Digital Content and Visual Storytelling and uses her creativity to bring value to others by producing videos. She loves organising events using non-formal education & innovation methods and creating online educational programs.   She is one of the founders behind "She Lab” which has a vision to connect different women and inspire each other on the path of continuous development and growth. Live, Love, Laugh, Think and Share. She believes in power of integrity, honest connection, cooperation and authenticity. She is a bright optimist walking on a cloud

Dr. Anise Mastin - Managing Director, Reach Marketing Group Anise Mastin is a strategic partner driving growth and positive disruption with 10+ years of senior leadership across IT, Fintech, Telecom, Travel and Healthcare. Anise currently leads a marketing agency developing and implementing cross-channel initiatives aligned to business imperatives for B2B and B2C clients. Anise previously held positions with increasing levels of responsibility at IBM, as Senior Marketing Program Director in multiple business units including Microelectronics, Small & Medium Business, Industry and Growth Initiatives. Prior to joining IBM, Anise led software development and IT strategy as a Senior Analyst and Lead Applications Developer for Willis, Inc. Anise earned a BBA with emphasis in Information Systems Management from Belmont University; an MBA with emphasis in Brand Management and eCommerce from Vanderbilt University, Owen Graduate School of Management and a DMin with emphasis in Theology from Life Christian Universit

ALL THE WAY FROM COLOMBIA!!! At the end of 2018, Global Vlogger Morgan Paige Carter decided to quit everything she knew, including her job and college to move to the country Colombia and chase her dreams to become an international Superstar. She influences the world in a positive way and shows people that it is possible to learn a completely different foreign language and culture.  She has always loved the Spanish culture, people, and music. In the states, she was bored, lost, and couldn’t help but feel like she was missing something in her life. Morgan’s escape from her reality was learning Spanish and creating videos and content for Instagram. In her videos, she is known as “La Gringa.”  She speaks Spanish and English in her videos. After months of making videos and getting positive feedback and more and more followers on Instagram, she decided to make a YouTube. After just three months, she reached over 20,000 subscribers. Morgan is absolutely full of love and gratitude for those who have supported her alo

ALL THE WAY FROM UNITED KINGDOM!!! Madeleine Black has an unusual personal story which she uses to inspire and motivate others.  She chose to forgive the two men who gang raped her at thirteen years old and she shares her story for many reasons. She wants to end the shame, stigma and silence surrounding sexual violence enabling others to find their voice, whatever their story is.  She wants people to know that it’s not what happens to us that is important but what we do with it.  She will show how changing her mindset tapped into her resilience and transformed her life, making people question their own thinking and encouraging them to see that there are always choices to make, and if we choose to, we can get past anything that happens to us in life both professionally and in our personal life.  She wants to encourage others to live their life courageously too; but ultimately she wants to inspire hope and show people that we are all so much stronger than we think we are. The sharing of her story publicly on Th

ALL THE WAY FROM NORWAY!!! Vibecke has, since childhood, had contact with energies from different dimensions. Her Spirit Guide Zarius, has been a strong influence in awakening her to discover her ability as a channel so that she can today share wisdom, insight and knowledge about the spiritual human being through her work as a Spiritual Teacher, Speaker and Channel. Guided by Spirit, Vibecke founded the non-profit foundation Soul Energy in Motion in 2017. The soul purpose of the foundation is too assist in the creation of a new earth. Vibecke uses her soul resource as a channel, to bring forth messages of great importance for humanity and assist human race to open up to the frequency and vibration of the New Earth. In 2013, Vibecke was told by Zarius to gather a group of people which were to be known as the first Torchbearers. Through channeling sessions, they would receive messages that would awaken them to the power of the universe and in 2014 the book Awaken to the Power of the Universe was published. The book

ALL THE WAY FROM NORWAY!!! Jannecke Øinæs is a former musical theatre artist in Norway.  She has studied theatre at Circle In the Square Theatre School in New York and have played roles such as Annie in Annie, Beth in Oliver, Tallulah in Bugsy Malone, Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, Liesl in The Sound of Music, Rizzo in Grease, Cecilie Dahr Hove in the TV-series Hotel Caesar and Rødnissejenta in “Jul i Blåfjell”. As a singer she has released her own solo album as a child (1989), been a co-singer on many musical albums and she has also produced her own solo concert called "One Touch of Venus, a musical journey through the work of Kurt Weill” (2011). In 2011 she received a Bachelor Degree in Metaphysics from the University of Metaphysical Sciences (UMS) and in 2015 she completed four years of studies at the University of Oslo (HIOA) becoming a primary teacher. Jannecke has studied meditation at Oneness University in India. She has taken several courses within lucid dreaming and astral projection and is also a cert

ALL THE WAY FROM MADAGASCAR!!! Alison Rakotonirina is a Colorado Girl transplanted to France in 2013 and then to Madagascar in 2018. With my childhood spent frolicking in the Rocky Mountains, my first love is nature, physical geography, and sleeping under the stars, but I need people. I’ll try just about anything once. I enjoy most things I try. My grandmothers and all the strong women in my family have been my inspiration for years; they also taught me my great loves of baking, cooking, traveling, and doing yoga. All this given that one of them never made it off the ground in an airplane, and the other didn’t bake. I am grateful that as a young woman, my mom imparted in me the gift of unabashed joyful confidence and kindness. To me, life is about making love, practicing compassion, making connections, pursuing excellence, leaving the world better than when I arrived. I adore architecture and botanical gardens, beautiful food, tasty food, anything handmade with love. I love to move my body, to laugh, to slee

ALL THE WAY FROM DENMARK!!! Estefanía Zárate Angarita is a journalist originally from Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia, where she worked several years as a reporter at the most-viewed national newscast. She lives in Denmark, where she studied the first year of her Masters Degree in Journalism, Media and Globalisation with Business and Financial Journalism specialism, thanks to an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship that was awarded to her in 2016. She spent the second year of her postgraduate studies in London and since then she has been working as an independent journalist, producing her own show (#TheDigitalTransformationShow) and establishing her own remote business. www.zarangarita.com        Peeling Back the Layers of Your Life® Podcast Creator, Host, and Producer:  Loronda C. Giddens www.lorondacgiddens.com

ALL THE WAY FROM PORTUGAL!!! Bestselling author, speaker and orchestrator of daring publicity campaigns, Luana Riberia helps coaches and entrepreneurs to connect with a larger audience. If you have something you want everyone to see and talk about, or a great idea you want to develop, Luana will help you to rise to the top of your game and become the Influencer on everyone’s lips. With appearances on FOX TV, ITV, BBC and Channel 4, Luana is as comfortable in front of the camera as she is in a one-to-one situation. After becoming one of Forbes’ Top 21 Emerging Females to Watch in 2018, she developed relationships with many media outlets, including NBC, ABC, the Miami Herald and the Huffington Post. Luana’s latest book, Influencer - Game of Phones, is the first in a 3-part series set for release in September 2019. The first book of the trilogy is a light-hearted yet practical guide to aligning yourself with the leadership mind-set, in order to create your very own online kingdom. The subtle Game of Thrones th