Zen Success

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By: Charissa Sims

Zen Success is a podcast hosted by Charissa Sims, an entrepreneur, corporate consultant, best selling author, meditation teacher and healer who has found her own Zen Success.This show is for entrepreneurs, business owners and anyone who struggles with stress, balance or burnout and simply feels discouraged. The mission of Zen Success is to inspire millions to live their best lives in the areas of health, relationships, parenting, creativity and wealth. Find your unique “Zen Success” as an employee, entrepreneur or artist and thrive in your life. Let go of what society measures as successful and find your own path.Chari...

Thriving Relationships with Tom Hagerty
Today at 4:15 AM

Tom Hagerty is a retired corporate executive and business fixer, with a career spanning over 45 years. He has made presentations at numerous public and private events, written articles and op- ed pieces, and has been interviewed by a variety of print publications and electronic media outlets. He is Dad, Papa, and the author of The Business of Relationships... in that order. 

https://www.amazon.com/Business-Relationships-Executives-Thriving-Connections/dp/B0CKTYZFK9



Success and Justice with James Porfido
Yesterday at 4:12 AM

https://www.amazon.com/Unequal-Justice-Search-Balance-Scales/dp/B0DHWT1N8D

https://www.unequal-justice.com/

James Porfido, a Certified Criminal Trial Attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court, is Of Counsel in the firm’s Criminal Practice Group, and joins Einhorn Barbarito following 24 years in private practice at James M. Porfido Law in Morris County and numerous positions with the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office.

Well known in Morris County and throughout the state, James established a private practice in New Jersey in 2002 focused on criminal defense, residential and commercial real estate transactions and civi...


Multiple Realities, Past Lives and Souls with Nina Presman
06/01/2025

Interview with Nina Presman, Healer and Entrepreneur.

Note: This episode was recorded in 2024 and released 5/31/25

Nina Presman is the owner and founder of Energy Work Unlimited, Advanced Rapid Healing, and Anti Aging Center of Boca in Florida. Nina came to the United States from the Soviet Union in 1979. After her own struggles with emotional and physical issues, weight and trying to live up to the competitive standards of beauty and body image, she became a personal trainer and nutrition consultant.

In 2013 she graduated from Argosy University with BA in Science of Psychology, in a...


Declutter your life with Lisa Rigoni
05/17/2025

Interview with Lisa Geraci Rigoni is the #1 Best Selling author of her

book 17 Spatulas and the Man Who Fried an Egg.

She is owner, and CDO - Chief Declutter Officer - of The Organizing Mentors (TOM) and has been helping her clients Reclaim their space Mentally and Physically since 2008.

TOM serves the NOVA/DC Metro area with various organizing services, including sorting/purging, estate cleanout, packing, unpacking, selling, donating, floor planning, etc...

TOM holds the esteemed credential of a Certified Senior Move Manager with the National Association of Senior & Specialty Move...


Being a Wine Entrepreneur and Giving Back with Giles Thomas
05/04/2025

Interview with Giles Thomas.

Thriving in start-up business ventures, Giles Thomas has demonstrated his commercial acumen and strategic management expertise in the 20+ years he has spent in management roles. Having worked within multi-functional roles across North America, Europe and Africa. In 2015, he founded Baobab Wines as an importer of South African wines offering the American consumer wines of both exceptional quality and value. 

The baobab tree is an icon of the African continent and lies at the heart of many traditional African remedies and folklore.

The baobab is a prehistoric species which predates both...


Your Big Fat Juicy Life with Stephanie James
04/21/2025

Interview with Stephanie James

Stephanie James stands at the intersection of personal transformation and spiritual wisdom, weaving together her roles as a transformation coach, psychotherapist, international speaker, filmmaker, and pioneering podcast host. With an innate ability to illuminate the path to authentic self-expression, she has become a trusted voice in the global consciousness movement.

As the creator and host of Igniting the Spark with Stephanie James, she engages in profound dialogues with the world's most influential thought leaders, scientists, and spiritual teachers. Her weekly podcast, syndicated worldwide, serves as a beacon for those seeking deeper...


Success is More than Winning with Lou Pelliccioni
04/19/2025

Interview with author and speaker, Louis Pelliccioni, Jr.

Louis Pelliccioni Jr. is a dynamic professional with a diverse career spanning multiple industries. With over six decades of experience in coaching, finance, real estate, and business ownership, Lou brings a wealth of knowledge and a proven track record of success to every endeavor.

In sports, Lou made a lasting impact as a basketball head coach at both the middle and high school levels, leading teams to two state championships and maintaining an impressive winning percentage of over 80%. Lou was also an assistant coach at multiple Universities i...


The Way of the Jaguar with B. Jason Gibler
04/13/2025

Interview with B. Jason Gibler

B Jason Gibler is a Clinical Psychotherapist, Leadership Coach, founder of Eco Spiritual Psychology, and author of The Way of the Jaguar. Born into an off-the-grid life, Jason grew up in the forests of the Rocky Mountain West. Over the decades, he has created powerful tools and programs that draw from clinical psychology, neuroscience, and diverse spiritual wisdom traditions to help others transform trauma into healing and meaning.

https://jasongibler.com/

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https://jasongibler.com/eco-spiritual-psychology/

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Self Healing After Trauma with Dr. Asher Beckwitt
04/01/2025

A public speaker, host of the "Self-Healing After Trauma" podcast, and author of the upcoming book "Healing Stories: Eight Steps to SELF-HEALing After Sexual Abuse." My journey is a unique one, having survived personal and systemic trauma from childhood sexual abuse by a same-sex pedophile. I now use my expertise to support survivors transform their lives from wounded into wholeness.

Dr. Asher Beckwitt is a Medical Anthropologist, public speaker, and author of the upcoming book, Healing Stories: Eight Steps to SELF-HEALing After Sexual Abuse. For over 24 years, she has researched trauma and healing. As a survivor of chil...


Awaken the Sacred Feminine with Corinna Springer
03/28/2025

Interview with Corinna Springer

As a Fashion PR, trained Artist, and Spiritual Healer, founder of the lifestyle brand GIAN KAMAL, Corinna Springer always desired to bring all three worlds together: She was offering Energy Healing appointments at her New York showroom after-hours to many of her stylist friends, and then she began offering Reiki training to all her staff.

In 2013, she began experimenting with energetically enhanced fabrics, and in 2015, she launched GIAN KAMAL, a capsule collection of energetically enhanced loungewear. After a miraculous healing, and a spontaneous awakening into the Living Light/ Sekhem, Corinna began of...


Nine Pillars of Resilience with Dr. Stephen Sideroff
03/22/2025

Interview with Dr. Stephen Sideroff.

Dr. Sideroff is an internationally renowned psychologist, consultant, author and professor at the UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, who has established innovative training and treatment programs around the world. He has hosted summits, interviewing world leaders in longevity, resilience and leadership, Dr. Sideroff has published pioneering research in brain and behavior. He is a thought leader called on to speak on his groundbreaking approach to resilience, peak performance & transformational psychology. His new book is, "The 9 Pillars of Resilience: The Proven Path to Master Stress, Slow Aging & Increase Vitality."

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Being Wyrd with Dr. Peter Merry
03/15/2025

Dr. Peter Merry is co-founder of Wyrd Experience, developing leading-edge consciousness technology and research. He is also co-founding Chief Innovation Officer of Ubiquity University. He is one of the world’s top experts on transformative leadership, working in and across different sectors, training government ministers, CEOs and civil society leaders. His experience includes developing and delivering a transformative leadership program for top level stakeholders in the health sector in the Global South, facilitating integral change processes in multinational corporations and government ministries, and running multistakeholder initiatives with global stakeholders. He has also spent many years in the not-for-profit sector. He...


Embracing our Inner Child: Unpacking the Attic with Ann Mracek
03/08/2025

Episode with Ann Mracek, Author of "My Best Friends Live in the Forest" and "Unpacking the Attic".

Her mission is to teach mindfulness and compassion to the children of the world and to the child that still lives within each of us. 

A unique blend of memoir and healing practices, author Ann Mracek takes you along in real time through the process of emptying her parents’ home as they transitioned into assisted living. Told with humor, honesty and empathetic insight, she expertly weaves the vivid stories of her childhood with compassion and the intent to heal...


Being a Psychic Explorer with Mark Anthony, JD
03/01/2025

Mark Anthony, JD Psychic Explorer (also known as The Psychic Lawyer) is a fourth-generation psychic medium who communicates with spirits. He is an Oxford-educated attorney licensed to practice law in Florida, Washington D.C., and before the United States Supreme Court. Mark was named a notable graduate by the Arthur Findlay College of Psychic Science, he is a Spiritual Awakenings International Circle of Honor Honoree and he received the OMMIE (OH-ME) Award for Best Psychic Medium.

Mark appears nationwide on TV and Radio including CBS TV’s “The Doctors, Gaia TV, and The Discovery Channel. He co-hosts the...


Telepathy and NDEs with Michelle Claire
02/16/2025

Michelle Claire is a multifaceted practitioner with an abundance of spiritual expertise. As a Certified Medium, Angel Intuitive, and Spiritual Coach, she navigates the realms beyond our physical existence. Additionally, Michelle brings her gifts as a Medical Intuitive and Energetic Healer to illuminate the paths of healing and self-discovery. Having survived three Near Death Experiences and having had three Shared Death Experiences—Michelle's journey is marked by resilience and profound transformation. Michelle is excited to share new information about Soul Plans, Shared Death Experiences, and navigating the delicate landscape surrounding suicide. 

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Breaking the Rules in Love with Terez Firewoman
02/14/2025

Terez is a catalyst for fab-YOU-lous, visionary creative, vibe-lifter-paradigm-shifter, forward-focused life coach & coach instructor, happy "shenanigator", published author, keynote speaker, workshop & retreat facilitator, nature ambassador, singer-songwriter-high-energy entertainer, and Latin+ percussionist who truly dances to the beat of her own drum. 

A highly intuitive and tuned-in child (later described as an "indigo" soul), she was born with her lights on and came into this great adventure with a passionate desire to help others know that they CAN allow success, Live & LOVE authentically and fully, move Onward, Upward & Forward (no matter what), and truly live Life on FIRE.!


Success in Love with Whitney Kobrin
02/03/2025

Whitney Kobrin is a renowned Dating & Relationship Expert who has helped hundreds of single, divorced, and widowed women find the love they desire. Whitney has been featured on numerous summits, podcasts, Amazon TV, Roku, AYAIA University, and more, spreading her message that modern dating is frustrating, but finding LOVE is still worth it! Her programs offer a holistic model that incorporates your whole self: mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual. In addition to teaching practical dating skills for the modern world, she also guides women through the deep, inner work necessary to date confidently, heal old patterns, and attract the high...


The Power of Five Nutrition with Melissa Bernstein
02/02/2025

Melissa Bernstein has a lifelong passion for healthy cooking and eating: for herself, her family, and her friends. A graduate of Boston University, she brings her long-standing commitment to helping others; first as a “seasoned” occupational therapist and entrepreneur, and later as a certified chef. She is devoted to eating healthy and teaching others how to do the same. Her cookbook beautifully captures the essence of her compassion as a professional. The Power of 5 Test Kitchen sprouted from the concept of the 5 “S’s” from the Power of 5 Formula - Get MORE Sleep, Sweat, Socialization and LESS Stress and Sweets. Th...


The Power of Five with Dr. David Bernstein
01/23/2025

David Bernstein, M.D. is a highly respected physician who is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. His 40 years of experience have provided him with opportunities to observe, empathize and guide thousands of adults and generations of families as they mature.

His compassion and ability to see the souls of his patients have compelled him to share his stories in his book: I’ve Got Some Good News and Some Bad News You’re OLD: Tales of a Geriatrician What to Expect in Your 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and Beyond.

Dr. Bernstein’s observation and extensive...


The Moses of Wallstreet with Ron Tank
01/19/2025

Ron is the author of “The Moses of Wall Street” and Founder of the Triple Tank System, the only investing system created from a biblical truth.

Known to his friends and clients simply as Tank. He also teaches new and experienced investors on how to eliminate risk and maximize returns in the stock market to become “Bulletproof Investors!” 

As a Sunday school teacher and expert investor, Ron offers an extremely unique combination of field-proven strategy, real-life tested advice, and a proven system that investors need to be successful in today’s financial markets.

https://www.ront


The Mindset of Retirement Success with Rodger Friedman
01/11/2025

Rodger Friedman is a fiscal conservative, former senior vice president of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor(SM). From this no-nonsense background, he sees the world from a clear-eyed perspective and feels duty-bound to do all that he can to help put the nation he loves, America, back on track.His new book, Erasing America: Broken Politics, Broken Country will help galvanize concerned Americans to get off their couches and get to work to get America back on the right track. Rodger is available for interviews and podcasts.

A native New Yorker now livin...


Visioning 2025 as Your Best Year Yet with Marie Diamond
01/01/2025

Marie Diamond is a world‐renowned Master Teacher of Feng Shui and the Law of Attraction, a multi-time global best-selling author, and the star of the major network TV series “Feng Shui Your Life”. Marie also starred in the global phenomenon “The Secret” and has been featured in more than 10 different documentaries. 

Marie has taught more than two million students over the last 30 years and has spoken in more than 30 different countries. She is a personal, business, and spiritual mentor and consultant to celebrities in the film and music industry and to top entrepreneurs worldwide. For her humanitaria...


Healing Family Trauma & Thriving with Pam Christian
12/28/2024

Pam Christian is a mindset coach, motivational speaker, author and influencer and host of The Juice podcast. Pam’s work encompasses helping her clients transform their lives by eliminating self-created barriers, maximizing their full potential and dramatically increasing their effectiveness on both personal and professional levels. Pam's first book, I Hope You're Having A Great Day! I Know I am! recently won the coveted Readers Choice Award. Pam's book is a journey into self-help before self-help was even a thing. Pam has become a highly sought- after social media influence whose mission is to help heal humanity by inspiring and mot...


Raising Joyful, Successful Kids with Martha Burich
12/20/2024

Martha Burich, M.Ed., is the author of: Yes You Can Raise Happy Responsible Children, endorsed by Jack Canfield, co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

A former college child psychology professor and Special Education high school teacher, Martha brings decades of expertise to her writing and speaking engagements. 

She is a contributing author to The Chicken Soup for the Soul Cookbook and is frequently invited to share her insights on podcasts and shows.

She is known as: The parents best friend.

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Death Can Wait with William Hudson
12/14/2024

William Hudson, a stage IV cancer survivor, is the author of the best-selling book Death Can Wait: How I Beat Stage IV Cancer Naturally. William is a retired IT professional in higher education and graduated magna cum laude from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. Now in retirement and living in the beautiful southern California desert, William fulfills his lifelong dream of writing and sharing his experiences and knowledge through the written word.

https://williamhudson.org/


The Diamond Model with Nish Dubashia
12/08/2024

Interview with Nish Dubashia.

Nish is a British writer and Integral thinker who studied alongside some of the world’s leading research mathematicians at the University of Warwick. He is the creator of the Diamond Model, an innovative framework that integrates Bohmian physics, Integral Theory, and Eastern philosophy to reveal the fundamental patterns and relationships shaping human perception. 

Nish is the author of three books: Gifted, Dancing with Angels, and The Unity of Everything: A Conversation with David Bohm—two of which have appeared on best-selling lists on Amazon and WHSmith.

In addition to hi...


The Golden Move with Tina Dixon-Smith
11/29/2024

Tina is highly regarded as a residential mortgage loan officer with over 30 years of experience helping buyers and homeowners finance their properties. Her passions include real estate, people, books, music, live theatre and meeting people from all over the world.

She is the author of The Golden Move: Why Las Vegas is the Best Decision for your Retirement

Learn more about Tina Dixon-Smith here

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From Tragedy to Transformation with Lydia Gascon Samaniego
11/21/2024

Interview with author: Lydia Gascon Samaniego

Lydia Gascón Samaniego is the author of TO HELL WITH YOU An Adventure Through Tragedy, Love, Betrayal and Transformation. Lydia is a woman of hope who believes anything can be overcome. She is a teacher, yoga enthusiast, energy worker, sound bath practitioner and life mentor. She has a BA from USC and an MA from Universidad de Salamanca in Spain. Lydia is the mother of four young men and lives in the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Lake Tahoe California. Lydia enjoys time with family and friends, dancing, singing, hiking, gardening, na...


Shift your Life with Dr. Tracy Latz
11/17/2024

Interview with Dr. Tracy Latz

Dr. Latz holds Doctorates in Medicine, Metaphysics & Holistic Healing; an M.S. in Cell Biology/Immunology; and certifications in both Mind- Body Medicine and Clinical Qigong. Tracy is an international speaker, has published 7 scientific articles, co-authored 5 books on personal transformation, and has taught medical education for Wake Forest University Medical Center, Broughton State Psychiatric Hospital, and MAHEC– UNC Asheville School of Medicine. She has a solo integrative practice in NC. With 35 years of clinical experience, she has priceless wisdom and an expertise in making complicated concepts fun and simple. 


Adapting to Change: Stories to Prepare, Be, and Help a Widow
11/09/2024

Authors of the book, “Widows Among Us: Stories to Prepare, Be, and Help a Widow," were interviewed on the Zen Success Show

Rebecca K. LaChance, Ph.D., lost her husband of twenty-five years from a heart attack in the early days of the Covid pandemic. Her experience of becoming a widow and grieving was deeply influenced by pandemic restrictions, her neurodiverse brain, childhood traumas, and her introversion. 

Rebecca was a Registered Nurse for over thirty years, specializing in Critical Care. Her academic career focused on the impact of a significant other’s death, including her doctora...


CLEER your life with Jocelyn King
10/21/2024

Jocelyn is a Silicon Valley mover, shaker & glass-ceiling breaker. 

While she is the consummate success story of a strong woman making it in a male-dominated world, being a world traveler, and having all the right degrees, know-how and trainings, her backstory is far more interesting.... 

She dropped out of high school, survived a mugging and a sexual assault by her first employer, had her identity stolen, was twice suicidally depressed and countless times thought she wouldn't make it out of the impossible situations she was in. 

Jocelyn's triumph over every setback and learning how...


One Step Therapy with The Dream Team
10/13/2024

Co-Founders of "Divine Guidance Institute and Wellness Center Inc.," a Modern-Day Mystery School, and “The Dream Team – Celebrity Life Coaching” and Creators of the “Trust Yourself System” and “Trust Yourself Therapy”

Visionaries, Rev. Dr. Nicole and Michael Sebastian aka “The Dream Team” are Celebrity Therapists, Expert Decision Coaches, Authors, Celebrity Dream Experts, Celebrity Life Coaches, and Relationship Experts.

Innovators of "1-Step Solution" and "1-Step Therapy."

Known as Modern-Day Oracles, they deliver Wise-Counsel using Traditional Methods coupled with the Unique Tools of Dreams, Sound, Synchronicity, Intuition, and Quantum Physics for Guidance and Direction. This is what "Trust You...


For You, I Hope with Ken Rohlf
10/06/2024

www.kenrohlfbooks.com

Ken is an author and an attorney. The loss of his wife after a battle with cancer combined with the arrival of his first grandchild inspired Ken to write Christmas Sun. He is also the author of other children’s books including the forthcoming, “For You, I Hope” and “Best Friends: A Tale of a Boy and His Dog.”


Love and Grief with Debra Parker Oliver
09/25/2024

Interview with author of: “Legacies from the Living Room: A Love-Grief Equation”

Debra Parker Oliver is the Ira Kodner Professor of Research in Supportive Care at Washington University. She has a Masters of Social Work and PhD in Rural Sociology from the University of Missouri. She was a hospice social worker and administrator in three hospice programs for a total of more than 20 years. After getting her doctorate she continued her commitment to the improvement of hospice care through research with more than 200 peer -reviewed articles related to palliative and hospice care.

https://legaciesfromthelivingroom.com/abou...


Being a Soul Detective with Nancy Orlen Weber
09/21/2024

Nancy Orlen Weber is the author of the books: Soul Detective, The Life Of A Psychic Detective and All Nature Speaks: Conversations with Pets & Wildlife. Nancy helps people discover their own innate connection with all of life through her writings, workshops, and private sessions.

Nancy resides with her husband in New Jersey and has five children and twelve grandchildren. 

Nancy enjoys creating pen and ink drawings plus crocheting and donating winter scarves and hats, believing that the fabric of life is woven with love for all.

https://nancyorlenweber.com/


Shift Happens with Andrea Vallely
09/08/2024

Interview with show host and workshop leader for teens and parents, Andrea Vallely.

Andrea Vallely is the co-creator for Shift Happens for Teens, an award winning blogger, and has appeared regularly on CBS 12 as a leading mindset expert, and various radio stations and podcasts. She has been coaching for almost two decades, and works with with CEO’s, teams, teens, and offers retreats. 

Together with her husband, Lee Vallely, Andrea developed transformative programs for teens and young people through their Shift Happens practice, helping them navigate life’s challenges and unlock their full potential. A regis...


Making Healing Waves with Monique Jose
09/06/2024

Interview with Monique Jose, Emotion and Body Code practitioner.

Monique Jose is a Houston-based businesswoman and devoted mother who's making waves in the world of holistic healing. Monique's journey began with a profound personal motivation – witnessing her loved ones battle cancer ignited a passionate quest for healing on every level: body, mind, and soul. Fueled by this drive, she embarked on a path of exploration, ultimately discovering the transformative power of energy medicine.

Armed with a graduate degree from the University of Houston and certifications in Discover Healing’s Emotion Code and Body Code, Monique dove...


Seeking True Reality with Dr. Craig Hogan
08/25/2024

Dr. R. Craig Hogan is an acknowledged expert on the afterlife and afterlife communication, president of the Afterlife Research and Education Institute, co-founder of Seek Reality Online, and author of eight books about the afterlife and afterlife communication. He has spoken at numerous conferences and on podcasts. Craig is co-founder of Seek Reality Online (SRO) at seekreality.com. SRO’s mission is to teach people, especially Baby Boomers and the older Silent Generation, that we do not die, the transition to the next life is easy and painless, and when we awaken in the life after this life, it is...


Being a Super Entrepreneur with Stuart Lichtman
08/17/2024

Stuart Lichtman is an executive, entrepreneur, researcher, consultant, trainer and coach. He is the developer of the Cybernetic Transposition and Shared-Vision Leadership Systems the Super Achiever Coaching Program, the Cybernetic Transposition Multimedia Learning Program, the Cybernetic Transposition Trainer/Coach Training and the Super Entrepreneur Training (forthcoming), author of “The Art of Success, Luck, and Harmony”, “The Impossible as a Matter of Course”, and “How to Get Lots of Money for Anything—Fast” and co-author of “Eye to Eye: Joyfully and Successfully Parenting 3 to 5 Year Old Children”.

He’s also creator of the Arintel artificial intelligence data analysis program, President of...


The Fun of the Afterlife with Roberta Grimes
08/08/2024

Roberta Grimes is a business attorney who had two extraordinary experiences of light in childhood. She then spent decades studying nearly 200 years of abundant and consistent communications from the dead, quantum mechanics, and the nature of consciousness and she shares what she has learned about what actually is going on in an enjoyable and easily understood trilogy. The Fun of Dying – Find Out What Really Happens Next details what we now know about the afterlife. The Fun of Staying in Touch outlines some of the many ways that the dead give us signs of their survival, and also many of the w...