Susun interviews Kooch Daniels after 90 minutes of herbal health questions.

Bio: Kooch Daniels is a professional intuitive, graphologist, and life coach who uses mystical tools to enhance conscious awareness and improve understanding of life. She offers readings and personal consultations to assist clients in unlocking their highest potentials and clarifying their paths to success. Kooch's work is rooted in the belief that by viewing oneself in relation to worries and fears, one can become tethered to the negative and possess a living Nirvanic essence. Her philosophy includes the idea that if we see ourselves as a reflection of the divine, we can find happiness and a limitless potential. Kooch's approach is to explore the past, present, and future to answer specific questions and provide a safe haven for mental, emotional, and spiritual growth. Kooch Daniels has an MA in psychology and over four decades of experience teaching tarot, astrology, chakras, and transformational practices. She’s the author of numerous books including “Stars, Cards, and Stones: Exploring Cosmic Connections between Astrology, Tarot, and Runestones” and “Mystic Spirit Tarot Playbook: The 22 Major Arcana & Development of Your Third Eye.”

Susun interviews Pam Dwyer after 90 minutes of herbal health questions.

Bio: Pam Dwyer is a bestselling author, motivational speaker, and creator of Delay the Binge™ and The Plus One Theory™. Pam helps people who know what they should do but keep falling into the same patterns. Through storytelling and trauma-informed tools, she teaches how to break binge cycles, interrupt urges with compassion, heal Quiet Depletion, and rebuild identity through small, sustainable shifts.

Susun interviews Lorraine Besser after 90 minutes of herbal health questions.

Bio: Lorraine Besser, PhD is the Pardon Tillinghast Professor of Philosophy at Middlebury College, expert in the philosophy and psychology of the good life, and author of the popular book The Art of the Interesting: What we miss in our pursuit of the good life and how to cultivate it. An internationally recognized scholar, she has published dozens of professional journal articles on contemporary and historical moral psychology and two academic books (The Philosophy of Happiness: An Interdisciplinary Introduction and Eudaimonic Ethics: The Philosophy and Psychology of Living Well). Her popular writing has been featured in Psychology Today, The Institute for Art and Ideas, The Conversation, and Aeon.

Susun interviews Abigail Rose Clarke after 90 minutes of herbal health questions.

Bio: Abigail Rose Clarke is a distinguished somatic educator and facilitator with a rich background in movement studies and embodied healing practices. Her work centers on reconnecting individuals to their bodily wisdom as a means to foster personal and collective transformation. She is a poet grounded by science and expanded by magic and mystery, and has a deep love for octopuses, the moon, and her extensive collection of anatomy books. You can learn more about her work at www.AbigailRoseClarke.com

Susun interviews Marilyn Mercado after 90 minutes of herbal health questions.

Bio: Marilyn Mercado is a passionate teacher, coach, and guide whose life’s work bridges movement, mindfulness, and creative healing. A graduate of the University of Hawaii, Marilyn has spent over 15 years teaching Ballroom and Latin dancing, and enjoying Hula as a joyful expression of fitness and culture. Her wellness journey began in her 20s with a simple but powerful intention: to grow stronger and healthier with age. This led to a lifelong practice of yoga, which evolved into multiple certifications and a deep dedication to both teaching and learning. Marilyn has spent over two decades teaching dance, fitness, creative movement, and study skills to children and adults.

In recent years, Marilyn expanded her offerings to include Health and Life Coaching, earning certifications that allow her to guide people through challenges in health, career, relationships, and life purpose. She also received her Art Medicine Certification, which she beautifully weaves into her coaching to support emotional healing and self-expression through creativity. She is a Dreambuilder Coach, helping people through the process of building their dreams. A lifelong learner and creator, Marilyn is now a published author. Her teaching and coaching style is infused with playfulness, intuition, creativity, and compassion. Marilyn’s mission is to help others remember their wholeness and walk the path of self-discovery with grace, strength, and joy—through movement, mindfulness, and the power of sacred space.

Susun interviews Grace De La Rosa after 90 minutes of herbal health questions.

Bio: Grace De La Rosa is a Holistic Wellness Consultant and Spiritual Advisor with over 40 years of professional expertise in health and fitness and 19 years as a cancer thriver. As a creative visionary leader and founder of Living with Grace, LLC, she advocates for integrative healing, mental health support, and holistic well-being. Grace's leadership extends to community wellness initiatives and executive-level briefings, addressing issues like mental health, addiction recovery, and homelessness. Her commitment is further exemplified through her past work as the founding chairperson of First Coast Recovery Advocates, the first Recovery Community Organization (RCO) in Jacksonville, FL providing mental health, alcoholism and substance misuse resources across multiple counties. With an open-door policy and a focus on empowering others, Grace embodies compassionate and transformative leadership.

Susun interviews Nina Simons after 90 minutes of herbal health questions.

Bio: Nina Simons is Co-founder and Chief Relationship Officer at Bioneers, and leads its Everywoman's Leadership program. Throughout her career spanning the nonprofit, social entrepreneurship, corporate, and philanthropic sectors, Nina has worked with nearly a thousand diverse women leaders across disciplines, race, class, age and orientation to create conditions for mutual learning, trust and leadership development. She loves convening – for mutual mentorship and shedding conditioning, and to explore methods and practices for reinventing leadership, reclaiming our whole selves, connecting across differences and co-creating communities of belonging.

Nina co-edited (with Anneke Campbell) Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the Heart, and authored Nature, Culture, and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership with an accompanying discussion guide and embodied practices, which won Nautilus awards in the categories of Women in the 21st Century and Social Change & Social Justice. She's also a contributor to the anthology Ecological and Social Healing: Multicultural Women's Voices. All three are being used to ignite liberatory learning in individuals, circles and classrooms.

Susun interviews Dr. Shivani Gupta after 90 minutes of herbal health questions.

Bio: Dr. Shivani Gupta is a respected figure in the health and wellness industry, with a focus on the holistic treatment of chronic conditions. Her journey in this field began through personal experience, battling and overcoming chronic illness through Ayurveda. This led her to pursue advanced studies, earning a Master's in Ayurvedic Sciences and a Ph.D. in Turmeric, under the tutelage of esteemed Ayurvedic experts in India and in the US. The core of her work is the 'The Inflammation Solution Program, ' a practical integration of Ayurvedic principles and functional medicine. This program is designed to empower individuals, particularly women, to address chronic health issues like joint pain, weight gain, and autoimmune symptoms through a combination of traditional and contemporary medical approaches.