Season Three, Episode 125

Join your hosts, Carmen and Sophia Micsa, to learn more about healing our collective mental health with author Phyllis Leavit.

Phyllis Leavitt graduated from Antioch University with a Masters Degree in Psychology and Counseling in 1989. As a psychotherapist, I treated children, families, couples, and individual adults for 34 years, and I have worked extensively with abuse and dysfunctional family dynamics, their aftermath, and some of the most important elements for healing, including the intersection of our emotional well-being and spiritual healing and connection. Her latest book, America in Therapy: A New Approach to Hope and Healing for a Nation in Crisis, is groundbreaking. Phyllis lives with her husband in Taos, NM, and is retired from her psychotherapy practice, focusing on writing and speaking.

"I don't believe there's any person who, if they have a chance to heal in that way, doesn't become more loving, more kind, more compassionate, more creative, more contributing, more cooperative, and more peaceful." Phillys Levitt

On this Seeds of sunshine:

• Phyllis knew from an early age that she wanted to become a writer.
• Phyllis ended up choosing to become a psychotherapist because she went to therapy herself, which was helpful and life-changing.
• When Phyllis decided to write her book American in Therapy: A New Approach to Hope and Healing for a Nation in Crisis, she did so because she realized that in the field of psychotherapy, even if you're not working with a whole family, you're looking at the family configuration that a person came from.
• The author thinks that the mental health crisis in America has deepened because many people have really lost the sense of family in their own lives.
• Additionally, the extreme and escalating divide between the wealthy and those really struggling to survive economically is growing, causing enormous stress.
• The mental health crisis is also due to the lack of balance between the good of the individual and the good of the whole.

To connect with Phyllis Leavitt and buy her book American in Therapy: A New Approach to Hope and Healing for a Nation in Crisis, please follow her:

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Season Three, Episode 124

Join your hosts, Carmen and Sophia Micsa, to learn more about Steve McKinney's 3-W approach to fitness that works at any age. His book The Gospel of Fitness outlines his philosophy on weight training, walking, and diet.

Steve McKinney is a bestselling author, fitness coach, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, dedicated to helping people age strong and live healthier lives. As the owner of Fitness and More, Inc., he has helped countless individuals transform their bodies through his Unique 3-W Approach to Fitness.

Steve is also a church pastor, integrating faith and mindset into his approach to wellness. His book, The Gospel of Fitness, breaks down the science of strength training and nutrition in a practical, sustainable, and life-changing way.

On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:

• Steve explains the 3W method of helping others live their happiest and healthiest lives.
• Steve explains which strength-training exercises are beneficial and which we should avoid.
• He is a big believer that we can fight sarcopenia, or muscle loss, by walking at least 30 minutes a day after dinner to improve digestion and by performing the right exercises.
• As a fitness coach, Steve has logged over 15,000 personal training sessions with his clients.
• Steve's seeds of sunshine: weight training is medicine for your body. Watching your diet is medicine for your biology, and walking is medicine for your brain. Exercise is Medicine. Just apply it correctly.

To connect with Steve and buy his book The Gospel of Fitness, please follow him:

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Season Three, Episode 123

Join your hosts, Carmen and Sophia Micsa, to learn more about Gail Showalter’s mission to help everyone grow and reach their true potential through some tweaks to how they approach life, motherhood, and careers.

For the last 18 years, Gail Showalter has been helping single moms navigate their lives. The nonprofit she founded in 2007 supports single moms pursuing degrees that lead to employment. In southeast Texas, she is known as the “Old Bird with Feathers of Wisdom for Women and a Soft Spot for Single Moms.” Gail was a single mother of three for sixteen years before she remarried. Her first article on returning to college as a single parent was published in Single-Parent Family magazine.

Her book, Living, Learning, Loving, was published by Morgan James Publishing on September 9, 2025. Gail holds degrees in speech, art, and special education, as well as a Master's in Curriculum and Instruction. She is also a Certified Life Coach and Personality Specialist.

On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:

• As a single parent, Gail took what she learned as a single mom and helped other single moms navigate their lives.
• Gail’s life lessons resulted in a beautiful book Living, Learning, Loving.
• A big believer in the power of stories to shape our lives, Gail turned each chapter into a sharing of her personal experiences with readers, offering motivation and inspiration.
• Gail knows that when we take care of ourselves and get our priorities right, we are all better off. Gail’s primary goal is to help single moms who need it to get through college, and I have pointers for those individuals depending on where they live. Gail created a nonprofit program to help single moms get through college.
• As for Gail’s seeds of sunshine, she believes it is important to set reasonable goals related to lifestyle, raising children, finances, and more.

To connect with Gail and buy her books, please follow her:

Gail Cawley Showalter | helps single moms finish college | 152 Grandchase Drive, Nederland, TX, USA

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Season Three, Episode 122

Join your hosts, Carmen and Sophia Micsa, to learn more about life's indelible moments through komorebi, as well as the latest real estate updates.

On this Seeds of Sunshine:

• Looking back at our mother/daughter podcast that Sophia and I started three years ago. We plan to continue with the same great and inspiring content, with Sophia continuing as the editor and introducing our guests from UC Santa Barbara, where she will be starting college next week.
• I came across a great concept, Komorebi, a Japanese word which literally means sunlight leaking through trees, or as I described it in my article published on Medium, I see it when I stand still during my runs, I feel like I'm steeping in nature to sip sunshine, living and loving the light in a world of shadows.
• Komorebi - the topic of this episode is this light that we all want to welcome into our lives and to seek during our daily lives, maybe during a walk, during a run, or just by being in your office or in your home.
• Author Hector Garcia defined komorebi as "the sunlight leaking through trees, a display of sunbeams filtering through tree branches."
• As far as our real estate market, there is beauty in being a buyer right now. You can see some komorebi out there, some light after experiencing really crazy prices that kept going up and up for us in the Sacramento region.
• Price negotiations are quite possible. The sellers are still understanding that they have to adjust their prices. So we see a lot of price reductions or price improvements out there in our real estate market. And basically, that's a really good thing for the buyers.
• And another great thing for my buyers is the fact that, finally, they have more choices. In recent years, there were very few listings on the market, so everybody was fighting for a few out there, and now that has become much better for the buyers and the sellers that I work with.

Please follow your host, Carmen Micsa, Broker/CEO with Dynamic Real Estate, BA/MA in English, podcaster, and published author:

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Season Three, Episode 121

Join your hosts, Carmen and Sophia Micsa, to learn more about personal transformation and finding the light within us with international bestselling author David Richards.

David Richards is a former Marine Corps officer with 15 years of service, a corporate leader in Customer Experience at Cisco, and a sought-after executive coach specializing in Executive Presence and Transformational Leadership. His work has guided senior leaders at some of the world’s largest financial and IT companies, including Fidelity, Microsoft, and Cisco, helping them elevate their leadership and communication impact at the highest levels.

As a #1 international bestseller author, he helps people awaken their divine identity and step fully into their faith-driven purpose. With a unique blend of biblical wisdom, neuroscience, and practical leadership strategies, David is here to challenge the way we think about success, faith, and personal transformation.

On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:

• David talks about his fascinating journey from a near-death experience as a child to serving as a Marine Corps officer and later thriving in the corporate world.
• After his near-death experience, David realized that his life had purpose, which inspired him to write his book Becoming One with Christ - The Lessons of King David.
• David believes that we possess intellectual mastery, which involves understanding something. There's also cognitive mastery.
• Because through the power of incantation, through the power of our voice, we can actually change our physiology and change our nervous system.
• And just because someone grows up in a different culture, with a different background, or with a different belief system, that doesn't mean they're wrong. There's no reason that we should judge them for that, because that's what they've grown up believing.
• There's a universal nature to what it means to be human.
• David encourages his clients to get clear on what they want from life.
• Our journeys of transformation begin within our hearts, with ourselves being ready to make those changes.

To connect with David Richards and buy his books, please follow him:

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Season Three, Episode 120

Join your hosts, Carmen and Sophia Micsa, to learn more about Ros Place's journey from England to South America. Her teachings about finding and communicating with our guardian angel are full of wisdom and love.

Ros Place is a Guardian Angel Communicator from England who empowers truth-seekers to connect with their Guardian Angels and find trustworthy answers to life’s important questions.

Through her proven Channel of Clarity Method, Ros teaches you how to verbally channel your Guardian Angel, so you can gain clarity, confidence, and clear direction whenever you need it. Unlike other teachers, Ros won’t keep the tools to herself, make it confusing, or leave you to figure it out alone.

She’s committed to guiding you every step of the way to communicate with your Guardian Angel so you can receive truthful and trustworthy answers whenever you need them.

On this Seeds of Sunshine Episode:

• In April 2023, Trassan, her guardian angel, told her that she would leave England as a family and travel the world. "All will be well," Ros was told, so she trusted her guardian angel and has been traveling with her family for two years around Europe and South America.
• Ros talks about Trissan as her guardian angel who has been with her since birth. Everybody has a guardian angel.
• Ros feels that she was born being able to communicate with Trassan.
• In sharing with our guest that I feel protected by my guardian angel, Ros said that it's a wonderful way to live our lives. When we feel that benevolent energy, that loving energy, that guiding energy, and pay attention to that, then we can elevate our lives and live in joy.
• Ros was able to connect with the spirit of dead people, but now she only chooses to communicate with her guardian angel because angelic energy is so light and divine.

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There are three ways to support our podcast:
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2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at carmenmicsa@yahoo.com

Season Three, Episode 119

Join your hosts, Carmen and Sophia Micsa, to learn more about Danny Lehr’s strategy to take control of your time and start winning the next hour.

Danny Lehr—a sought-after speaker, entrepreneur, author, and former competitive athlete who’s obsessed with helping people accomplish their biggest dreams… one hour at a time. He’s the author of Win Your Next Hour, a high-impact guide for getting unstuck and taking bold action when life feels overwhelming. As the co-founder of the lifestyle brand Caffeine & Kilos, Danny has built a multimillion-dollar business, coached elite athletes and high performers, and shared stages with leaders across business and sport.

On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:

• What holds people back is that they don't know where to start, right? And so they don't end up doing anything because they're afraid they don't know how to start, or they're going to take the wrong steps.
• Danny thinks that we have so much to learn from our adventures, such as his bike ride around Lake Tahoe, which is 72 miles and 4,000 feet of climbing. Just keep going. Just get to the top of this hill; it'll level out.
• Danny’s favorite word is W I N, an acronym for success. The first step is to use our words.
• The second is investing money, time, and effort.
• And the N stands for note your progress.
• Danny points out that the entrepreneurs he works with are successful because they saw an opportunity and went for it. Maybe they were scared or nervous, but they took the opportunity.

To buy Danny Lehr’s book, please follow him:

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There are three ways to support our podcast:
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2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at carmenmicsa@yahoo.com