What does it really mean to win? If you love track and field, you have heard of my next guest...

In this powerful episode of Sunday SoulDay in our season 4 opener, I sit down with Olympic gold medalist, author, and elite performance coach Marion Jones for an honest, grounded conversation about discipline, resilience, accountability, and rising after setbacks.

Marion made history as the first woman to win five medals at a single Olympic Games—and she also walked through one of the most public reckonings in sports history. Today, she’s redefining success through discipline, consistency, and aligned performance across fitness, business, and life.

In this episode, we explore:

🌱 How Marion’s definition of winning has evolved over time

🌱 Why discipline matters more than motivation in every area of life

🌱 The inseparable connection between mind, body, and daily habits

🌱 What inspired the launch of MJEP (Marion Jones Elite Performance)

🌱 How to stay consistent when motivation fades

🌱 The intention behind her new MJEP merch line

🌱 What it really takes to rise after personal or professional setbacks

🌱 How Marion stays spiritually and emotionally fueled as a mother, entrepreneur, and elite performance coach.

This conversation is for anyone navigating pressure, rebuilding after failure, or seeking sustainable performance rooted in truth—not image.

If you’re ready to redefine success, build real discipline, and rise with integrity and purpose, this episode is for you. Tune in this Sunday afternoon for this incredible conversation with someone I have admired for years, Marion Jones!

About Marion

Marion is widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. She made history as the first woman to win five medals at a single Olympic Games, earning three gold and two bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics. A standout at the University of North Carolina, she helped lead the Tar Heels to an NCAA Championship and became a global icon, appearing on the covers of Time, Vogue, and Sports Illustrated, with partnerships from brands like Nike, Gatorade, and Got Milk.

In 2007, she faced one of the most defining chapters of her life—taking full responsibility, returning her medals, and serving a prison sentence. What followed was not retreat, but transformation. Just four months after giving birth to her third child, Marion returned to professional sports in the WNBA and began a new chapter rooted in discipline, truth, and growth.

Today, Marion is a speaker, entrepreneur, elite performance coach, and founder of MJEP—Marion Jones Elite Performance. Through her app, training programs, and merchandise, she helps people build consistency, resilience, and strength—physically and mentally. Above all, she’s a devoted mother and a living example of what it means to rise after a fall and redefine what winning truly means.

Connect with Marion

Facebook-
@TheMarionJonesOfficial
https://www.facebook.com/themarionjonesofficial/

Instagram-
@TheMarionJones
https://www.instagram.com/themarionjones

TikTok-
@TheMarionJones
https://www.tiktok.com/@themarionjones

MJEP Fitness App-
https://mjepelite.com/marion-jones-elite-performance-app/

Interested in working out LIVE with Marion-
https://bit.ly/workoutwithmarionLIVE

Marion Jones merch-
https://www.bonfire.com/store/marion-jones/

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Art as Healing | What happens when art becomes a voice for what was once silenced?

In this deeply moving episode of Sunday SoulDay, I sit down with internationally renowned artist Anne Plaisance, whose work transforms trauma into testimony and pain into powerful acts of resistance and healing.

With over 100 exhibitions worldwide and projects spanning painting, installation, photography, and mixed media, Anne’s art confronts some of the most difficult truths of our time—domestic violence, abuse, survival, and the reclaiming of voice—while anchoring them in hope, resilience, and transformation.

We explore her groundbreaking exhibition Wonder Women Now, her globally recognized series The Perfumes, and how art can make the invisible visible—especially for survivors navigating their own healing journeys.

In this conversation, we discuss:

🌿 How art becomes a pathway to healing and liberation

🌿 Turning silence into voice and trauma into truth

🌿 The role of joy after years of confronting pain

🌿 Art as both resistance and a beacon of hope

🌿 Creativity, community, and resilience across cultures

🌿 A powerful message for survivors reclaiming their power

This episode is for artists, leaders, survivors, and anyone who believes that creativity can change lives—and culture.

✨ Art is not just expression. It is resistance. It is remembrance. It is becoming more.

Connect with Anne
www.anneplaisance.com

https://wonderwomennow.com

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Is financial security really possible for everyone — or only for a few?

If you’ve ever struggled with money management, leadership, or staying consistent on the path to success, this conversation will give you both practical insights and inspiration.

In this episode of Sunday SoulDay, I sit down with John Cordero, a financial services leader with nearly 30 years of experience, who has helped over 25,000 families build financial security and mentored 400+ aspiring leaders.

John shares his powerful journey from building his own business to creating high-performing teams, while staying committed to financial literacy in underrepresented communities.

We dive into:

🌱 John’s journey into financial services and the highs and lows of entrepreneurship

🌱 Why discipline matters more than motivation when building wealth and success

🌱 The urgent need for financial literacy — especially in underserved communities

🌱 How AI and technology are reshaping the financial services industry

🌱 What collaboration, mentorship, and legacy mean to him today

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In today’s powerful and deeply moving episode, we sit down with Dr. Robert Bleck, founder of the Source Completion Therapy Center and the creator of Source Completion Therapy (SCT)—a proven, three-phase process designed to cleanse and permanently heal emotional wounds left behind by trauma, abuse, and painful life experiences.

Dr. Bleck’s story begins with unimaginable hardship. From a childhood marked by severe abuse to becoming a nationally recognized therapist, author, professor, and innovator—his journey is a testament to resilience, empathy, and the courage to transform pain into purpose.

For over 40 years, Dr. Bleck has helped individuals struggling with:

• Trauma & abuse

• Addiction

• Phobias

• Anxiety & depression

• Anger issues

• Eating disorders

• Emotional wounds that linger for decades

His method—built on psychological research, neuroscience-aligned principles, and decades of clinical experience—guides people through a powerful process:

1️⃣ Awareness – uncovering the true origins of emotional pain

2️⃣ Re-experiencing – revisiting the memory safely and intentionally

3️⃣ Completion – giving the pain back to its source so the wound can truly heal

We also discuss his book, "Give Back the Pain," where he breaks down the SCT process through real-life stories and offers tools, including self-hypnosis scripts, that help readers move toward emotional freedom.

If you’re carrying pain from the past…

If you’ve tried everything and still feel stuck…

If you’re seeking a deeper path to emotional healing…

This conversation will speak directly to your soul.

✨ Dr. Bleck’s Work & Book

Give Back the Pain by Dr. Robert T. Bleck, PhD

Amazon: https://amzn.to/4rQZYLX

(Also Available: major retailers)

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Your healing matters.

Your story matters.

And you are not alone.

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In this bonus episode, we sit down with Dr. Luissa Kiprono, a high-risk pregnancy specialist, bestselling author, humanitarian leader, trauma survivor, and healer of women’s souls.

And this Sunday SoulDay conversation is a masterclass in resilience, purpose, and rising after unthinkable adversity.

From escaping Communist Romania as a teenager →

to rebuilding her life in America →

to becoming a maternal-fetal medicine specialist and global women’s health advocate…

Dr. Luissa shares how trauma shaped her, strengthened her, and ultimately empowered her to change the world.

Her bestselling memoir, PUSH, THEN BREATHE: Trauma, Triumph, and the Making of an American Doctor, reveals a story that is both heart-shattering and deeply hopeful — and today, she brings that same raw truth to our conversation.

This episode is for every woman who has ever questioned her worth, battled self-doubt, survived trauma, or carried the weight of being “strong” for everyone else.

In this episode, we explore:

✨ Trauma to Triumph — how she transformed unimaginable adversity into purpose

✨ Women’s Empowerment — her message that women are worthy, capable, and limitless

✨ Medicine & Mission — the passion behind her work in the U.S., Kenya, and Latin America

✨ Maternal Health — the urgent changes needed to save more mothers and babies

✨ Leadership & Advocacy — how she uses her voice to champion women globally

✨ Self-Care for the Soul — what keeps her grounded as a physician, mother, and entrepreneur

🌍 ABOUT DR. LUISSA KIPRONO

Dr. Luissa Kiprono is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist, CEO physician, bestselling author, speaker, and global health advocate. Through her telemedicine practice TeleMed MFM, she brings high-risk pregnancy care to women beyond geographical borders. Through her writing, leadership, and mission work, she equips women with tools for resilience, intentional presence, and emotional healing.

Website: https://telemedmfm.com

Book: PUSH, THEN BREATHE: https://amzn.to/48EWXWa

Website: https://drluissak.com/

🌞 ABOUT SUNDAY SOULDAY

Sunday SoulDay is a weekly podcast and video series hosted by Damesha Craig, spotlighting healing, leadership, authenticity, and soul-centered living. Subscribe for more conversations with leaders, healers, and visionaries who are changing the world from the inside out.

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#prenatalcare

#prenatalwellness

#womenshealth

#traumahealing

In a world where over 49% of American adults report significant daily stress, Dr. Gary Sprouse is offering something radical: Finding Your Happy Place and, more importantly, tools to reduce stress.

This Sunday SoulDay episode features Dr. Gary Sprouse, a retired physician turned author, speaker, and mindset specialist known as The Less Stress Doc. After four decades of treating thousands of patients, he uncovered a powerful truth:

👉 Most human stress isn’t caused by what’s wrong with us — it’s a side effect of what’s right with us - our changing environments.

Our ability to envision the future becomes worry.

Our empathy becomes guilt.

Our memory becomes regret.

Our intelligence becomes overwhelm.

In this episode, Dr. Sprouse shares how stress nearly consumed his own life, what he calls his “55-gallon drum of stress,” and how retirement actually opened the door to continue his life’s purpose in a new way: helping people break stress loops and return to their “Happy Place.”

This conversation is for you if you are…

✔️ Feeling overwhelmed or stretched thin

✔️ Caught in a loop of worry, guilt, or perfectionism

✔️ Wanting more peace, clarity, or emotional balance

✔️ Curious about the science of stress, mindset, and healing

✔️ Ready to move toward your own “Happy Place”

Connect with Dr. Sprouse

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lessstressdoc/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lessstressdoc

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-sprouse-13842a74/

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#stressmanagement

#happiness

#mindset

#leadershiptips

#dameshacraig

⭐ Get ready — because this is one of the most powerful conversations I’ve ever had on Sunday SoulDay.

Two Bay Area legends.

Two lifelong friends.

Two men who’ve dominated their fields — and rebuilt themselves from the inside out.

🥊 Brian Schwartz — 7x undefeated world kickboxing champion 18-0, master trainer, champion of discipline, husband, father and founder of Undisputed Boxing Gym in Redwood City.

👉🏽 Javier Laval — Creative director, celebrity event producer, entrepreneur, Founder of Android Homme and FutureStream, meditation practitioner, husband, father, and now co-founder of Undisputed Boxing Gym.

Together, they’re building more than a gym: They're building a movement of healing, performance, reinvention, and community. 🔥

In this episode, we talk about:

🥊 The warrior mindset that made Brian a world champion

🎨 How Javier built a global luxury sneaker brand from scratch

💔 Javier’s health breakdown — and how boxing saved his life

🧠 How to reinvent yourself when your old identity stops serving you

🏆 The spiritual and mental discipline behind true mastery

🤖 The future of fitness, and how Undisputed Boxing Gym is different

🧩 What keeps these two creative powerhouses aligned after decades of friendship

🌱 How to build a culture with no ego, no drama — only growth

This conversation hits on:

• Leadership

• Discipline

• Creativity

• Burnout

• Healing

• Business

• Reinvention

• Legacy

• Brotherhood

If you’re an athlete, creator, entrepreneur, weekend warrior or anyone navigating a major life pivot —mind, body and soul this episode is going to hit DIFFERENT.

✨ Subscribe for more SoulDay conversations on leadership, reinvention, and soul-aligned success.

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In today’s episode of Sunday SoulDay, Damesha Craig sits down with Kristine Genovese, the trailblazing creator of the SOUL INTELLIGENCE® Method—a LA Tribune Best-Selling Author, conscious leadership executive, and transformational guide who helps thousands reclaim their well-being through energy-based trauma release and root-cause healing.

After 25+ years restructuring businesses and leading corporate turnarounds, Kristine experienced a powerful pivot: a calling to move from optimizing organizations to helping humans heal. Today, she merges science, spirituality, energy, and practical application to help people reset their nervous systems, release subconscious blocks, and unlock their Highest Selves—without reliving their trauma.

This conversation is a masterclass in personal transformation, soul healing, and what it truly means to break cycles of burnout, overwhelm, and emotional exhaustion.

🔥 In This Episode:

• The Turning Point

What shifted Kristine from corporate growth to creating the SOUL INTELLIGENCE® Method.

• What Soul Intelligence® Really Is

How this method creates a bioenergetic “reset” without forcing people to revisit painful memories.

• Science + Spirituality + Real-World Application

Why Kristine calls Soul Intelligence® the ultimate biohacking tool for healing.

• Breaking Burnout Cycles

The role subconscious energy patterns play in keeping people stuck—and how to release them.

• Why People Avoid Healing Work

The real reason people resist transformation, and how Soul Intelligence® removes that fear.

• The Most Profound Transformation She’s Witnessed

And what it taught her about the human soul.

• A Simple Practice You Can Use Today

A go-to grounding technique to start clearing energetic blockages immediately.

• How Kristine Fuels Herself

Her own rituals for mind, body, soul, and energetic alignment.

🌿 About Kristine Genovese

Kristine Genovese is the creator of the SOUL INTELLIGENCE® Method, an LA Tribune Best-Selling Author, and a monthly contributor to Best Holistic Life Magazine. After decades as a corporate turnaround executive, she now empowers healthcare professionals and healers to transform from the inside out—bringing balance, consciousness, and holistic well-being back to their lives and the systems they serve.

Her work has been featured in:

NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, LA Tribune, Canvas Rebel, Medical Industry Today, Today in Healthcare, World Healthcare Report, Best Holistic Life Magazine, and more.

📚 Get Kristine’s Award-Winning Book

👉 Link to her book: https://amzn.to/47YXhyH

🌐 Connect with Kristine: https://soulintelligencemethod.com/

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