Mark Bennington... grew up in Northern California. After working as an actor for 10 years in New York and LA, he picked up the camera in 2004 and has been making his living with it ever since. He is undoubtedly one of the busiest portrait photographers in Los Angeles. Mark also shoots Advertising, Editorial, Movie Stills and Weddings and has been a featured contributor for the “Los Angeles Times,” all of which can be seen at: markbennington.com & benningtonphotography.com

Whether as a small girl constructing mini ecosystems, complete with toads and salamanders, or later as a builder of businesses, producer of film, art exhibits and events, or restructuring the psyche; daily life for Ingrid is about the art of creating and being created. She knows that the act of transforming a landscape of any nature, internal or external, alters reality on many levels. To test, research, and share, the mechanics of the principles of creation is her forte and passion.

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For twenty years Dori Carter (as Dori Pierson) wrote both features and TV, and produced numerous TV movies and pilots.  For three years she was under contract at Disney during the reign of Jeffrey Katzenberg and Michael Eisner.  The feature film she co-wrote, Big Business, starring Bette Midler and Lilly Tomlin, was produced during her time there.  Her Hollywood experience was the inspiration for her first novel, Beautiful Wasps Having Sex, a Los Angeles Times best seller.

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LISA-CATHERINE COHEN is a consummate and oft-published writer and editor. (She excels at both mechanical and substantive editing.) Ms. Cohen is a master of the written word across a wide range of genres for industries as diverse as architecture, the film and music Industries, medicine, education, the environment, publishing, journalism, pop culture, and Body/Mind/Spirit-related media.

A two-time-platinum, #1 hit lyricist and an internationally renowned writer, she brings to each project the poet’s sensibility and an expert craftsman’s attention to detail; and she delivers it fast, too. She is extremely creative and independently resourceful. She works with both American and Canadian, and European clients.

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Born in Post-Prohibition rural Louisiana, Bernadene High Coleman grew up in Los Angeles where she continued her education at Loyola Marymount and California State LA.

Ever with a passion for books and reading, she has set out to chronicle the events she first heard about in her youth. Her first published work in the form of a novel, 'Mama Rose', through word of mouth, has sold thousands of copies...

With a first collection of poems entitled, 'Listen My Children', along with a follow-up second novel, 'I Leave You My Dreams' this author now counts 'Beyond Color' as the fourth of her titles now available.

Ms. Coleman, a widow, mother of three, and grandmother of eight, currently resides in California where she continues to write and speak.

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Lucia is a dating/relationship expert with a book, syndicated column and radio show on L.A. Talk Radio. Each week she interviews authors of books that are of interest to single men and women.

Lucia responds to emails and phone calls with her unique take and unconventional views on the modern dating scene.

She also shares her opinion on the dating lives of celebrities with her "Celebrity Corner" segment.

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Born and raised in a small town in the Black Forest, Germany, I left my home at the age of 19 to study film in the entertainment capital of the world––Los Angeles. A graduate of UCLA film school as well as the American Film Institute, I finally gave in to my addiction to culture shocks and wanderlust, and have since transitioned into freelance writing, with a focus on travel and holistic living. I happily live with my husband, filmmaker Jared Drake, and our reindeer Bruce, in the secluded hills of Topanga, California.

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Inessa is Professional Feng Shui Practitioner with an MA in Spiritual Psychology. For the last 8 years Inessa she has supported adults, teens and businesses with creating more harmony and flow from the inside out! One of her greatest passions is to give you the tools that will bring you into a deeper conscious relationship with yourself and your environment! She has a sparkling track record and loves supporting women and men in creating a sacred space for manifesting love! Her business, Feng Shui from the Heart places you in the center of your life and refers to your inner compass when making changes to both your mental, emotional, spiritual an physical environment.

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Giovanna Pang-Garcia immigrated from Hong Kong to the United States all alone at the age of sixteen without knowing how to speak a lick of English! With a lot of hard work and determination she quickly improved her lot in life. She started her own computer company with only $300 and turned it into a multi-million dollar corporation by expanding the company into a multifaceted computer network and consulting corporation, which she then sold before she was forty to retire financially independent and start a family with her husband. Not being one to rest, Giovanna has made it her goal in life to help others achieve success in their lives.

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Accomplished inspirational speaker and workshop leader Gini Gentry worked side-by-side with world-renowned Toltec master don Miguel Ruiz for fourteen years—first as his manager and student, and later as his sole teaching partner. During this time, she earned the title of Nagual Woman, the female spiritual leader of the Toltec Eagle Knight Lineage. As Ruiz’s manager, she served as content editor and marketing consultant for his New York Times best-selling book The Four Agreements, an instant classic enthusiastically endorsed by Oprah.

Gini is the author of Dreaming Down Heaven - a revolutionary new take on the personal growth genre that combines accessible nonfiction with illuminating fiction.

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Lauren S. Henry is the founder of With a Brush of Love, a company that provides environmental design based on specific colors and sensory design elements to benefit the emotional and intellectual conditions of children, particularly those with autism and other special needs. She’s a color expert and environmental designer focusing completely on children’s surroundings.

Lauren has been a guest designer on such shows as HGTV’s “kidspace” and ABC’s, “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” . Her work is primarily residences, but also extends to schools and hospitals including Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. and St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Her artwork has also been featured at The James Gray Gallery in Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, Ca and she was awarded the Customer Service “Rave Reviews Award” as one of the top ten best service oriented companies from the Washington Business Journal.

Lauren works Internationally as well having just returned from Japan assisting both the Exceptional Family Member Program/MCCS at Camp Foster and Hands On Tokyo during the re-design of a local orphanage. Most recently, Lauren’s first book was released! “Unique Kids. Unique Surroundings.” Lauren can also be found as a columnist for the renowned “Autism@Home Series”.!

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John is the Founder of www.expectamiracle.com, an existing website he launched in November 2007 that is a huge storehouse of amazing stories of miracles that have happened in people’s lives. The stories are spreading positivity and positive expectancy to people around the world. People from over 45 countries each month visit the site, many to print off his Expect A Miracle cards. His book You Can…Expect a Miracle was released worldwide in September 2008 and has become a best seller.

He is a great example of the power of miracles. Suffering from dyslexia as a child he was told that the best he should aspire to was a job as a postal clerk. He overcame his learning difficulties, won a scholarship and became a teacher in Australia and then completed a Doctor of Chiropractic in Canada in 1977.

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I bring you a Collage of varied subjects and media, from personal recycling, to non-fiction travel, to excerpts from my novels, to essays, to poetry and to whatever may happen in between.

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Alma Hudson works in legal management. She possesses an Associate’s and Bachelor of Arts Degree and lives with her two children and husband, Eugene in Lancaster, California. Checkered Fences is her first novel.

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Joan Jackson was raised in Ohio, taught French, and managed a French Tahitian export company in Oregon. Now a free-lance writer, she has published several magazine articles, written a collection of short stories, and is currently working on her second novel, Just In Time. She and her husband live in West Los Angeles.

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Syrie James is the author of the bestselling novel THE LOST MEMOIRS OF JANE AUSTEN, which was named a Best First Novel of 2008 by the Library Journal, and THE SECRET DIARIES OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË, selected by the Women’s National Book Association as a Great Group Read of 2009.  A member of the Writers Guild of America, Syrie is also a screenwriter and speaker.  She lives with her husband and their two sons in Los Angeles.  Syrie welcomes visitors and messages at her website.

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P.Allen Jones is a writer living in Tulare County. Her article "Ponder This..." is featured in Southern Sierra Messenger every other Thursday.

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As President of Select Services Films, Inc., Susan Johnston, a New England native, worked with the Providence and Rhode Island Film Commissions to build the infrastructure used by the Farrelly brothers, director Michael Corrente, NBC's hit TV series "Providence" and Context Media Studios for their International productions, garnering funds before Senate Committee hearings and creating the 25% tax incentive for investors of films in RI.

Upon relocating to Los Angeles, the first film produced by Select Services Films, Inc. Room 32 received an Imaginite Award (Austrailia) and Maverick Filmmaker (Cinequest 06) Honors and collaborated on first series ever produced for cell phones, Internet SAG contract w/ Pierre Debs, the first HD TV pilot and Music Video.

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Jacquie Jordan is the founder of Santa Monica, California based TVGuestpert.com. TVGuestpert.com is a media development company primarily responsible in raising the profile of each guest expert and thereby growing the business and brand of each client.

Additionally, she started her own boutique production company and media-consulting firm under her own banner, Jacquie Jordan Inc. The primary mission is to educate, enlighten, and entertain with the highest level of integrity. She works with a committed group of new and exciting talent on their branding, promotion, marketing, producing and development, as well as their on-camera skills.

Jacquie has produced countless TV shows and been involved in booking, or producing 10,000+ television guests.

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Lena Karunamaya is the owner of Visions Of Purpose Consulting. She specializes in consulting with visionaries who have a calling and a commitment to make a difference on the planet with their life purpose. Lena has seventeen years of national business experience as a visionary strategist and lecturer. She is currently writing a travel memoir highlighting three very diverse and distinctive countries, India, Morocco and Israel from a visionary’s, feminist perspective. Lena has a passion for travel, teaching and consulting with a humanitarian approach.

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Lena’s Blog: http://designingqualityoflife.blogspot.com

Rachelle Rogers Knight is a passionate reader who has enjoyed books her entire life. Rachelle self-published Read, Remember, Recommend and Read, Remember, Recommend for Teens in 2007, and earned the Bronze Medal for “Independent Publisher of the Year” from Independent Publisher Online Magazine in 2008. Sourcebooks, Inc. is releasing new and improved editions of the self-published hit this April. She recently re-launched her website www.bibiliobabe.com, an amazing blog and resource for book lovers.

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Annie Korzen is the author of Bargain Junkie: Living the Good Life on the Cheap. She is a writer/performer who has done humorous essays for NPR’s Morning Edition, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and many more.

Annie was a guest on THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW, having suggested the topic: “Ethnic Men Who Reject Their Own Women.”

Annie was the recurring Doris Klompus on Seinfeld and can be seen as John Turturro’s mother in Transformers, Revenge of the Fallen. Annie has performed her solo shows, Yenta Unplugged and The Yenta Cometh on three continents.

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Michelle Matro has been a unique and caring small business consultant and trainer since 1988. Hugs from clients and students have been the norm for Michelle at the end of projects and classes.

This chapter in her life includes being an author and speaker so she can reach the masses. Michelle authored and recorded Business Help Simply Put™. It’s a 7-cd series that contains 300+ tips, 70+ stories, and 100+ action steps on a variety of business topics for starting, managing, and growing your business. Best of all, it’s easy to understand and apply, without business or academic jargon.

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MediaWise provides media coaching, TV booking basics and media platform development for authors and experts who want to expand their reach to television, radio and the web. Our diverse backgrounds includes launching a television network, developing television programs and new media broadband platforms and producing for primetime and daytime shows including "The Oprah Winfrey Show. We help smart people become MediaWise.

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I have two passions: plant-powered food and motorcycle-powered adventures. I'm a glass-half-full kinda girl who cares more for fitness than fashion, loves a good thunderstorm as long as I'm not riding in it, and is naive enough to think I can change the world. I'm not anti-social; I'm pro-solitude. I'm not afraid of breaking down on the Alaska Highway in grizzly country; but I'm afraid of spiders...and rednecks.

I founded Feel Good Guru as a filter for optimism, joy and impeccable health. When I'm not helping people live a cleaner, greener, leaner lifestyle, I'm living my adventures with Henk the Buell, my 11-year-old motorcycle who's growing weary of potholes, rainstorms and gravel patches.

Find me at http://feelgoodguru.com/ and http://www.firehorserider.com

Renee Piane, is a “Master at Connecting people, and a “Love ReInvention specialist.” Internationally recognized Love & Dating expert, seminar leader, speaker and TV personality, Renee has been featured on over 60 TV shows (NBC, CNN, ABC, Today Show, Lifetime, Fox News...) . As a pioneer in the dating industry, Renee has assisted thousands of people to create amazing relationships with her popular Rapid Dating & Rapid Networking events and seminars.

Renee is the Author of “Love Mechanics”, “Secrets into the Minds of Men" and has her own online “Love Mechanics” Radio show with amazing guests on various networks including: I Tunes and Womens Radio Network. Renee has published over 400 love advice columns and her wisdom has been featured publications around the world (WSJ, LA TIMES, NY Times, Cosmo, Men’s Health, I Village Look Better Online….) Renee offers amazing resources for the newly single and anyone wanting to manifest love! She truly out "spreading the love," and is married to the man of her dreams!

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L.M. QUINN - Author

L. M. Quinn works and lives in L.A. Fiction is her passion, but she's also delved into book reviews and travel writing (in ELLE and Travel 50 & Beyond magazines).

Using her ensalada mixta (half Mexican, half Russian) background, she adds spice to her short stories and novels.

In March 2009, her short story "A Not So Clear Case of Murder" was included in the anthology Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery (Arte Público Press). She is currently working on a mystery set in L.A.

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TRACY REPCHUK - Author

Tracy Repchuk is the bestselling author of 31 Days to Millionaire Marketing Miracles, awarded one of the Top Ten Women in the world for Internet Marketing, 2007 New Internet Success of the Year, 2008 Stevie Award Finalist for Mentor of the Year, international speaker, motivator and entrepreneur who coaches and mentors others to recurring riches and financial freedom. She has appeared on news, TV, radio, magazine, and other books and products who quote and profile. Tracy has an ability to take complex strategies and turn them into easy to follow formulas that guarantee results, plus is the founder of Internet-Success-University.

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PAUL RYAN - Actor, Author, Talk Show Host

Paul Ryan co-starred on “Desperate Housewives” on Mother’s Day 2009 and his segment was featured as the “Hot Topic” on “The View” the following Friday. Paul Ryan has hosted and interviewed over 2000 celebrities around the world as celebrity correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight;" series co-host for "Mid-Morning L.A.," host/producer/owner of 675 in-depth TV Celebrity TV Talk Shows with guests including Robin Williams, Jerry Seinfeld, and Sophia Loren, as well as legendary directors, writers, and producers. His new TV Talk show is "Feel Good TV with Paul Ryan & Friends," which focuses on optimum health, total well being, and self-help for the entire family.

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ESTHERLEON SCHWARTZ - Cantor

Estherleon Schwartz is a child Holocaust survivor who came to America and settled in Los Angeles. Overcoming a life of poverty and hardship, Esther and her brother managed to convert rags to riches with 11 House of Cashmere stores ranging from Beverly Hills to Seattle. In an effort to fulfill a promise to be of service, Esther gave up her stores to become a cantor, a community leader, and a UN ambassador for peace. She is the recipient of several humanitarian awards for her inspirational music, poetry and lectures. She is also a mother and grandmother who is sharing her secret to survival with the world through her book, Tears of Stone and my Deal with God.

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JODI SEIDLER - Author

Jodi is The Mother of Re-Invention and Founder of the internet´s first single parenting site back in 1997 -www.makinglemonade.com

- The Single Parent Network; and Creator of the whimsical HIP community - www.hipsterclub.com for people who are too hip (with a hip replacement).

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LORELEI SHELLIST - Author, Speaker, Counselor,
Life Coach

Author/Speaker Lorelei Shellist, an international couture model and actress has appeared in films, TV, commercials and print. Her delightful wit, as well as her "perfect fit" measurements, enabled her to serve as a graceful and spirited muse for top designers such as Karl Lagerfeld, YSL, LaCroix, Bob Mackie, Geoffrey Beene and Armani. With a Master's in Spiritual Psychology from USM, Lorelei counsels and coaches At-Risk teens, women, mothers and daughters, inspiring them to manifest grace, joy and authenticity in their lives. She lives in Playa del Rey with her companion, composer Nick Glennie-Smith, and their two doggies.

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Joan Slottow - Artist

Woodblock prints are my specialty. I have been making them since the 1960’s. I currently also print etchings and collagraphs. I make sculptures, paint and do ceramics. My art is representational: while it can be abstract, it is always recognizable. I am mainly interested in texture, pattern and design. I think that this is why I am drawn to the woodblock print as a medium. In woodblock, especially in black and white, the artist works with complex black patterns on a white background. I consider my “scribble style” of drawing and the way I carve the blocks to be my signature.

I like animals, plants and the natural world. Many of my works are landscapes, others are pictures of plants and trees. I am not really interested in scientific or visual accuracy. You can see this in my sculpture of a Marlin and a Flounder, two fish not normally found together in nature.

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Popular Media guest, Kelly Sullivan Walden, is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Dream Coach, and author of several books, including the amazon.com bestselling book, "I Had the Strangest Dream, The Dreamer's Dictionary for the 21st Century.

Visit Kelly's Website: KellySullivanWalden.com and DreamProjectUN.org

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German born Felix Wolf is an author, teacher, and transformational healer with advanced degrees in Cognitive Psychology and Oriental Medicine.

While on a two year writing retreat in Sri Lanka, he found himself unexpectedly initiated into the mythological world of anthropologist and shaman Carlos Castaneda. This initiation led to a three-year apprenticeship, during which he translated some of Castaneda’s writings into German and served as his simultaneous translator at public talks and seminars. In 2003, Wolf was featured in a documentary about Castaneda: "The Enigma of a Sorcerer", which was shown at a variety of film festivals and in theaters, domestically and abroad.

Felix Wolf is an avid lucid dreamer and visionary, deeply engaged in furthering the process of our collective awakening. He has lectured internationally to a variety of audiences about holistic medicine, awareness, and the Art of Navigation. He lives in Honolulu, Hawaii, with his wife Carmela and is currently writing a workbook on the "Five Elements of Navigation".