Category: Self Help

Why Emotional Baggage Doesn’t Start in This Lifetime

Why do some people carry deep anxiety, relationship struggles, or fears they can’t explain despite years of self-work? According to Alla Kaluzhny, these emotional patterns may not begin in this lifetime at all.

Alla is a licensed marriage and family therapist, spiritual psychologist, and clairvoyant who helps people uncover unresolved experiences that could stem from the soul’s past. Drawing from vivid memories of her own past lives and the award-winning stories in her books Turning the Pages and Turning New Pages, Alla offers insight into how inherited spiritual clutter can quietly shape our lives.

Your audience will learn:

  • Why traditional talk therapy isn’t always enough
  • How past-life patterns might be the missing piece in their healing journey

Whether people believe in reincarnation or not, Alla’s intuitive approach invites deep self-reflection, healing, and possibility.

CONTACT: Alla Kaluzhny at (213) 459-3509; akaluzhny@rtirguests.com

Stuck in a Funk? Small Mindset Shifts That Lead to Fewer Days That Suck

Most people assume feeling stuck means something is wrong with their life. Deborah Mallow likes to remind us that sometimes nothing is wrong, except the voice in our head that refuses to stop narrating everything like a dramatic movie trailer. Surveys support this: nearly 60% of adults say they feel emotionally burned out, even when nothing “major” is wrong. That’s proof that mindset, not circumstance, often drives our mood.

Deborah explains why advice like “just think positive” often backfires and how tiny mental shifts can change the trajectory of an entire day. She shares surprising tools that help audiences quiet their inner critic, break out of emotional autopilot, and find momentum without forcing motivation.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS: Can focusing less on goals and more on what truly matters actually make you happier? Why do so many people feel behind even when so much in their lives is actually working?

CONTACT: Deborah Mallow at (516) 613-5359; dmallow@rtirguests.com 

Why Spiritual Teachers Are Getting Physical: The Body as Your Gateway to Higher Consciousness

Doreen Mary Bray, who has worked between worlds for over 40 years as a naturopath and mystical guide, carries a radical message: your body isn’t a vehicle you’re trapped in—it’s what your soul longed for and chose. She teaches that souls wait lifetimes for the privilege of embodiment, selecting parents, place, and form to walk on beaches, feel touch, and experience love.

In interviews, Bray will reveal how souls choose incarnation and what that means for how we live. Drawing from her book The Angel and the Avatar, she’ll explain why anxiety and depression may be your soul’s language trying to break through, and why learning to honor the body as sacred—not fix or transcend it—is the awakening our time demands. Listeners will discover practices for hearing their soul’s voice and understanding embodiment as the miracle it truly is.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS:

  • You say souls long for embodiment and choose it—what does that mean for someone who struggles with their body?
  • How can someone tell if their anxiety is actually their soul trying to communicate?
  • What’s one practice to begin honoring the body as the soul’s sacred gift?

CONTACT: Doreen Bray at (438) 802-0280; Dbray@rtirguests.com

The 3 Habits That Build Trust and Cut Division in Your Life

Tired of the conflict in your office, community, or even your own family? Dr. Dionne Poulton says building unity isn’t about avoiding tough topics. It’s about mastering three powerful habits: Decency, Excellence, and Integrity. In her new book Excellence Without Exclusion, she reframes what it means to lead, communicate, and connect across differences without ever saying “DEI.”

Her message? You don’t need a title to be a leader. You just need a standard. From how we treat others to how we hold ourselves accountable, Dr. Dionne shows how small shifts in behavior can transform relationships, rebuild trust, and prevent conflict before it starts.

According to a recent study, 76% of people say they avoid hard conversations at work and home often out of fear, frustration, or not knowing what to say. Dr. Dionne’s framework helps audiences replace avoidance with practical strategies that foster trust and real connection.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS:

  1. What’s one habit that can instantly defuse rising tension?
  2. Can integrity really be taught, or is it innate?

CONTACT: Dr. Dionne Poulton at (404) 383-8924; dpoulton@rtirguests.com 

How to Not Become Your Mom

Many women fear repeating the emotional patterns they grew up with, but few know how to break them. When her own mother ran away with her boyfriend at age 13, Sabrina Ciceri learned early how deeply a parent’s choices can shape a child’s identity, relationships, and future. 

In her book If It’s Not One Thing, It’s a Mother, she shares how she stopped inherited dysfunction, rewrote her family story, and built a healthy life as a mother of six and grandmother of five.

Sabrina explores why we unconsciously mirror our parents, how to interrupt toxic cycles, and why healing doesn’t always require confrontation or forgiveness. Her perspective blends family psychology, faith, and real-life experience in ways audiences rarely hear.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS:

Why do we often become the very parent we promised never to be?

Can you heal from a toxic parent without cutting them out of your life?

    CONTACT: Sabrina Ciceri at (352) 308‑1596; sciceri@rtirguests.com

    How to Reclaim Attention in a World Built to Distract

    We live in a world designed to hijack our attention. The average adult now spends over seven hours a day on screens, yet many feel more scattered, reactive, and stuck than ever. Author and senior UCLA mindful teacher Mitra Manesh says this isn’t just a focus issue; it’s an attention crisis quietly eroding our freedom to choose.

    On your show, Mitra will reveal why even intelligent, successful people often live in “survival mode,” how constant stimulation weakens our decision-making, and why reclaiming attention is the first and most important step toward true freedom.

    Drawing from her inspirational fiction, The Attentionist: New Choices for a New World—a parable in the spirit of The Alchemist—she offers a transformative blend of storytelling and  insight, packed with techniques and practices for improving attention as a transformative force in all aspects of life.  

    This is a timely invitation to shift from reaction to creation, and a powerful case for why reclaiming attention may be the most radical act of personal power in our time.

    CONTACT: Mitra Manesh at (310) 807-3031; mmanesh@rtirguests.com

    Why Will So Many Americans Have to Work Past Retirement Age?

    Many Americans worry they are already too far behind to retire comfortably. Tom Loegering explains why so many people end up working longer than planned and why it is rarely too late to change direction. Research from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College shows nearly half of working households risk falling short in retirement, often because they believe missed opportunities cannot be fixed.

    Loegering is a financial planner, entrepreneur, and author who shows how small adjustments, even later in life, can create meaningful change. He is also the Founder and CEO of Golf Program in Schools, a nonprofit that has helped more than 51,000 students prepare for their futures.

    SAMPLE QUESTIONS:
    Why do so many Americans assume it’s too late to fix retirement plans? What’s the biggest mistake people make when working longer feels inevitable? What can people in their 50s or 60s still do today?

    CONTACT: Tom Loegering at (623) 400-8648; tloegering@rtirguests.com

    The Dark Side of Positive Thinking No One Talks About

    Positive thinking is often sold as the cure for everything: pain, loss, confusion, or even a world that feels like it’s falling apart. But what happens when optimism stops working? Author Lydia Samaniego offers a counterintuitive perspective rooted in lived experience, rather than theory. She argues that forced positivity and manifestation culture can actually disconnect people from truth, responsibility, and the guidance of their own hearts. Lydia explores why the deepest betrayal isn’t a broken relationship, but the realization that our trusted systems, from society to culture and even religion, can’t actually tell us who we are or how to live. She shares why real change doesn’t come from thinking harder or “staying positive,” but from noticing the conflict between the mind and the heart, catching inherited beliefs that no longer serve us, and choosing an inside-out path forward. Her story resonates with anyone questioning what to trust when old answers fall apart.

    CONTACT: Lydia Samaniego at (530) 443-5826: samaniego@rtirguests.com

    The Mental Health Cost of Building a Business from Nothing

    Nearly half of all entrepreneurs report chronic stress or burnout, but Darius Ross says the real danger isn’t the workload. It’s the unresolved trauma many carry into the grind. He says when you build a business from nothing, the survival mindset that once kept you alive can quietly start working against you as success grows.

    In this timely conversation, Ross explores how urban trauma, financial insecurity, and constant pressure quietly shape decision-making, relationships, and leadership. A former homeless teen turned entrepreneur and community leader, he explains why success can actually amplify anxiety, and why mindset, not hustle, determines who breaks through and who breaks down.

    As the author of Mastering the TPS Blueprint, Ross offers street-tested insights on managing fear, stress, and self-sabotage while building something meaningful, especially for entrepreneurs who never had a safety net.

    SAMPLE QUESTIONS

    • Can trauma make you successful and still destroy you later?
    • Why do some entrepreneurs feel less safe as they earn more?

    CONTACT: Darius Ross at (347) 801-7956; dross@rtirguests.com

    Feeling Stuck? It’s Time to Start Swinging

    Recent headlines proclaim that Americans are stuck! Nobody’s leaving their jobs or homes, we’re not making plans for the future and many of us are feeling unsure of what to do next. Hall of Fame golf instructor and mindset coach Cindy Miller says it’s ok to consider your options, but sometimes you have to stop thinking and start swinging. Cindy’s not just another motivational voice, she lives the message. After losing her LPGA card, she clawed her way back—25 years later—proving that failure isn’t final and reinvention has no age limit. Her signature mix of humor and no-nonsense wisdom helps audiences silence self-doubt and take bold action. If your listeners are feeling stuck, burned out or ready for a comeback, Cindy’s story will leave them inspired and ready to take their next shot. Contact Cindy Miller at (716) 670-5341; cimiller@rtirguests.com