Episodes

  • How everyday people are making a real difference using transformational advocacy!
    Jun 24 2026
    Dr. Saran Heron talks with Sam Daley-Harris, who started as a symphony musician and then founded the anti-poverty lobby RESULTS in 1980, co-founded the Microcredit Summit Campaign in 1995, and founded Civic Courage in 2012. An activist and author, he has spent decades studying why engaged, well-meaning people eventually go quiet. He will share about transformational advocacy, reasons why people go silent, ways you can make a difference, and how you can take steps today to make a real difference!
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    28 mins
  • Defying the odds to pursue dreams and rise up!
    Jun 17 2026
    Dr. Saran Heron talks with Dr. Alicia Swaby-Spencer, a medical doctor at Mandeville Regional Hospital in Jamaica, West Indies and a proud native of Montego Bay, Jamaica. A graduate of the University of the West Indies, Mona, she is also the founder alongside her husband Dr. Andrew Spencer of A&A Medical Office, A&A Optical in Mandeville and Christiana, A&A Sweet Dreamz Café, and A&A Service Solutions and Consultant Limited. She will share her journey to becoming, proving despite the setbacks, how her faith has allowed her to rise above the odds.
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    28 mins
  • If Biology Becomes Programmable?
    Jun 10 2026
    Dr. Saran Heron talks with Dr. Adrian Woolfson, the co-founder of Genyro, a California-based biotechnology company specializing in synthetic genome design and construction. He studied medicine at Balliol College, Oxford. He will share about how to synthetic genome and construction, and discuss biology being programmable and share what this may mean for the future of science!
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    29 mins
  • Parents Managing Children Who Are Vulnerable and Different
    Jun 3 2026
    Dr. Saran Heron talks with Dr. Ellen Bassuk, a psychiatrist, researcher, clinician, and advocate whose five-decade career has focused on mental health, homelessness, and vulnerable populations, especially families and children. She served as Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School for nearly 40 years. She will share personal experience with her son, as a parent, and importance of advocation for your loved ones. She believes you should protect those who are vulnerable and different, while helping them to rise!
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    28 mins
  • Love Is in the Air: Tips for Dating After 50
    May 27 2026
    Dr. Saran Heron talks with Dr. Victoria Vaughn, a a life-long learner who holds a doctorate in education and is a retired educator and college administrator. After a thirty-year marriage, she found herself amicably divorced and single at the age of fifty-five. She will share her experiences, red flags and provide sound guidance for all who are trying to navigate the dating world today. Learn how to make better choices and find the partner you deserve!
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    28 mins
  • Self Awareness, The Key to a Meaningful Life
    May 20 2026
    Dr. Saran Heron talks with Dr. William Lanting, a physician who has helped tens of thousands of patients over 43 years. He has given lectures on allergies and asthma to hundreds of physicians locally and nationally. He has been seen on Good Morning America discussing cold urticaria, an allergy to cold. He will share about self-awareness and how important it is to a meaningful life. He will share how you can begin to live a fulfilling life!
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    28 mins
  • Is Your Body Asking for Change This Season?
    Apr 29 2026
    Dr. Saran Heron talks with Marcel Vögeli, the spokesperson for “The Key to Self-Liberation” by the late Christiane Beerlandt, an encyclopedic work on the psychological and emotional roots of more than 1,000 diseases and symptoms. He will talk about your body, and if our bodies could be trying to tell us something. He will share his personal experiences, and how he dealt with his condition by listening to his body.
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    28 mins
  • What an Ancient Hawaiian Healing Practice Can Teach Us About Modern Forgiveness
    Apr 22 2026
    Dr. Saran Heron talks with Taj Simrit, who was born and raised in the South of France. He earned a degree in photography but spent 25 years working in a variety of commission-only sales positions. He is the author of 'Behold My Soul,' a memoir written to inspire readers to reclaim their power and regain control of their destiny through forgiveness, love, and resilience. He will share healing practices, the importance of forgiveness, and how important it is to work on yourself and rise!
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    27 mins