Have you witnessed a time when you industry reversed course on something important? We’d love to hear about it, because when these U-Turns are covered up we lose out on our ability to better evaluate the current direction of our industries.

Fazal Najimudeen | Global Travel Consultant

I completed four decades in the travel and hospitality by March of 2021 and still moving on. Although I have lived to see many changes in the industry evolving over the past four decades the most significant and impactful would be the covid-19 impact to our industry. This global pandemic has set us back at least five years in terms of revenue and as this was a “sudden impact” and we were totally un-prepared, it literally brought the travel & hospitality industry to its knees with no immediate action plan on how to mitigate the financial implications. Read more>>

Jennifer Hobson Gormer | Learning & Talent Development Leader | Educator & Scholar | 3x Best Selling Author | Executive Board Member | Keynote

People have often asked me, how have I become so successful in my career and my answer is always that my success started at the ballet barre. I started dancing at 2, became pre-professional at 15, and professional at 17 touring the company and dancing while a senior in high school and Honorable Mention in NFAA Presidential Scholar competition. I started my first business when I was 15 with help from my mother. As a ballet dancer, it was always known that your career was over after you left the stage (mid to late 20s) and most dancers did not go to college nor earned degrees. Modern dancers had a longer life span but still struggled financially in the 80s and 90s. Read more>>

Tina Seitz | Holistic Skincare and Wellness Expert

I have been in skincare for over 30 years, and even though I have always address skincare from both internal and external conditions. It wasn’t until 2009 when I attend several lectures on growth factors and DNA repair with Dr. Ben Johnson, that caused me to transform my skincare practice. It was in that moment that I realized that the field of dermatology had been treating the skin wrong for so many years. I remember walking around the convention center in New York City, like a cloud had just been lifted and I was able to see the bigger picture and realize permanent skin changes were possible by giving the skin what it needed for repair. Read more>>

Kathleen Lisson | Meditation Teacher

Mindfulness – not a one size fits all stress reduction practice There is a shadow to the popular belief that meditation and mindfulness practices are easy, inexpensive ways to reduce stress with no negative side effects. Nothing could be simpler than sitting comfortably, closing our eyes and taking a few relaxing deep breaths, right? Let’s look at the evolution of ‘mindfulness’ – it’s not just for California granola-crunching hippies anymore. In the article ‘Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation,’ van dam et al. state that “during the past two decades, mindfulness meditation has gone from being a fringe topic of scientific investigation to being an occasional replacement for psychotherapy For some people – nothing could be harder. Read more>>

Rhonda Steinke | Naturopathic Doctor and Pranic Healer

The u-turn came when I consistently applied Pranic Healing as a modality in my medical practice and saw the depth to the application. It is a skill that I not only use for my clients, I use it for myself and my family. It allows me to grow in all facets of life. Pranic Healing is a non-touch healing modality that uses Prana (also known as life-force or qi) to remove used up or stuck Prana inside of your energy system. Then fresh prana is applied to specific areas of the body to accelerate the healing process. I kept up with the practice of Pranic healing, became an Associate Certified Pranic Healer and now teach the Level 1 Pranic Healing Class. Read more>>