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  Shape up to who you really A.R.E. (How I lost 50lbs in 5 months!)

  Cliff Beach, MBA, Author, Musician, VP of Digital & Operations, Side Hustle & Flow

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Health & Fitness

  In my talk on "Shape Up: How I Lost 50 lbs in 5 Months," I invite you on a transformative fitness journey towards a fitter, happier you. I acknowledge the current state of health and fitness, reflecting on our eating habits and exercise routines. Together, we'll identify areas for improvement in lifestyle choices, recognizing the profound impact of health on overall happiness. MORE >

  By setting clear and achievable health goals, embracing positivity, and cultivating self-compassion, we'll pave the way for lasting change. Let's embark on this journey with gratitude and visualization, empowering ourselves to become the best version of ourselves.

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  Be The Bubble

  Bradley Silbrman, Bradley Dean

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Self Improvement

  To Be The Bubble - a powerful toolkit that literally transforms your life. Brad’s hard-won life lessons are carefully distilled into talks, workshops, books, and courses. Experience a mind-shift or altered state of alignment by: Acknowledging what you have been through, why you are here and how to break free. Using your hardhsips / mistakes / failures and what what you are holding onto. Activate your individual unique light, and live your best life with complete happiness and success. MORE >

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  From Newtonian to Quantum: A New Model for Collaboration and Leadership

  Rachel Miller, Spiritual Healer, Teacher & Guide, New Paradigm Leaders

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  For more than 300 years, leadership and organizational structures have been shaped by Newtonian thinking which is linear, mechanical, predictable. But modern science tells us something radically different: we live in a quantum world that is interconnected, dynamic, and influenced by observation and intention. MORE >

  In this talk, Rachel Miller introduces practical quantum principles, inspired by the work of the Quantum Learning Academy, and translates them into actionable leadership insights. Attendees will learn how shifting from rigid, outdated paradigms to quantum awareness can:

  - Improve collaboration and communication
  - Increase innovation and creativity
  - Strengthen accountability and empowerment
  - Elevate team cohesion and performance

  This is not physics class, it’s perspective transformation. Leaders leave with a new lens for decision-making and a framework for operating in today’s rapidly evolving world.

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  Weight Loss Tips For Women Over 40

  Sarah Mirkin, RD, Registered Dietitian , Kitchen Coach by Sarah Mirkin

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Health & Fitness

  Most women tend to gain weight as we age. This is for several reasons. First, until we are age 20 are bodies are building muscle. After age 20 it stops. We need to build of maintain our muscle mass through exercise and diet. This is to maintain a healthy weight and metabolism. MORE >

  Next, woman over 40 who went to lose weight will frequently over exercise and underrated! I see this mistake so often and it backfires every time. Your body perceives this as 2 major stressors on the body and your metabolism slows down to preserve body fat.

  The key is listening to your body. Eat when you’re hungry not “starved”, and stop when you are satisfied, not “stuffed”. Try to include small frequent meals, that are high in protein and vegetables with a small amount of healthy fat, to fuel your body evenly throughout the day. Carbohydrates can be eaten in small portions as long as the meal is also high in protein.

  Try to include strengthening exercises at least 3 times a week, and regular exercise 20-60 minutes per day. Be a body in motion! Move whenever you can!

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  Dare Mighty Things – A Short History of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  David Lehman, Project Manager, Retired from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Educational

  The origins of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory date back to the 1930s, when Caltech professor Theodore von Kármán oversaw pioneering work in rocket propulsion. After unsuccessful and sometimes hazardous experiments, several of his graduate students were forced to move their work off campus. They chose the Arroyo Seco, a dry canyon wash north of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California – and future home of JPL. This early work grew into a laboratory of over 4000 employees that has sent spacecraft to every planet in our solar system and two spacecraft now in interstellar space. MORE >

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  Clarity = Prosperity / The Importance of Mindfulness around Money

  Kathleen Kroner, Spiritual Coach, The Prosperous Proprietor

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial

  Together we will explore the intersection of mindful awareness practices and personal finance. This will teach participants how to develop a more conscious and intentional relationship with money. The session would begin by introducing the concept of financial mindfulness—bringing non-judgmental awareness to spending habits, emotional triggers around money, and automatic financial behaviors. MORE >

  It would cover practical techniques like the "pause before purchase" practice, gratitude exercises for current resources, and methods to identify emotional spending patterns. The presentation would emphasize how stress and unconscious habits often drive poor financial decisions, while mindful awareness can create space for more aligned choices.

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  Leading Like a Woman in a Man’s World

  Gretchen Hydo, Master Certified Coach, Gretchen Hydo International

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  The issue of gender equality and supporting women in the workplace is more important than ever before. Along with the subtle gender biases there are a few self-imposed barriers holding women back. This talk offers practical tips to create working environments that foster the innate gifts and abilities of both sexes, while debunking the myths about them. MORE >

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  Will Technology Kill Your Commoditized Practice?

  Vic Clement, Principal, Financial Essentials 4 Life

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial

  Technologies such as block chain and artificial intelligence are beginning to intrude on the delivery of commoditized professional services. Although the technologies have been around for some time, we're just beginning to see the tip of the accelerated commoditization iceberg. MORE >

  It's difficult for many professionals to imagine, but just as robotics replaced humans in low level manufacturing tasks, artificial intelligence and machine learning will replace humans in low level, high commodity, information-based tasks. It's only a matter of time, and that timeline is shrinking. The most readily visible examples are tax returns, insurance, medical diagnoses and prescriptions, investments, and others.

  Vic Clement discusses methods of redefining your role and transforming your practice to decommoditize and compete at a level that information technology can't reach - the human level. Taking a deep dive into the modern psyche, Vic shares his experience and lessons learned from transforming his own practice and, thereby, improved his client's lives and, more importantly, his own life by building his practice around his own aspirations.

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  From Concept to Cosmos: A Journey through Project Management Principles and NASA’s Best Practices

  David Lehman, Project Manager, Retired from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Educational

  In this presentation Mr. Lehman will summarize the basic principles of project management. This will be followed by a summary of NASA’s process for managing space projects throughout the life cycle, including formulation which consists of Phase A (concept & technology development) and Phase B (preliminary design and technology completion phase), approval for implementation, and implementation which includes Phase C (final design & fabrication), Phase D (system assembly, integration & test, launch & checkout), and Phase E (operations and sustainment). He will address how NASA forms teams including the importance of key roles such as Project Manager, Project Systems Engineer (PSE), Safety & Mission Assurance Manager, and System Managers. He will then address the role of systems engineering in project management and the process of how PSEs mature their systems-level preliminary designs, and then address the expected maturity state of projects as they progress through the life cycle. Finally, Mr. Lehman will present three case studies in project management: the Deep Space 1 mission, the Mars Climate Orbiter failure lessons learned, and the last mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger. MORE >

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  Fear Is an Illusion: Reclaiming Your Power and Freedom

  Mary Armendarez, Founder, The Armendarez Method

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational

  n this eye-opening presentation, Mary Armendarez reveals the truth about fear and its deceptive power to hold us back from living our fullest potential. Drawing from spiritual wisdom and neuroscience, Mary explains how fear is often a self-created illusion, designed to protect but ultimately limiting us. MORE >

  Through powerful insights and practical tools, you’ll learn how to recognize and dismantle fear-based thinking, transform it into a catalyst for growth, and step boldly into the life you desire. This presentation will inspire you to move beyond the boundaries of fear, reclaim your inner strength, and embrace a mindset of courage, clarity, and limitless possibilities.

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