Wake Up!

Jesse Gros is an extraordinary husband, father, and life coach, whose office is a yurt in the middle of Santa Monica. He has written two books. His latest, My Life Coach Wears a Tutu and Your Wild & Precious Life, were inspired by his life of adventure. During today's episode, Jesse candidly shares his newly found ability to say no, his philosophy about what success truly is, and how he plans to uplift humanity's ...

Taylor Clark is a 22-year-old entrepreneur and fashion designer dedicated to changing the world – one shirt at a time. Growing up with her parent's bridal gown business, Taylor was exposed to the fashion and business industry at a young age. Her infatuation for bridal gowns led her to travel across the country to Los Angeles, CA to attend the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) and pursue her dreams of being a fash...

Guest Alexa Rose Carlin is a speaker, business coach, author, and entrepreneur, who started her first business at 17. An autoimmune deficiency almost kept her from graduating college and working in the fashion industry designing jewelry. Alexa shares the story of how she turned a near-death experience and a debilitating disease into her personal brand by authentically sharing her ordeal on Periscope....

Alex Khan has been called the second most loved person on the Periscope platform. His wickedly intriguing German accent and his genuine persona earned him 200,000 followers and 50 million hearts in his first year of streaming. Alex is a serial entrepreneur, a keynote speaker and social media strategist. In the social media game since 2006, Alex has been able to gain insights about the most successful incentives and st...

Monika welcomes the lady who kicked her spiritual butt, Siddiqui Soul Ray. Siddiqui is an Intuitive Coach who provides her clients intuitive, clear direction, confidence, and hope. She is an energetic and playful certified health and wellness coach, and her 5 Archetypes help clients identify their blind spots. Siddiqui's genius channeled through in the form of photography. It was through this medium she realized she w...

The funny, raw, and authentic Isabel Foxen Duke joins Monika to share the inspirational journey of how she stopped fighting food. As a body positive advocate. Isabelle graduated with a BA in Sociology from Tufts, and received her health coaching certificate from the Institute of Integrated Nutrition. Isabel created StopFightingFood.com. It is there she offers a free video training series for women who want to stop fee...

Monika welcomes Ruby Fremon to the podcast today. Ruby is a transformational life coach, an energy healer, and a self-love advocate. Ruby helps women boost their self-worth, and put an end to self-destructive behaviors, so they can experience happiness, gain confidence, and attract love. Ruby combines her love for the metaphysical with her passion for coaching.

Ruby was willing to do whatever it took to ...

Katie Dalebout is a life coach, author, speaker, yoga teacher, and host of the Let It Out podcast.  Katie spreads positivity and authenticity wherever she goes and to whomever she touches. She intends to use her body image experiences to start a movement about what beauty means in our society. Katie encourages people to journal, and shares her own unique journey in her ...

Monika's guest, Asha Dahya is the Editor-in-Chief of Girl Talk HQ. Asha started Girl Talk HQ as a positive outlet for millennial women who are looking for inspiring content. After a decade-long career in the traditional entertainment industry, working for Disney, Fox, and MTV to name a few, Asha noticed women were represented differently than men in the media. So, she created a community where women could share and be...

Heather Regan is a soul-centered psychotherapist whose message has been featured in the Huffington Post, Women for One and Yahoo. She broke out of the mold of traditional psychotherapy by fusing modern psychology with spirituality and intellect with intuition. She leads her sessions with a spirit-driven approach. And in doing so, she helps women to break free of patterns of filling voids with food, shopping, body sham...

As a child, Emily Aubé was free to explore and find her truth. Her mother, a medium, allowed her to observe healing and connection at a deep level. While her family went through a rough divorce when she was 12, Emily was rife with anxiety. She was diagnosed with six anxiety disorders and during a panic attack she believed she was dying. She was able to recover by owning her issues and by removi...

In this episode, Monika interviews Rachel Elizabeth Murray, a celebrity fitness personality, certified trainer and nutrition coach, speaker, author, professional sports model, and actor. She teaches people to live by the motto that fitness is more than just physical. She shares that through her brand. She's here to help people get confidence back, reach for their potential, and live fitter, healthier, more awake lives...

It is safe to say that most teenagers are not founding companies, like social entrepreneur, Joshua Davidson. He founded his first company, Chop Dawg, at age 16 and his second company, Subtle, at age 19. Now, Joshua utilizes his skills to assist startups and grow businesses to make a positive impact, while also developing his own businesses at the same time.

Joshua's company, Chop Dawg, is a full service startup catapult that takes ...

Our guest today is Madelyn Moon, a young woman who had once been consumed by her need to have the "perfect" body. After years of intensive training for modeling photo shoots and fitness competitions, she came to the realization that she was obsessing over food and her body and not pursuing her passion.

Now, Life Coach Maddy Moon is helping women and men learn how to take control of their relationship with food while enjoying their ...

You'd never think Jay Howard was only 26 years old.  When I watched him on Periscope, I was blown away by his passion for life and the authentic way in which he shared.

Jay Howard is an LA based television host who can be found on Periscope, his blog, and other social media where he aims to create content that engages and entertains his growing audience. He loves encouraging others to pursue "the art of living a...

In Episode 5 of Wake Up, Monika dives deep into the power of story telling with blogger, with Allison Volk.

Allison Volk, actress, playwright, and also known as "The Blog Babe", talks about the importance of sharing your story and validates that everyone has an important story and frame of reference to share their life from.  Listen and learn how important it is to WAKE UP to the value the story of your life brings to the...

As a published author, public speaker, guest lecturer, TV Sports Analyst and NFL Player Engagement Ambassador, Thomas R. Williams is a "Professional Reminder." Known for his engaging presentations, Thomas' passion is to remind companies, organizations and individuals that you don't have to look for "GREATNESS"; "Greatness" is already inside of you.

"Everyone has everything they need, to get everything they want." As a small town ki...

Equipped with her Business and Finance degree from the University of North Carolina, Lauren Welter had everything a young, optimistic career woman could want. She had been offered a position as an investment banking analyst on Wall Street, and was eager to take on NYC and begin her climb to the top.

Little did she know at the time, the generous salary, fancy weekend soirees and new-found status, would not provide the fulfillme...

Mia Banducci is a healer and a dedicated world changer. Her background and education are in international business, and after traveling the world she fell so in love with the communal culture of food in every country she visited that she transitioned her focus to the culinary realm. She has worked in wellness from the physical capacity as a personal chef and evolved into the power of healing mind, body, and soul energetically. At 1...