Do you want to be a massage therapist? Then you won’t want to miss today’s interview with Shari Aldrich, owner, Bodymechanics School of Massage

A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, host, BeInkandescent Health & Wellness — Hello friends! We are so excited to introduce you to the Executive Director of Infant Massage USA, Ashley Febvay.

Passionate about generational change in often overlooked communities, Ashley is proud to have started the SEED Scholarship, which makes infant massage education training more accessible, focusing on BIPOC, immigrant, and low-income communities.

With a Bachelor’s in Marketing from Oklahoma State University and a Master’s in Leadership and Management from Oklahoma City University, Ashley has been working with nonprofits, including the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, for over a decade. read more...

A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, producer of Inkandescent Radio and creator of Inkandescent® PR + Publishing Co. — It’s always an honor and pleasure to introduce our audience to amazing healers I have worked with.

Case in point is my connection in 2011 to my friend Amy Steindler, a Certified Life Coach based in Annapolis, MD, who introduced me to the work of internationally-renowned coach trainer Martha Beck, author of many books, including her recent bestseller The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to your True Self. I was so inspired by Martha's work that I enrolled and graduated from her life coach training program in 2020. read more...

Spring 2023: A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, host and producer, BeInkandescent Health & Wellness Show — For more than 30 years, Heidi Kaufman and Carolyn Rabidoux have been friends who are on a mission: They are passionate about prioritizing health and wellness. "In 2008, we began working together to bring the well-being tools of yoga to a local elementary school," explains the co-founders of the nonprofit Peacefull Kids.

On this episode of the BeInkandescent show:

You'll learn how with a Greater Rochester Health Foundation grant, this dynamic duo developed and implemented a program that catalyzed wellness throughout the school; How it helped hundreds of students increase self-awareness, better manage stress, and get more movement during the school day. In 2018 they launched Peacefull Kids to bring the research and interventions of Positive Psychology to the greater community; What these new and powerful tools for educators and students will support their well-being and help them meet challenging times. Don't miss it! read more...

A Note from Eric Jones, president, US Distance Learning Association — The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted education in over 150 countries and affected 1.6 billion students. In response, many countries implemented some form of remote learning but many lack the knowledge and/or resources on how to effectively cope. More than ever, the world saw the need to adapt to a new educational context: Distance Learning.

Since 1987, USDLA has been at the forefront of distance learning education research, development, and best practices. More than a non-profit organization, USDLA is a family and greater than our 35 years of experience in the distance learning arena, is our commitment to be an educational beacon in times such as these. read more...

A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher, Be Inkandescent Health & Wellness magazine — Today on BeInkandescent Health & Wellness magazine’s Mind, Body, Spirit, and Soul Show, I’m thrilled to introduce you to Shari Aldrich, owner of Bodymechanics School of Massage.

About Shari: As the owner of Bodymechanics School of Myotherapy & Massage, Shari has the ability to focus on her life’s work — to help people reach their goals through education. Her personal mission is to help 1 million people get out of pain by 2025 by helping them incorporate massage and fitness into their daily lives. While she knows she can't personally touch 1 million people herself, she can teach massage at her 3 schools and have the licensed massage therapists who graduate become the army of healers who will help her reach that big audacious goal. I am proud to be part of that army, as a recent graduate of Shari’s school in Santa Fe. In fact, last Thursday, June 2, 2022, I was part of the first class to finish the 10-month program at her newest school in Santa Fe, NM. read more...

A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher, BeInkandescent Health & Wellness magazine — I am so excited to introduce our readers to wonderful Brenda Lee Nelson, a masterful life coach that I met during my own Martha Beck Wayfinder Life Coach training in 2020. In the year since, Brenda and I have been on monthly Coach-the-Coach calls, which are a wonderful tool to help coaches stay centered.

In my experience working with Brenda, being centered is her superpower. As you'll learn in our interview and Q&A below, she is on a mission to always, and in all ways, be a loving and graceful being who sees the light in others, this truly amazing woman inspires others to be fully in their magick. read more...

A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher, BeInkandescent Health & Wellness magazine — As we look forward to 2022, I can't think of a better cover story of the January-February issue than architect Alex Yuen who will be interviewing Edie Dillman, CEO of B.Public Prefab.

"B.Public prefab panelized off-site construction system radically reduces carbon footprint while maximizing comfort and low-energy performance for new home construction," explains Edie of her company based in Santa Fe, NM. "Craftsman prefab designed to exceed your greenest dreams." read more...

A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, producer, Inkandescent Radio: I am thrilled to have interviewed Tony Award-winning actor Greg Jbara on Facebook Live.

A friend since childhood (while attending Juilliard, he was the drama counselor at Camp Akiba, which I attended from ages 10-20), Greg and I have remained in touch. When I reached out to ask if he’d be willing to be the cover story of my magazine’s next issue, BeInkandescent Health & Wellness www.BeInkandescent.com — Greg said YES! read more...

“Through emotional inspiration and cultural awareness art is responsible for bringing all of us together,” insist the founders of the Chicago-based Art of Giving Foundation, which was born from passion, diligence, and a genuine concern for the enrichment of communities — and the common good.

A philanthropic art broker, the Art of Giving Foundation provides artists around the world the means to promote and sell their art all while giving back to their communities. Art purchases through the organization’s website are tax deductible, and a portion of sales benefit their social initiative programs. read more...

September 2020: A Note from Hope, founder Inkandescent™ Radio — What does it take to face your fears? For guidance, we turn to former Navy SEAL Don Mann, who since his days of service is continue to help millions through is inspirational books, including Facing Your Fears.

Believe it or not, I met Don Mann sitting in a coffee shop in Richmond, VA back in September of 2018. We were both tapping on our laptops when we struck up a conversation about what we were writing. Don was putting the finishing touches on one of his books based on his decades long career at as Navy SEAL (he’d penned about 15 at the time). I was relaunching BeInkandescent.com — formerly a business magazine for entrepreneurs — as Inkandescent Health & Wellness: The business of mind, body, spirit, soul. It didn’t take long for us to strike up a professional friendship. read more...

The Inkandescent™ Radio team is thrilled to introduce you to multi-talented Slash Coleman, an award-winning storyteller and writer who in 2016 introduced Laughter Yoga to as many people in Richmond, VA that he could find. His free classes were attended by thousands, all curious about how they could laugh their way to healing using a yogic art form created in India — a method Slash got turned on to as a way to heal his collapsed lungs.

Here’s the back story: Known for his humorous one-man performance-based stage productions, including one based on his uber popular book, The Bohemian Love Diaries, Slash’s other claims to incredible fame include his work as a personal perspectives blogger for Psychology Today, The Washington Post, The New York Times, PBS and the NPR series, How Artists Make Money. His work is most often compared to that of humorist David Sedaris. read more...

January 2021: A note from Hope, publisher, BeInkandescent Health & Wellness magazine — It is a pleasure to launch 2021 to look to the future. With that goal in mind, we are honored to feature two dynamic young architects who have an eye on the future.

Meet Weijia Song and Alex Yuen, founders of Collective Operations, an architectural and urban design, research, and development firm seeking to do things differently.

“We focus on design, research, and development because we think that each is most powerful when working in tandem with the others. Often, research focuses on the past, development has an eye to the future, and architecture focuses on space here and now. As designers trying to make a positive impact, it is important that we consider all of these moments together,” explains Weijia, a native of New Zealand who partnered with Alex in founding Collective Operations and setting up an office in 2021 in San Francisco, CA. “We balance work between private and public clients while also keeping an eye out to initiate projects ourselves or with partners.” read more...

Hello! I’m Hope Katz Gibbs, creator The Inkandescent™ Group — here to introduce the newest division of my company, Inkandescent Health & Wellness: Meet Me at The Well — online at YourWell.us.

We are growing wellness firm dedicated to providing movement, mindfulness, meditation, nutrition, and other type of wellness classes to get as many bodies as possible moving, eating well, and feeling good!

I co-founded this project with my daughter Anna, who is also a professional photographer and videographer. Both of us are yoga and movement teachers. I teach a style called Kundalini, and Anna specializes in powerful hatha flow and brings yoga to kids. She also is a wellness coach, and is passionate about teaching kids of all ages to love themselves by eating well and getting their bodies. read more...