Kern Carter

Novelist and Entrepreneur making a living with words.

I'm living a dream.

I told myself at 8 years old that I would be a novelist and that is exactly the life I'm living today. That said, it took a lot to get here.

I dropped out of high school at 18 when I became a father. But I believed so much in the power of education that I found a way to earn my final credit then accepted a full athletic scholarship to play basketball at a university in Upstate New York.

University is where I started writing my first novel in earnest. After self-publishing my first two books, I secured an agent and signed my first publishing deal in 2021, then two more in 2022 with Penguin and Scholastic. I currently have multiple publishing contracts.

I also have a thriving creative business that includes Film Production (one of my films is on Amazon Prime Video), Ghostwriting, and building platforms for emerging writing and creative talent.

My story is all about perseverance and strategy. I didn't get here by accident. I planned each step of my journey with precision and now I'm living the live I've always dreamed of.

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Ange Dove

Feeling overlooked? Simply start showing up.

I've left millions on the table because I did not leverage my personal brand. It's an expensive mistake that I want to make sure no up-and-coming business owner makes.

I was crippled with insecurity, hid behind my business brand, fell apart in front of the camera, left decades with no photos of me because I refused to be seen, and paid the price in my business.

I'm here to make sure that doesn't happen to your guests and that they get known for one thing with a message that's crystal clear.

Building my copywriting business offline over 20 years ago, I transitioned it to a fully online business in 2016, bringing fixed overheads down from $80,000 per month to just the few hundred dollars it takes to run the subscriptions for my online tools, and giving myself the freedom to run my business from anywhere on my terms and around my lifestyle.

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Tom Fox

The Compliance Evangelist

Tom Fox is passionate about podcasting and compliance. He is the Leading Voice in Compliance, having founded the only podcast network in compliance, the award-winning Compliance Podcast Network. Tom is also a co-founder of the award-winning Texas Hill Country Podcast Network, which focuses on a rural area of Texas. Tom has won 33 awards for podcast hosting and producing podcasts. He is also an award-winning blogger, having posted the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report daily since 2010.

Tom is also a best-selling author, having written 30 books in the areas of compliance, business ethics and leadership. He is the author of the seminal compliance work, The Compliance Handbook, now in its 4th edition. He is author of two other international best-sellers on compliance; Lessons Learned on Compliance and Ethics and Best Practices Under the FCPA and Bribery Act. He is most proud of his 3 best-selling children’s books on compliance Being a Compliance Officer is Awesome, Speaking Up is Awesome and Compliance Saves the Galaxy. All 3 were published by Dinosaur House and are available at Amazon.com.

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Lisa Haynes

Retired and Killin' It: The Ultimate Retirement Plan

I remember the moment I decided to retire. It wasn’t a long, drawn-out process. An executive coach I was working with asked me a few questions to help me think about what I wanted in my next role. After I sat down and completed the exercise, it hit me: I didn’t want another role. I was ready to retire—and to finally do other things I had put off for years.

After I retired, I was invited to speak on a leadership panel at MBA’s mPowering You conference. On that stage, I told the audience, “I’m retired and killin’ it.”

That moment stuck with me. Later, I became a certified executive coach and discovered retirement coaching—a field focused on helping people prepare for and transition into retirement, emphasizing the non-financial side of this life stage that so many overlook.

That led me to create the KILLIN’ IT formula and write the book Retired and Killin’ It to help others navigate life after work with clarity and purpose.

An estimated 14.8 million Boomers will retire in the next five years—and most are unprepared for what comes after the paycheck stops. I’m here to help them step confidently into this next season, using my KILLIN’ IT formula to build purpose, connection, and joy in the years ahead.

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Amanda Landes

I'm Almost Okay: Navigating the Grief of Parental Loss, Miscarriage, and Divorce

I am a licensed psychologist who has worked in private practice and forensic settings. I believe I have a unique perspective to share with listeners based upon my personal and professional experiences. I am an expert in hard through work and through home, and I have come to believe that both parts are necessary to understand others. I am humble, quirky, and do not take myself too seriously, which I have been told makes me approachable and easy to talk to. I like to share my thoughts on human behavior in a funny and palatable way. I love to share a good metaphor or TV show reference to help illustrate my points.

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Karina Pen Name K. K. Biernath

It is never too late to rediscover yourself and become the person you were always meant to be!

Karina, who writes under the pen name K. K. Biernath, is a Polish-born author, poet, and speaker whose work focuses on vulnerability, courage, and the inner and landscapes of women's lives. Now living in Pennsylvania, she draws inspiration from her personal journey—including

motherhood and raising children with special needs.

She recently published her first book, a memoir, Karina: One Woman's Journey from Fear to Freedom.

She wrote this book with her children in mind, to tell them, and others, through the book and her words, that anything is possible in life.

You can be whoever you want to be.

Do whatever you want to do.

Live however and wherever you want to.

She lived a life she thought she was supposed to. Career, marriage, family, and success—but inside, she was lost.

Her body began to break down, and that was the wake-up call she couldn’t ignore. She then came to realize that her very own thoughts were making her sick. And if her thoughts could make her ill, then maybe her thoughts could also help her heal.

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Garrett Wood

Garrett Wood, NBC-HWC, is a clinical hypnotherapist and executive functioning specialist helping high-achievers turn burnout into breakthrough with his A³ Framework for sustainable success.

Early in my career, I fell into the same trap as so many high performers — pouring everything into output, measuring worth by achievement, and ignoring the body’s warnings.

I watched bright colleagues grow cynical, disconnected, and lost to exhaustion — and felt those same patterns in my own life.

Then one tragic loss shattered the illusion of “success at any cost,” revealing the truth: when self-worth is tied to achievement alone, it can strip away your health, your relationships, and even your life.

That moment ignited my mission — because no one should have to lose their life, health, wealth, or relationships in the pursuit of success.

Sustainable success is built through your well-being — not at its expense.

Because success isn’t real if it costs your health, your relationships, or your peace of mind.

Burnout isn’t about your calendar, your inbox, or your to-do list. It’s about a mismatch between what your nervous system needs and what your environment demands.

The bigger the gap, the sooner you burn out. My A³ Framework — Assess, Accommodate, Align — gives high-achievers a nervous-system-first approach to sustainable success.

I am a National Board–Certified Health and Wellness Coach, clinical hypnotherapist, executive functioning specialist and founder of Gnosis Therapy. For nearly two decades, I've helped high-achieving, high-masking professionals turn burnout into breakthroughs using outcome based coaching, clinical hypnotherapy and somatic regulation.

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Craig Morningstar

Helping business owners build and keep their wealth. Serial entrepreneur with 30+ years experience in maximizing value, asset protection, and finance

A serial entrepreneur, seasoned C-level executive, and business consultant, Craig brings more than three decades of financial services and investment management expertise. His career has been dedicated to helping business owners maximize value, protect assets, and manage complex wealth outcomes.

Aviation enthusiast and grandfather.

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