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The Wellness Driven Life Show is a weekly conversation about wellness, mindset, nervous system health, and personal growth, hosted by April Chavez. Scientists, physicians, authors, and practitioners break down what helps and how to use it. New episode every Wednesday at 6 PM Pacific time, Los Angeles.The show runs on SIP, three dimensions April returns to in every conversation: Spiritual, Intellectual, and Physical. Most wellness advice picks one and ignores the other two. These conversations hold all three at once, because that is how people live.Guests have included cell biologist Bruce Lipton, Lynne McTaggart on the science of intention, Neale Donald Walsch, Dr. Rollin McCraty of the HeartMath Institute, Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, body language expert Janine Driver, and Dr. Patrick Porter of BrainTap. Topics run from attachment styles and generational trauma to burnout, meditation, longevity after 50, and how the nervous system holds what the mind forgets.April is a former police of
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- Yesterday27 min
Music Is the Universal Language: Nick Hames on Why We Dance
Music is a universal language to Nick Hames, and he says it has never steered him wrong. Nick, a Boston-raised, Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter and guitarist who fronts the band HAMES, explains why there's a song for every emotion, why a crowd kept dancing straight from a Stevie Wonder cover into a deep, traumatic song he wrote, and why his new album, West Coast Wannabe, is the closure he needed four years after leaving Boston.He watched Jimmy Page play guitar at three, started lessons at six, and still calls himself a bedroom guitar player playing to his mirror. He talks about why small-town crowds get up and dance while Los Angeles crowds watch, how Prince became his number one hero, what a jar of peanut butter he broke at six has to do with his first EP, the THEN and the NOW, and why a song can store a memory you revisit any time you hit play.🎵 West Coast Wannabe, the new album from Nick Hames, out November 6: https://too.fm/8xwzr3k▶️ Watch the full conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0XOhlNgBK94CHAPTERS00:00 The song that opens somebody else00:18 Welcome to The Wellness Driven Life Show01:00 Meet Nick Hames01:39 Music is the bridge to the soul02:05 Growing up north of Boston03:06 Watching Jimmy Page at three03:56 A song for every emotion04:32 Music is a universal language05:24 Moving a crowd from a big stage05:51 A bedroom guitar player in the mirror07:12 Make people feel the way his heroes do09:23 His dream guitar09:49 The Hollywood Bowl, one day10:33 Why audiences dance11:13 How he builds a set list11:50 Superstition, then a traumatic song12:21 Why small towns dance more13:03 A mountain bar in a town of 3,00014:29 A word from Driven Livin'15:34 The musicians who shaped him16:06 Classic rock in his veins16:53 Goo Goo Dolls and John Mayer17:19 Prince, his number one hero17:48 Inspired by songs, not bands18:21 Giving the crowd what they came for19:07 Pop songs with guitar solos19:47 You sound like an artist I've never heard of20:59 His first EP, the THEN and the NOW21:25 A jar of peanut butter at six22:10 West Coast Wannabe, out November 623:06 Missing home in LA23:44 Closure for that chapter24:10 A song as a time capsule24:49 What therapy pieces together25:37 Son, you'd be crazy not to26:20 Where to see Nick liveWHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAYWhy a crowd will keep dancing through a slow, heavy song once the energy is in the roomHow a songwriter uses an album to close a chapter of his life and still keep it within reachHow one small moment from childhood, like a broken jar in a grocery aisle, can shape who you are as an adultABOUT NICK HAMESNick Hames is a singer, songwriter and guitarist, raised in Boston and based in Los Angeles. He fronts the band HAMES and writes his own music. His first EP, the THEN and the NOW, came out in 2024, and his new album, West Coast Wannabe, comes out November 6, 2026.West Coast Wannabe · Instagram @nickhames · YouTube @NickHamesSTAY CONNECTEDEvery episode: drivenlivin.com/the-wellness-driven-life-showNewsletter: drivenlivin.substack.com/subscribeThe Drive Collective: drivenlivin.com/communityPRODUCTION CREDITSHosted and executive produced by April Chavez.Video production by Manlee J. Chavez.Music by Steve Stuntz.Guest agreements and disclaimer: drivenlivin.com/guest-agreements
- 1 weeks ago42 min
Songwriting as Therapy: Julian Shah-Tayler on Turning Pain Into Music
Songwriting as therapy is how Julian Shah-Tayler turns betrayal and anger into music he can walk away from. Julian, a singer, songwriter and producer with a Golden Trailer Award for his work with Lana Del Rey on Disney's Maleficent, breaks down how Carl Jung's shadow work shapes his songs, why his first angry song ends with his 11-year-old daughter Phoebe singing "make it stop," and why he compares a finished song to the bowl Dumbledore pours his memories into.He sang as a soloist chorister at Durham Cathedral Choir School from the age of seven and spent 10 years touring in Depeche Mode and David Bowie tribute bands. He explains what Carl Jung's shadow has to do with his albums Elysium and Honne Tatemae, why he tries to put Apollo and Dionysus into every song, how a DVD presented by David Lynch brought him to Transcendental Meditation, and what's inside Easy to Love, the Harmony Records set that ships with a free CD player.▶️ Watch the full conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/T7MpQ0CZ5-MCHAPTERS00:00 Where the two selves meet00:19 Welcome to The Wellness Driven Life Show01:00 Meet Julian Shah-Tayler02:18 A Durham Cathedral chorister at seven02:57 Songwriting as self-therapy03:47 Betrayal and Carl Jung's shadow04:15 The first angry song he ever wrote04:44 Why go into dark work?04:55 Ten years in Depeche Mode and Bowie tribute bands05:42 An emotive songwriter, not a narrative one05:56 Why he doesn't write for everybody06:26 Elysium and Honne Tatemae, one relationship07:02 Coalescing pain into diamonds07:23 Malicious Intent and a friend of 25 years07:51 A song as a bowl for memories09:46 Therapy without the therapist10:10 Songs that came true10:29 The self we show in public11:23 Raw songs and poetry12:24 Apollo and Dionysus14:17 Easy to Love on Harmony Records14:52 Easy, one of the first songs he wrote15:23 David Chatfield and a free CD player17:10 Make it stop: Phoebe on the record18:21 It takes guts to be gentle and kind19:41 The booklet and the liner notes21:37 400 songs and an autobiography23:03 His first songs, at 1524:21 Social media and memory25:17 Phoebe, his one constant on tour26:49 How do we get present?27:20 Transcendental Meditation27:53 The Beatles, Radiohead and David Lynch29:49 What TM feels like30:43 Not a cult, a mechanism31:17 What else keeps him present32:54 Rejecting the shadow33:35 His new single34:36 A father and a performer37:10 Why you should see him live38:03 Bar Sinister and the dark wave crowd39:26 Darker tones to make people love each other40:00 Where to find Julian40:54 A book of lyrics, somedayWHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAYWhy a songwriter treats each finished song as a place to put a memory down, so he can step away from it for a whileWhat Carl Jung's shadow has to do with why dark songs reach people that bright pop songs missWhat changed when Julian handed the last line of his first angry song to his daughterABOUT JULIAN SHAH-TAYLERJulian Shah-Tayler is a singer, songwriter and producer, born in Leeds, England, and based in Los Angeles. A classically trained pianist and former soloist chorister at Durham Cathedral, he won a Golden Trailer Award for his work with Lana Del Rey on Disney's Maleficent and has recorded with Mike Garson, Carmine Rojas and David J. His albums include Elysium and Honne Tatemae, and his latest release, Easy to Love, is out on Harmony Records.julianshahtaylermusic.com · Instagram @julianshahtaylermusicSTAY CONNECTEDEvery episode: drivenlivin.com/the-wellness-driven-life-show Newsletter: drivenlivin.substack.com/subscribe The Drive Collective: drivenlivin.com/communityPRODUCTION CREDITSHosted and executive produced by April Chavez. Video production by Manlee J. Chavez. Music by Steve Stuntz. Guest agreements and disclaimer: drivenlivin.com/guest-agreements
- 2 weeks ago38 min
The Science of Sound Healing: Lynne McTaggart on The God Notes
Lynne McTaggart has spent twenty-five years gathering evidence that we are not separate. The Field made that case with physics, The Intention Experiment with thought, and The Power of Eight with groups. Her new book, The God Notes, makes it with sound, and she tells April why her answer to "are we made of sound?" is yes: "It's singing out there. Everything from ourselves to the cosmos."She walks through the research behind the book: cells that make one sound when they're content and another when they're stressed, a psychologist who heard his own nervous system whining after an argument and calmed it with two tuning forks, plants that hear a caterpillar chewing on their leaves, and the Cambridge scientists who believe the sounds of black holes created galaxies. She also asks April to guess which music red blood cells like best. They both guess wrong.▶️ Watch the full conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mZHAXgA3oVsCHAPTERS00:00 Sound came first for galaxies00:23 What if the universe is made of music?02:02 Meet Lynne McTaggart03:14 From investigative reporter to the nature of reality04:24 The Field, The Intention Experiment and The Power of Eight05:24 Are we made of sound?06:32 Music is the bridge to the soul07:40 We are vibrating packets of energy08:48 Your cells make a sound09:10 Your brain works like an orchestra10:08 What outside sounds do to us10:52 Guess which music red blood cells like best12:12 The notes cancer cells don't like13:25 Notes that send you into transcendence14:14 Why a search for "best music" gets it wrong16:10 Not "auditory cheesecake"17:18 Wind turbines and sounds you can't hear18:26 The Santa Ana winds19:56 Choosing where to live by its sound21:38 How to listen to your body22:04 Two tuning forks, C and G22:52 The nervous system that whined24:56 Twenty seizures a day, then none26:29 A sonic intergalactic superorganism26:57 Plants have ears27:38 Plants that pop like popcorn28:45 The 1,000 hertz note29:25 Growing food without pesticides30:17 Smedley, the plant taking over April's bedroom31:17 Putting out fires with sound32:08 Black holes make a sound33:12 In the beginning was the note33:32 Not an evolutionary mistake34:50 What Lynne is most excited about next36:12 Her free God Notes webinar36:29 Where to find LynneWHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAYWhy two tuning forks, C and G, calmed a psychologist's rattled nervous system, and what he did with them next.What Lynne says plants hear, and the 1,000 hertz note that helps crops grow and chases pests away.What it would mean if sound came before light, and why Lynne says we were never a random accident.THE GOD NOTESLynne's new book, The God Notes: How Sound Creates the World, is out October 20 from HarperOne. Buy it before November 7 and enter your proof of purchase on her site to join her free webinar, Transcending and Healing Through Sound and Through the God Notes.lynnemctaggart.com/books/the-god-notesLynne is in Santa Monica on Sunday, November 15, and April will be in the room.tcche.org/event/the-god-notes-2026ABOUT LYNNE McTAGGARTLynne McTaggart is an award-winning investigative journalist and the author of eight books, including The Field, The Intention Experiment, The Bond and The Power of Eight, published in some 30 languages. She is co-owner and editorial director of What Doctors Don't Tell You and the architect of the Intention Experiments, a web-based global laboratory. She lives in London.lynnemctaggart.com · Instagram @lynnemctaggartofficialHer first conversation with April, on The Power of Eight: youtu.be/lOA9hXDbrrQSTAY CONNECTEDEvery episode: drivenlivin.com/the-wellness-driven-life-showNewsletter: drivenlivin.substack.com/subscribeThe Drive Collective: <a href="https://drivenlivin.com/community
- 3 weeks ago45 min
Self-Trust: Christy Uffelman on Coming Back Home to Yourself
Christy Uffelman has coached more than 12,000 leaders, and on the way into this conversation her inner critic still asked who she thought she was, on a podcast with April. Christy, founder and CEO of EDGE Leadership and author of Wayfinding, talks about self-trust, the critic she named Edith, and why she calls this work "less of a learning and more of a remembering."Less than a year into her first sales manager job, at Bayer, she went down in flames. She explains why the skills that make an A-plus sales rep make a C-minus manager, why most adults are running ChatGPT on an operating system akin to Windows 98, and the work she is headed into next: peer groups for executives moving into retirement.▶️ Watch the full conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Hy8T7rftH6ICHAPTERS00:00 "Who do you think you are?"00:18 The next chapter you come back to01:21 Meet Christy Uffelman03:37 "I challenge the status quo"05:07 Her very first job, at 1607:38 One of 50 coaches Brené Brown chose09:57 Safety differs, bravery doesn't11:14 From EQ to emotional agility13:27 Feeling the shift around the fire14:34 One look at Kevin15:10 Emotions are stories about energy16:46 What makes a belief a belief18:45 Running ChatGPT on Windows 9820:44 If you can hear the voice, you aren't the voice21:19 Meet Edith, her inner critic22:21 The quieter voice24:45 Come back home to yourself25:34 Life doesn't come with a GPS26:20 True north is not a straight line27:50 No one builds maps of new lands alone28:34 The four points of the compass30:10 Afraid to be judged on this podcast31:52 Pilates and accountability partners35:49 From Johnson & Johnson to Bayer37:32 Down in flames as a sales manager39:17 What's next for Christy40:19 Not a line, a spiral41:47 Where to find Christy42:15 Find the nearest three-year-oldWHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAYWhat to do with an inner critic that isn't going anywhere, starting with the line Christy asks every leader to sit with.Why life and leadership never hand you turn-by-turn directions, and what wayfinding asks of you instead.Where to look for who you were before you became who you thought the world wanted you to be.ABOUT CHRISTY UFFELMANChristy Uffelman is the founder and CEO of EDGE Leadership in Pittsburgh and a board-certified coach who has worked alongside more than 12,000 leaders over 20 years. She began her career in construction as the first woman on a general contractor's executive staff, and once taught a leadership session 800 feet underground in a coal mine. She is the author of The PEER Revolution and Wayfinding.edgeleadershipsolutions.com · LinkedInSTAY CONNECTEDEvery episode: drivenlivin.com/the-wellness-driven-life-show Newsletter: drivenlivin.substack.com/subscribe The Drive Collective: drivenlivin.com/communityPRODUCTION CREDITSHosted and executive produced by April Chavez. Video production by Manlee J. Chavez. Music by Steve Stuntz. Guest agreements and disclaimer: drivenlivin.com/guest-agreements
- 4 weeks ago29 min
Spiritual Awakening: Regan Caruthers on the Gift She Buried at Nine
A spiritual awakening at 27 brought back the gift Regan Caruthers shut off at nine. Regan, author of the memoir Tragic Magic and founder of Aset Center, talks about childhood trauma, the morning she forgave the stepfather who had been violent toward her, and the daily practice she teaches for staying loving when something triggers you.At nine she screamed for the visions to stop, and they did. Eighteen years later she woke at a national sales meeting to a luminous figure at the foot of her bed. The next morning she called home to tell her stepfather she forgave him, and he put the phone down to tell her a golden eagle had just landed on the crab apple tree in the backyard.▶️ Watch the full conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fmcvy-ic21wCHAPTERS00:00 The man on the fiery throne00:19 What if sensitivity is a gift?01:19 Meet Regan Caruthers02:35 "My mother dated a king"03:37 A school where three-year-olds meditated04:07 Shutting it all down at age nine04:38 The basement and the washing machine05:46 He came back when she was 2706:20 X-Men school and Jean Grey08:30 A mother who never said she was wrong09:50 "It's only you. I'm not afraid of you."10:51 The phone call to her stepfather11:27 A golden eagle and a red fox12:44 Who was the man?15:58 Why we're all here16:22 Luke Skywalker and the dark portal18:01 Start with your favorite ice cream20:09 When the wounded parts run the show20:54 The toddler who made her own sandwich21:45 Organic food and no media22:40 Remember a moment of profound love23:20 Nature, bare feet and fresh water24:54 The novel she's writing27:44 Where to find ReganWHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAYWhy the wounded parts of you do the reacting, and what changes when you stop arguing with them.Where to start if the only thing you can feel love for right now is your favorite ice cream.A daily practice: a long spine, one remembered moment of love, nature, bare feet and fresh water.ABOUT REGAN CARUTHERSRegan Caruthers is a spiritual teacher, yoga teacher and the founder of Aset Center in Washington, Missouri. She taught HeartMath programs at the HeartMath Institute after a career as a Silicon Valley executive in educational software. Her memoir, Tragic Magic, came out in November 2024.regancaruthers.com · Instagram @regancaruthersSTAY CONNECTEDEvery episode: drivenlivin.com/the-wellness-driven-life-show Newsletter: drivenlivin.substack.com/subscribe The Drive Collective: drivenlivin.com/communityPRODUCTION CREDITSHosted and executive produced by April Chavez. Video production by Manlee J. Chavez. Music by Steve Stuntz. Guest agreements and disclaimer: drivenlivin.com/guest-agreements
- Oct 1, 202633 min
Cancer While Pregnant: Eileen M. Vélez-Vega on Rebuilding Herself
At 29, five months pregnant, Eileen M. Vélez-Vega was diagnosed with stage four Hodgkin lymphoma. She had chemotherapy while she was pregnant, and her daughter was born that December, healthy, with a lot of hair. Years later she became the first woman to lead Puerto Rico's Department of Transportation and Public Works in its 105 years.She grew up in Sabana Grande writing letters to NASA and NOAA for posters, fundraised her way to Space Camp, and became the first engineer in her family. When the governor's office asked for her résumé in November 2020, she said no. Her husband told her she was ready, even though she did not feel ready. She tells us what four years of public scrutiny after Hurricanes Maria and Fiona required, why she chose honesty over looking like she knew everything, and why she always saves the cancer story for last.▶️ Watch the full conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HNE2Iv7Smy4CHAPTERS00:00 Chemo while pregnant00:26 What if the hardest thing you ever rebuilt was yourself01:36 Meet Eileen M. Vélez-Vega02:56 Growing up in Sabana Grande03:39 Letters to NASA and Space Camp04:29 The first engineer in the family05:22 The call from the governor's office07:39 Diallo Wallace and the Space Camp Hall of Fame09:49 Never underestimate your network12:25 Saying yes before you feel ready14:18 An aviation engineer at heart15:09 Why she said no16:55 The first, but not the last17:36 The best and the worst job of her career19:09 Leading through public and media resistance20:27 Who is this girl21:09 Listening in the field22:12 Telling the public when the plan changes23:45 What she is building now24:45 Her daughter, and daring to dream26:29 Where to find Eileen27:01 The story she always tells last28:13 The relapse and a stem cell transplant29:16 Everything is different after cancer31:15 Esther 4:1431:38 Not perfect, but the life you were supposed to haveWHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAYA good leader cannot pretend to know it all, so she went to the experts, then to the field.Say your aspiration out loud. She told a colleague she would be Secretary of Transportation, and that colleague made the call.In your career, you can be replaced. With your family, you cannot."ABOUT EILEEN M. VÉLEZ-VEGAEileen M. Vélez-Vega is a professional engineer and Strategic Infrastructure Director at Kimley-Horn Puerto Rico. From 2021 to 2024 she served as Puerto Rico's Secretary of Transportation and Public Works, the first woman to hold the post, leading recovery work after Hurricanes Maria and Fiona. An aviation engineer by training, she is a member of the Space Camp Hall of Fame class of 2024 and speaks to cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers about life after a stem cell transplant.Eileen on LinkedInSTAY CONNECTEDEvery episode: drivenlivin.com/the-wellness-driven-life-showNewsletter: drivenlivin.substack.com/subscribeThe Drive Collective: drivenlivin.com/communityPRODUCTION CREDITSHosted and executive produced by April Chavez.Video production by Manlee J. Chavez.Music by Steve Stuntz.Guest agreements and disclaimer: drivenlivin.com/guest-agreements
- Sep 24, 202632 min
Skin Microbiome: Dr. Mimi Vega on What Your Skin Is Telling You
What if your skin is telling you about more than your skin? Dr. Mimi Vega, PhD biochemist, former biotech executive, and founder of VGAM Biome, talks about the skin microbiome, the gut-skin connection, and how sleep, stress, and hormones show up on your skin.She started as a teenager in the chemistry club, trying ingredient after ingredient on her own inflamed skin. Years later, working in oncology, she looked at her son's MRI and knew in an instant what it meant. He is doing well today. The questions that came after led her to the organisms living on our skin. She also talks about the three layers on the surface of your skin, the book she is finishing for early 2027, and why no product can make up for a bad night's sleep.▶️ Watch the full conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/T2oIuuMlMbMCHAPTERS00:00 Your skin is telling you something00:14 What if your skin isn't a problem to fix01:20 Meet Dr. Mimi Vega02:38 Asking the same question since childhood05:12 A teenager in the chemistry club06:20 Her mother's leukemia08:43 The MRI09:31 Discovering the skin microbiome10:18 The largest organ12:15 The three layers of your skin13:47 Why she stopped building correctors15:18 Your skin changes every day17:05 A conversation with your skin17:48 Emotions, autoimmunity, and a food journal19:31 Science you can't apply is useless22:02 Her book, coming in early 202724:54 Her morning routine26:09 Breathing through perimenopause27:11 Eating the rainbow across a week28:15 You can't outsmart a bad night's sleep30:34 Where to find Dr. MimiWHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAYInflammation is local and also systemic, so your skin can be flagging something that has nothing to do with skin.Perimenopause lasts about twenty years, and breathing is what helped her most.Even the best formulation in the world will not make up for a bad night's sleep.ABOUT DR. MIMI VEGADr. Mireille "Mimi" Vega is a PhD biochemist and former biotech executive who worked across oncology and immunology before founding VGAM Biome in Canada. Her One Human Skin approach formulates for what every skin needs rather than for skin types. She has appeared on Dragons' Den, and her book comes out in early 2027.SimpleScience.caSTAY CONNECTEDEvery episode: drivenlivin.com/the-wellness-driven-life-showNewsletter: drivenlivin.substack.com/subscribeThe Drive Collective: drivenlivin.com/communityPRODUCTION CREDITSHosted and executive produced by April Chavez.Video production by Manlee J. Chavez.Music by Steve Stuntz.Guest agreements and disclaimer: drivenlivin.com/guest-agreements
- Sep 17, 202631 min
Letting Go of a Dream: Dr. Kimberly Robinson on 31 Years at NASA
Letting go of a dream does not make you a failure. Dr. Kimberly Robinson, a 31-year NASA veteran, former astronaut trainer, and former CEO of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, talks about the astronaut who changed the course of her life at a high school awards ceremony, the eyesight rule that closed the door on her own astronaut dream, and why she stopped defining herself by one title.A NASA astronaut in a blue flight suit flew in on a T-38 to hand a Birmingham high school student an award, and that student decided on the spot what her life would be. She never caught the astronaut's name, and she spent years trying to find her so she could say thank you. She also talks about taking over the U.S. Space & Rocket Center when it could not promise to pay her salary, and what young people around the world are looking for when they picture a technical career: the next handhold, not the whole route up the mountain.▶️ Watch the full conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XFQgXbK226ICHAPTERS00:00 The astronaut who flew in on a T-3800:20 What if one moment you didn't choose set your course01:28 Meet Dr. Kimberly Robinson03:51 Faith and belief in yourself04:38 Prayer, meditation, and choosing the day05:07 The award that changed everything06:31 "Women shouldn't be in this field"07:35 The astronaut dream that didn't happen09:05 "Women of True Grit" and the grain of sand11:06 The eyesight rule12:14 "Now you've waited too long"13:04 A missed dream doesn't make you a failure14:26 Finding another route to the same vision15:27 Don't define yourself by one title18:11 Turning around to help others19:30 "We may not be able to pay your salary"21:06 Tuskegee Airmen, Victor Glover, and the look in kids' eyes22:16 You can't see yourself in a career until you see someone doing it24:03 Training astronauts24:56 Looking for the next handhold26:08 Years spent trying to say thank you28:07 The moon landing was a human achievement30:01 Where to find KimberlyWHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAYA dream you never reach can still set the direction of your whole career.Most people don't need the whole route up the mountain, just the next handhold.Nobody pictures themselves in a career until they meet someone doing it.ABOUT DR. KIMBERLY ROBINSONDr. Kimberly Robinson spent 31 years at NASA, starting at Marshall Space Flight Center as a propulsion engineer. She trained astronauts, helped develop the Space Launch System, and served as payload mission manager for Artemis I. She led the U.S. Space & Rocket Center as CEO from 2021 to 2025, and was inducted into the Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame in 2025.Kimberly Robinson on LinkedInSTAY CONNECTEDEvery episode: drivenlivin.com/the-wellness-driven-life-showNewsletter: drivenlivin.substack.com/subscribeThe Drive Collective: drivenlivin.com/communityPRODUCTION CREDITSHosted and executive produced by April Chavez.Video production by Manlee J. Chavez.Music by Steve Stuntz.Guest agreements and disclaimer: drivenlivin.com/guest-agreements
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The Wellness Driven Life Show is a weekly conversation about wellness, mindset, nervous system health, and personal growth, hosted by April Chavez. Scientists, physicians, authors, and practitioners break down what helps and how to use it. New episode every Wednesday at 6 PM Pacific time, Los Angeles.The show runs on SIP, three dimensions April returns to in every conversation: Spiritual, Intellectual, and Physical. Most wellness advice picks one and ignores the other two. These conversations hold all three at once, because that is how people live.Guests have included cell biologist Bruce Lipton, Lynne McTaggart on the science of intention, Neale Donald Walsch, Dr. Rollin McCraty of the HeartMath Institute, Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, body language expert Janine Driver, and Dr. Patrick Porter of BrainTap. Topics run from attachment styles and generational trauma to burnout, meditation, longevity after 50, and how the nervous system holds what the mind forgets.April is a former police of
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