Our Authors

We treasure the relationship we have with each of our authors!  Learn a little about the amazing people that trust us to help share their vision and make the world a better place.

Iris Carter

Iris holds a Master’s in Education and has worked as a waitress, locksmith, sign language interpreter, administrative secretary, insurance cost control analyst, writer, editor, vocational counselor, radio announcer, recreation specialist/event planner, producer, and adjunct faculty member. Every experience has led to new paths and opened doors to her insights on humanity.

In The Care and Feeding of Ghosts, Iris leavens her personal stories of hair-raising experiences with a dollop of humor, in hopes they may help a parent who is at wit’s end with a sleepless, nervous child. Her purpose is to share her general knowledge and experiences, not offer an in-depth research paper.

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Margo Ross Sears

Margo Dai Sensei is a former high school and college English professor in the USA and briefly in Japan. Currently, she is a professional photographer, journalist, and copywriter. In 2001, her co-worker took her to a Reiki treatment and that opened Margo’s mind and transformed her life. Subsequently, by 2003 Margo studied with three Reiki Teachers in North Carolina and certified in all 4 Usui/Tibetan Reiki degrees. Already a teacher of meditation, intuition development, chakras, and a certified Life Coach, the addition of teaching Reiki fit well.

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Since then, Margo taught Reiki to 300+ students (more than 260 of them to Master level). After she met and later married David W. Sears, who completed his Reiki Teacher degree in 2009, the twosome became a popular Reiki teaching team. He is a contributing author and an editor in this Reiki series.In 2004, with amazing support from colleagues and community who gave popular demand, Margo also founded a professional association for all types of energy workers and lightworkers, named LEWA (Light & Energy Workers Association). Based in North Carolina, Pastor Margo led LEWA to evolve into a national, non-profit, multi-faith spiritual organization with 205+ non-denominational clergy members.

Margo also has 4 other books in-progress—2 kids and 2 adult:

  • kids’ novel of the adventures a Tibetan monk who finds 11 dragon eggs which hatch
  • a short book of the adventures of cute, magical Christmas spider
  • quasi-biographical, a novice time traveler bent on discreetly taking an uncorrupted DNA sample from her doppelganger great-grandmother in historic Philadelphia.
  • the biography of her deceased sister who spoke 5 languages, was accepted to Harvard graduate school, earned a Fulbright scholarship, a beautiful model and athlete, a poet, married twice (once secretly to an AWOL east Asian), superglued a quarter to the floor of her kitchen for laughs, lived inside cold-war-era Romania, works as a soda jerk at the US Embassy while secretly working for the government, and took 1 month to die from a strange auto accident, leading to stranger events at her funeral…at age 23.

Privately, Pastor Margo and David own and operate a full time, unique beach wedding and photography business earning 12 industry excellence awards from over 1,500 weddings! Also, Margo’s photography made the covers of four wedding magazines. Additionally, they co-host drum circles, Reiki circles, occasional classes, and other related events locally. And, they share their home with a spoiled, sweet, rescue tuxedo cat who basically runs their home.

Dr. Harrison Graves

Harrison Graves, MD is a physician, yogi, and the author of our newest title, Alternative Pain Relief: A Pill Free Toolkit. He is also the author of Mantra Meditation: An Alternative Treatment For Anxiety and Depression.

After a long career as a board-certified emergency physician and associate UNC professor, Dr. G left the ER behind to pursue a new interest: the Yoga of Sound — the yoga of healing music and healing mantra. It had been his good fortune to study music and mantra with Russill Paul (Anirud Jaidev), a master sound yogi from Chennai. In addition, Dr. G studied Kundalini Yoga and Ayurveda for two years at the Wisdom Fire School of Yoga in Berkeley, California.

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In 2010, Dr. G began teaching mantra yoga, presenting Yoga of Sound workshops at yoga studios and wellness centers along the East Coast. In 2014, he published The Mystical Chakra Mantras, the world’s first interactive ebook on mantra yoga. With links to YouTube, the readers may experience the mantras, followed by Mantra Meditation: An Alternative Treatment For Anxiety and Depression in 2015.

“The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.”             Thomas Edison 1903      

In 2016, Dr. Graves launched a “Healing Mantras” online course on the DailyOM.com, wrote alternative medical blogs for the Art of Living Retreat Center and launched a new website:

HarrisonGravesMD.com

Dr. Janet Hosmer

Janet began her study of spirituality and metaphysics in the early 1980’s after struggling with multiple personal traumas in her life. Working as a computer engineer for the US Air Force, she knew that there were answers available if she began to look. She knew inherently that there was a deeper meaning to our life experience than what was felt on the surface.

As many do after a life-changing event, she set out on a search for meaning and understanding. Also as many do, found her answers by studying and embracing the spiritual nature of our existence.

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She received a PhD in Metaphysical Sciences in 2008, and is an ordained minister of the Wisdom of the Heart Church. She is also a Certified Law of Attraction Practitioner.

Dr. Hosmer founded and was the Executive Director of the Life in Balance Spiritual Wellness Center, a unique non-profit located in Little River, SC. Her personal philosophies are deeply rooted in her study of metaphysics.  It is the branch of philosophy studying fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is outside of religious beliefs. Life in Balance, Inc. offered the public the opportunity for the study and practice of several learning and healing modalities helping individuals find the perfect balance between the mind, body and spirit. The center offered workshops, speakers and practitioners. They providing education and instruction to help those seeking to understand this life experience, and achieve their best and highest authentic self.

Currently retired, Dr. Hosmer continues to offer her services as a Spiritual & Wellness Counselor to private clients. She is also the founder and Executive Director of Novus Energia, Inc.

Cayenne Graves

Cayenne Graves is a true renaissance woman—Yogic/Ayurvedic Transformative Life Coach, OnLine Courses, Author, Artist and Creator of “Alex’s Dog Love”. You can visit her at: www.FindingHappinessAgain.com

Enjoy her insights on Instagram at FindingHappinessAgain7 and on Facebook at Finding Happiness Again

Her passion is sharing the wisdom of the yogic sages with cutting-edge neuroscience in all her endeavors — whether coaching, writing or creating art.

Her ability to offer guidance and wisdom is gained from her dedication to experiential spiritual and scientific study, life experiences, and skills of counseling, writing and teaching for 36 years. Cayenne is committed to encouraging you to thrive by feeling good about life, yourself and your purpose and FINDING HAPPINESS AGAIN!

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Accomplishments/Certifications

  • Certified in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
  • Certified: Yoga and Ayurvedic Health Counselor, American Institute of Vedic Studies, Dr. David Frawley
  • Yoga/Ayurvedic Advanced Meditation with Dr. David Frawley, American Institute of Vedic Studies
  •  Certificate: Positive Neuroplasticity Training-Professional Course, 10/2016  Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
  • Trained in Heartmath Coherence (syncing heart rhythms, brain waves and physiological systems of the body for optimal health, creativity and intuition).
  • One year Yoga of Sound Internship with master sound yogi Russill Paul (Anirud Jaidev) of Chennai, India, author of “The Yoga of  Sound”

Online Course

Now featured on the DailyOm.com — an 8-week online course “Finding Happiness Again.”  The course features guided meditation for letting go of pain and returning to joy. This course is the culmination of Cayenne’s many years of listening to others and translating scientific theory into solid skills for a direct experience of safety, peace of mind and loving connection to ourselves, others and Spirit.

The Listening Space

In 1986, Cayenne founded The Listening Space, a counseling service specializing in the release of painful feelings. Her practice uses the expressive arts, meditation and mindfulness — and now palm reading. As a Transformational Life Coach, she cares deeply and is reaching out, offering her heartfelt support to those yearning to be loved, heard, understood and accepted. Cayenne strives to show that these desires are within reach.

Visit Cayenne’s YouTube Channel here for her inspirational and moving videos, artwork and chants.

Also, Cayenne’s Journey Back to Joy Art Show is available for viewing. View her journey back to happiness from the depths of emotional pain.  The video features a series of 12 original oil paintings contained in Cayenne’s book, “How to Put the Wag Back Into Your Tail…The Art of Releasing Painful Feelings and Taking the Journey to Joy.”  In the book (available here), Cayenne shares her secrets for releasing painful emotions like grief, anxiety, stress, not ‘feeling good enough’ and loneliness. The book is also filled with links to online guided meditations and transformative practices to help readers connect with their Spirit Self, their Soul Self. 

Dr. Hosmer founded and was the Executive Director of the Life in Balance Spiritual Wellness Center, a unique non-profit located in Little River, SC. Her personal philosophies are deeply rooted in her study of metaphysics.  It is the branch of philosophy studying fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is outside of religious beliefs. Life in Balance, Inc. offered the public the opportunity for the study and practice of several learning and healing modalities helping individuals find the perfect balance between the mind, body and spirit. The center offered workshops, speakers and practitioners. They providing education and instruction to help those seeking to understand this life experience, and achieve their best and highest authentic self.

Currently retired, Dr. Hosmer continues to offer her services as a Spiritual & Wellness Counselor to private clients. She is also the founder and Executive Director of Novus Energia, Inc.

Ann Lighthouse

Author

Ann Lighthouse is an NLP, Hypnotherapist, Massage Therapist, Yoga Instructor, Pilates Instructor, Reiki Practitioner, QHHT, RTT, Meditation Instructor, and Qigong leader. 

Ann’s wall is covered with certificates, but she always points out the two most important certificates are her two son’s birth certificates.

Her life work is connecting with people and helping them on their life journey. 

You may find her on Facebook at Alternative Wellness For You

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He suddenly realized that he had been “a drop of water in the ocean, looking for water.”

This incredible feeling of connection with life was so strong that he was compelled to put it in words as a teaching to others in the form of poems and prose.

You can learn more about Mike here on his website at: https://mikes16480.wixsite.com/trueyou