Lorraine Reguly, B.A./B.Ed., is an author and English teacher-turned-freelancer for hire. Her life journey is motivational and inspirational. Lorraine’s book, From Nope to Hope, is a self-help book designed to help anyone who wishes to lead a happier life, and contains a built-in workbook. Lorraine offers 4 different services on Wording Well, including writing/blogging, and editing. She also helps others become published authors!
Lorraine was born and raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. By age 4, Lorraine was reading, and by age 6, writing in cursive. She has always had a high IQ, and graduated Grade 8 as valedictorian. High school, however, was more challenging for Lorraine, as she was raped at the age of 14. She was still a virgin at the time, and was completely devastated. She used drugs as a coping mechanism, quit school, and became promiscuous.
After becoming a single mother at age 18, she went back to school and graduated with honours, winning several scholarships and awards.
Allen Steadham created comic books and webcomics before he started writing novels. He has been married to his wife, Angel, since 1995 and they have two sons and a daughter. When not writing stories, Allen and his wife are singers, songwriters and musicians. They have been in a Christian band together since 1997. They live in Central Texas.
Bridget Chambers has spent the better part of a decade building and refining her own private practice, where she serves as a Life Coach, Writer, and GenY personal development expert. She has enabled a myriad of people to move from doubt to direction by implementing a unique “Plot Twist” approach, which puts a client in charge of his or her own life. Through one-on-one coaching sessions, speaking engagements, and contributions to the media, she finds deep joy in piecing together all the small pictures that form the intricate mosaics of her clients’ lives.
Her advice and lifestyle essays have been featured in Teen Vogue, The List, SheKnows, Elite Daily, The Huffington Post and Thrive Global. Her print debut was her contribution to the latest Chicken Soup for the Soul book published in 2018. She currently resides in Chicago with her husband, where you can find her blasting Broadway showtunes, tweeting to Gloria Estefan, and of course, writing.
Energy Healer, Intuitive, Speaker, Teacher, International Best Selling Author and Host of Guided Spirit Conversations.
Marla is an Energy Healer, Intuitive, Speaker, Teacher, International Best Selling Author, and Host of Guided Spirit Conversations podcast.
Her mission and purpose in life is to inspire, motivate and educate her clients and all that she connects with through her books and podcast, through the use of her tools and techniques to help them enhance or shift their life circumstances.
Marla began her spiritual journey during a very difficult time in her life she was forced to evaluate her choices and what direction her life was taking.
During this time of evaluation, she serendipitously met her first teacher at a women’s conference. As Marla sat through her presentation, she resonated with everything that she said. By the time her talk was completed Marla knew that she would be attending her school.
During her three years of attendance at Inner Focus Mystery School, she was trained in 14 different healing techniques. Following her graduation of Inner Focus, she continued her education by learning additional techniques. To date, Marla has been trained in over 20 healing modalities.
In addition to her practice with clients, Marla is a contributing author in 2 best selling books, one becoming and International best seller. She has also authored her first solo writing endeavor: My F*cking Long Journey to Loving Myself: A Guide to a Shorter Path. Marla also hosts a podcast, Guided Spirit Conversations.
Shawn is a #1 ranked motivational author, unlimited thinker, and lifetime entrepreneur with a history of inspiring others. A seven-time author, Shawn is also the creator of Extra Mile Day…a day recognizing the power we each have to create positive change when we “go the extra mile.” (On 11/1/19, 533 cities made the declaration and recognized local extra-mile heroes.)
Shawn walks his talk. Besides having inspired tens of thousands through his speaking and writing (including an inspirational speaking tour in the Philippines attended by 20,000 attendees), Shawn’s built a million dollar company, pedaled a bike solo across the U.S. (twice), and created adventures in 45+ countries including having walked over 3,000 miles across seven countries since 2014 (England, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, France and 750 miles around Shikoku, Japan.) He will be walking across Scotland in May 2020. Still…he believes his greatest adventures and success are waiting to be lived.
Extra Mile Day & Extra Mile America History: In 2009, in order to symbolize the “go the extra mile” message, Shawn Anderson (a non-bicyclist) pedaled 4,000 miles ocean-to-ocean, interviewed 200+ people along the way whom had been identified as having gone the extra mile, and then gave $10,000 of his own money to the people and organizations whose stories most inspired him. As a part of that cross-country extra-mile ride, Extra Mile Day (11/1)……a day recognizing the capacity we each have to create positive change in our families, our organizations, our communities and ourselves when we “go the extra mile”… was created with 23 inaugural cities. The momentum of this unique day has continued to build each year since, and on November 1, 2019, 533 mayors and cities made the “Extra Mile Day” declaration and recognized people who are “going the extra mile” to make a difference in volunteerism and service in their community.
Book titles include: The Four Fibs, SOAR to the Top!, Amicus 101: A Story About the Pursuit of Purpose and Overcoming Life’s Chaos, Extra Mile America: Stories of Inspiration, Possibility and Purpose, Lessons From A. Friend, A Better Life: An Inspiring Story About Starting Over
John Midavaine studied medicine. Being focussed on health improvement, he came in contact with patients with huge numbers of flying hours, who were looking for answers to treat their neurological health problems.
John: “Besides my specialism in Sports Medicine, I have been engaged in Orthomolecular Medicine for a long time. In recent years I have frequently met people who fly frequently, either by profession or for business, often showing neurological problems. I’ve specialised in orthomolecular treatments in general, but in particular in top sport and aviation, which in a way is top sport as well. I achieved good results there, amongst others for patients who fly frequently. Nevertheless, I want to find out more about causes and results, which will eventually allow us to move our focus towards prevention. At the time, unfortunately there is still insufficient knowledge about the neurological problems related to air travel.”
“This is the reason why I joined Stichting Fly Aware. Our ultimate goal is to show up in the future with more facts and evidence.”
Besides his activities for Stichting Fly Aware, John is a.o. the Head of a clinic for Lifestyle Medicine: Lifemedic.nl
Kathrin is a 39 year old mother of two beautiful sons, who started her career in aviation 18 years ago as check in agent while still studying economics at university. In 2005 she felt like she needed a break from studying and started flying. She never went back, the virus infected her. She loved it!
3 years later she became Purser (head of the cabin).
Her career had a rough ending in 2016, after experiencing 5 Fume Events within 22 months ( 2014 – 2016). In 2018 she became permanently unfit to fly due to the chronic health effects and impairments that resulted from the fume events.
Kathrin is the founder as well as board member of the nonprofit organization Patient initiative Contaminated Cabin Air, P-CoC in short. She also runs her blog “Kabinenlobby”. She also advocates politically for the improvement of the legal status of affected crew after fume events.
Tim van Beveren is a journalist, photographer, cameraman, and filmmaker. He has been involved in the media industry for more than 30 years and has played an important role as author, director, and co-worker in the development of several award-winning film and television productions (including the German Federal Film Award, New York Festivals, International Great Lakes Film Festival and others).
Since the end of the 1980s, he has also reported from crises and war zones, e.g. the popular uprising in Nepal (1989), Kurdistan and Afghanistan. He accompanied the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt at the end of 1990 on his successful humanitarian mission to Iraq in order to reach the release of the Germans and other citizens of dictator Saddam Hussein who were kept in “strategic sites” as “human shields”. Before and after he reported as a correspondent on behalf of private and public TV providers from the crisis area of the Gulf (1990-1991) and later the Balkan conflict in the former Yugoslavia (1991-1995). Van Beveren himself became a direct witness to the conflicts of the modern era. From 1998 to 2005 he lived and worked as a TV and print correspondent in the USA since 2008 he lives in Berlin.
Nominations and awards : 1986 nominated for the Max-Ophüls-Award / 1988 federal film-award for participating in “Das Treibhaus“ / 1996 gold medal at the New York Festivals for the TV-documentary “Fear is included in the Airfare – a crash and its consequences“ (ARD) /2015 total of four international awards for the documentary “Unfiltered breathed in – the Truth about Aerotoxic Syndrome” / 2016 and 2017 awarded with several honorable mentions by IPA and Monochrome Awards / 2018 best documentary made by or about women at Alive Doc International Festival at Los Angeles for “Women Composers” / 2019 best documentary feature at 10th World Music and Independent Film Festival at Washington DC for “Women Composers”
Works as: : journalist and editor (economics, law, consumers, specialized in aviation and space, technology and environment, investigative reporter, TV- and radio-producer, cameraman (DP) expert for aircraft accidents, media coach, teacher for journalism, photography and filmmaking, director.
Specials: : private pilot (PiC + 6.500 hr), scuba-diving, digital and analog camera- and editing systems (AVID, FCP, FCP X), helicopter based aerial videography (FLIR) and remote controlled drones, investigative research, computer systems and applications (Apple and Windows), photoshop, web-design and social media, internet-campaigning.
1982 – – 1986 Studies of Law at Rh. Friedrich-Wilhems-Universität, Bonn
1984 – – 1986 movie “Jannan – the extradition“ (script, director, producer)
1986 – – 1989 Studies of Art in Urbino, Italy – film editing in Rome
Since 1989 working for : : DW, ARD, ZDF, Arte, 3SAT, RTL, SAT 1, VOX, PRO 7, RAI, NRK, KRO, CBS, NBC, Phönix, ABC Australia, DDP, SFR, ORF as well as private production companies with the following formats: news, economics, science, current affairs, aviation, documentaries
1996 – – 2005 correspondent in the USA for Swiss media productions
Since 2005 back in Germany, author, editor, producer and DoP for private and public owned broadcast and print media, media-coach, guest lecturer for photography and digital media, int’l coordinator and supervising art director for the necropolis-project, filmmaker
Tim van
Beveren is a
journalist, photographer, cameraman, and filmmaker. He has been involved in the
media industry for more than 30 years and has played an important role as
author, director, and co-worker in the development of several award-winning
film and television productions (including the German Federal Film Award, New
York Festivals, International Great Lakes Film Festival and others).
Since the
end of the 1980s, he has also reported from crises and war zones, e.g. the
popular uprising in Nepal (1989), Kurdistan and Afghanistan. He accompanied the
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt at the
end of 1990 on his successful humanitarian mission to Iraq in order to reach
the release of the Germans and other citizens of dictator Saddam Hussein who
were kept in “strategic sites” as “human shields”. Before and after he reported
as a correspondent on behalf of private and public TV providers from the crisis
area of the Gulf (1990-1991) and later the Balkan conflict in the former
Yugoslavia (1991-1995). Van Beveren himself became a direct witness to the
conflicts of the modern era. From 1998 to 2005 he lived and worked as a TV and
print correspondent in the USA since 2008 he lives in Berlin.
Nominations and awards : 1986 nominated for the
Max-Ophüls-Award / 1988 federal film-award for participating in “Das
Treibhaus“ / 1996 gold medal at the New York Festivals for the TV-documentary “Fear
is included in the Airfare – a crash and its consequences“ (ARD) /2015 total of
four international awards for the documentary “Unfiltered breathed in – the Truth
about Aerotoxic Syndrome” / 2016 and 2017 awarded with several honorable mentions
by IPA and Monochrome Awards / 2018 best documentary made by or about women at
Alive Doc International Festival at Los Angeles for “Women Composers” / 2019 best
documentary feature at 10th World Music and Independent Film Festival at
Washington DC for “Women Composers”
Works as: : journalist and editor (economics, law, consumers, specialized in aviation and space, technology and environment, investigative reporter, TV- and radio-producer, cameraman (DP) expert for aircraft accidents, media coach, teacher for
journalism, photography and filmmaking, director.
Specials: : private pilot (PiC + 6.500 hr), scuba-diving, digital and analog camera- and editing systems (AVID, FCP, FCP X), helicopter based aerial videography
(FLIR) and remote controlled drones, investigative research, computer systems
and applications (Apple and Windows), photoshop, web-design and social media,
internet-campaigning.
1982 – – 1986 Studies of Law at Rh. Friedrich-Wilhems-Universität, Bonn
1984 – –
1986 movie “Jannan – the extradition“ (script, director, producer)
1986 – –
1989 Studies of Art in Urbino, Italy – film editing in Rome
Since 1989 working for : : DW, ARD, ZDF, Arte, 3SAT, RTL, SAT 1, VOX, PRO 7, RAI, NRK, KRO, CBS, NBC, Phönix, ABC Australia, DDP, SFR, ORF as well as private
production companies with the following formats: news, economics, science,
current affairs, aviation, documentaries
1996 – –
2005 correspondent in the USA for Swiss media productions
Since 2005 back in Germany, author, editor, producer and DoP for private and public owned broadcast and print media, media-coach, guest lecturer for
photography and digital media, int’l coordinator and supervising art director
for the necropolis-project, filmmaker
After experiencing the misfortune of becoming unfit to fly
and being more or less forced into medical retirement, Bearnairdine became
involved in research to improve the quality of aircraft cabin air and has
become a busy advocate and voice for the campaign. For years now she has been
helping aerotoxic fume victims to understand their ill-health.
Over the years after a lot of trial and error, her own
health improved somewhat. Before beginning her flying career she qualified as a
laboratory assistant and decided to use that education and combine it with naturopathy.
She qualified as a naturopath in Biofeedback, Neuro-Electro-Anatomy,
Herbalism.
In 2013 Bearnairdine founded the ‘Aerotoxic Team’, a very
informative website containing evidence, documentaries, testimonies, science
and news. She also has a blog called “It’s in the air we breathe” and writes
articles for news outlets. Bearnairdine networks internationally with experts,
scientists and other ‘clean cabin air’ advocates and appeared in the
investigative documentary “Unfiltered Breathed In”.
In 2016 Bearnairdine published two books in two
languages in which she talks about her Aerotoxic journey. It is not only part
of her story with many colorful high-lights from her flying years, it also
helps understand what actually causes Aerotoxic Syndrome. Her third book: ‘Tomb
in the Sky’ is being launched any day now.
She retreated from the modern world which has become
increasingly saturated with chemical fumes everywhere, and is now living in a
beautiful, very secluded ‘clean-air’ area in the Swiss Alps with her little dog
‘Dolly’. From there she continues to support the Aerotoxic Syndrome campaign
via computer and telephone.
Chriselda Barretto 