COLORADO 2023

Tonni Lea shares her journey through trauma, abuse, and personal loss, showing how faith and resilience led her to redemption. She emphasizes God’s love, healing, and the power of helping others, living as a “warrior woman” who has been restored and empowered.

Wendy Watson guides the audience through the three layers of forgiveness: intellectual, emotional, and spiritual. She explains how true healing requires acknowledging emotions, reclaiming personal joy, and holding others spiritually harmless. By surrendering to a higher plan, we can release anger, confusion, and betrayal, moving forward with inner peace and empowered relationships. She offers tools and support to help everyone experience this transformation.

Trent Denman shares his journey as a sales coach, highlighting three key principles for success: knowing your why, working through challenges, and practicing gratitude. From early career struggles to personal tragedies—including the loss of his son—he demonstrates how resilience and a clear purpose can transform adversity into growth. Trent emphasizes that gratitude, faith, and persistence are essential to achieving professional and personal fulfillment.

Dr. Smiley shares his success formula — I = Inspiration, Income, and Impact — emphasizing that authors fail when they focus only on content instead of distribution. He compares a book to a baby that must be nurtured and promoted, not just published. His program, “Make a Book, Move a Book, Book a Sale,” teaches authors how to market and share their books effectively. Ultimately, he encourages building relationships, giving value, and using books as tools for lasting impact and abundance.

Cathy Reilly shares how staying silent once nearly cost her life and urges others to use their voice and choose courage. She teaches that confidence comes from awareness, courage, and action—showing a quick “superhero pose” to boost self-belief. Through her 100 “no” challenge, she inspires people to set boundaries and make choices that create a joyful, fulfilled life.

Jeff Pearson shares how living with hydrocephalus and undergoing seven brain surgeries inspired him to find purpose in helping others. He and his wife founded Hydro with Hope, a nonprofit supporting families facing the condition, and later launched the TV show Invisible Condition to raise awareness for unseen illnesses. His message: even life’s hardest struggles can lead to hope, purpose, and helping others.

Tracy Eleftheriadis shares how facing anxiety and chronic pain taught her that courage isn’t the absence of fear but the strength to move through it. She guides the audience in connecting to their inner power through the Hara technique and introduces EFT tapping, which helps calm the mind and body. Tracy encourages everyone to embrace their emotions, build confidence, and remember—they are strong, capable, and worth it.

Former Navy SEAL Jon Macaskill shares how mindfulness and meditation helped him heal from trauma and survivor’s guilt after losing teammates in combat. Once a skeptic, he discovered that simple breathwork calmed his mind and strengthened focus. Jon teaches that mindfulness activates the body’s calming system, builds resilience, and helps us live with greater clarity, peace, and presence.

Bart Nollenberger shared his journey from addiction to sobriety, emphasizing how hope, faith, and personal growth transformed his life. He connected his experiences to leadership principles, highlighting the Five Levels of Leadership and the importance of self-awareness. Bart stressed replacing harmful habits with positive choices and the power of asking meaningful questions. He encouraged authenticity, purpose-driven action, and helping others grow along the way. His story demonstrates that real change takes time, intentional effort, and reliance on a higher purpose. Through vulnerability and resilience, he inspires living with integrity, faith, and a commitment to lead by example.

Bill K. Griffith’s message is that we can transform our lives by combining focused thought, elevated emotion, and conscious breathing. By tuning into the present moment, choosing our emotions, and practicing mindful breathwork, we send positive signals through our bodies and into the world, rewiring our brains and creating new possibilities. Happiness comes from awareness, intentional action, and being fully present, rather than dwelling on the past or worrying about the future. Through simple daily practices, anyone can reset, elevate their energy, and align with their highest self.

Michal LeBaron shared how she healed from severe chronic illness and brain injury by shifting from managing symptoms to truly living in the parasympathetic nervous system. After years of restrictive diets, supplements, and functional medicine, she realized true health comes from stress-free, present living, letting the body self-repair. By embracing this approach, she reversed autoimmune disease, genetic disorders, and food allergies in 12 weeks, and helped others—including her husband—heal. Her message: the body is a mirror of the mind and spirit; by uncovering unconscious survival patterns and living in parasympathetic mode, anyone can reclaim full health and resilience.

Cathy Reilly’s key points: Speak authentically from the heart, connect emotionally, and keep your message clear and concise. Use stories, body language, and eye contact to engage your audience. Focus on results, build trust, and include a call to action. Practice, know your audience, and use every speaking opportunity to grow personally and professionally.

Wendy Watson shared how her life experiences—childhood assertiveness, family challenges, and corporate struggles—shaped her communication style and led her to the 70/20/10 rule: 70% of what people say reflects their own emotions and biases, 20% is a mix, and only 10% is truly personal. By recognizing this, she learned not to take things personally, to focus on the valuable insights in conversations, and to communicate with presence, authenticity, and confidence. Through stories, she showed how understanding perspectives and projecting consciously can transform both personal and professional interactions.

Coach Kent Sauls used a tug-of-war demonstration to illustrate the spiritual tug between body, soul, and spirit, showing how life constantly pulls our mind, will, and emotions in different directions. Drawing from Scripture, he emphasized that the soul—caught between worldly influences and the spirit—can be guided by the Holy Spirit, the “secret sauce,” to align our lives with God’s will. Through interactive exercises and practical analogies, he encouraged participants to activate their spirit, transform their minds, and let divine guidance flow through the soul into the body, ultimately overcoming worldly distractions and experiencing healing, empowerment, and spiritual alignment.

Anita Lucia, a Warrior Woman of God, shared her inspiring journey of faith, resilience, and healing at the conference. She recounted overcoming abuse, toxic relationships, and personal loss, finding strength and renewal after relocating to Houston with her two dogs. Through her experiences, including ministering to young women and helping the homeless, Anita emphasized the power of choice—to be a victim or a victor—and the importance of prayer, affirmations, and faith in God. She expressed gratitude to mentors, supporters, and the conference attendees, encouraging everyone to embrace their worth, spread hope, and celebrate the courage and light within themselves.