A Quest for Well-Being

Valeria Teles
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This is a podcast inspired by love in the quest for Well-Being. The episodes feature informative, inspirational, healing, and insightful conversations on the fields of mental, emotional, and spiritual health. This is a platform of collaboration created for the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, and insights about holistic health. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking toward a new way of living and new ways of being. Through the lens of awareness and healing, we explore such topics as trauma, addiction, co-dependency, fear, depression, anxiety, learning, and self-love, among others. The intention is to inspire healthy changes and promote awareness. I am grateful for having the opportunity to collaborate with many AMAZING human beings!!! Much appreciation for the guests and supporters of this podcast! Podcast Song "Almost August" by Dan Lebowitz http://www.lebomusic.com/

  1. 17h ago

    Beyond Behavior: Unlocking Your Child's Potential

    — Many parents, teachers, and caregivers spend years trying to manage a child's challenging behaviors, learning difficulties, emotional struggles, or lack of motivation—often addressing the symptoms without identifying the true cause. But what if there is one underlying factor acting as a bottleneck, quietly limiting a child's ability to thrive? In this episode, we explore a fascinating and innovative approach to child development through the lens of the Theory of Constraints—a framework originally developed to improve performance in complex systems. Applied to child psychology, this model asks a powerful question: What is the primary constraint preventing this child from reaching their full potential? That constraint may be emotional, such as anxiety, shame, grief, or unresolved trauma. It may be cognitive, such as executive functioning challenges, attention difficulties, or learning differences. Or it may be environmental, including family stress, social pressures, lack of support, or unmet developmental needs. Rather than trying to fix everything at once, the Theory of Constraints encourages us to identify and address the single most significant factor limiting growth. This conversation offers a compassionate and practical perspective on helping children flourish—not by asking, "What's wrong with this child?" but by asking, "What is standing in the way of this child's growth, and how can we help remove it?" Join us for an insightful discussion about unlocking potential, fostering well-being, and creating the conditions for every child to thrive. Valeria interviews Paula Noble — She is an Educational and Developmental Psychologist, and Director of Noble Psychology, with over 30 years of experience helping children and families navigate the complexities of growing up. Paula's work is shaped by more than her professional training—it's grounded in lived experience. As a teacher, psychologist, parent, and grandparent, she understands firsthand the challenges families face when a child is struggling with anxiety, learning, friendships, or emotional regulation—and how powerful the right support can be. Paula began her career in classrooms across Australia and Singapore before moving into school psychology in some of Sydney's leading independent schools. Today, she provides evidence-based assessment and therapy, helping families move from overwhelm to clarity, confidence, and connection. In recent years, Paula has also faced her own life-changing challenge—undergoing open heart surgery for a congenital condition. This experience has deepened her perspective, strengthening her belief in resilience, gratitude, and the importance of truly living. Alongside her clinical work, Paula is a creative writer. She has written two plays—Deli Chick and Brad Checks In—both staged at Sydney's iconic Old Fitzroy Theatre and is the author of the satirical novel Deli Chick. Whether working with families or speaking to audiences, Paula brings warmth, honesty, and insight—helping people feel understood, supported, and empowered to move forward. To learn more about Paula Noble and her work, please visit: https://noblepsychology.com.au/

    Beyond Behavior: Unlocking Your Child's Potential

  2. 17h ago

    Slow, Stop, and Reverse Your Medical Condition

    — Mick Emandi believes that true healing begins by looking beyond symptoms and identifying the underlying causes of disease, dysfunction, and chronic pain. Rather than focusing solely on managing conditions through temporary solutions, his work in regenerative medicine aims to support the body's innate ability to repair, restore, and heal itself. Over the past decade, Mick and his team have helped tens of thousands of people improve their health, mobility, energy, and overall quality of life through innovative regenerative therapies. His approach is rooted in the understanding that when the body is given the right support, remarkable healing and renewal can occur—often leading to outcomes that traditional symptom-focused treatments may not achieve. This conversation will explore not only the science behind regenerative medicine but also the deeper question of what it means to truly heal. Listeners will gain insight into how restoring physical health can create a ripple effect throughout all areas of life, empowering people to pursue their passions, reconnect with what matters most, and experience a greater sense of fulfillment and joy. Mick's perspective aligns naturally with the themes of holistic well-being, self-empowerment, and joyful living. His work reminds us that health is not merely the absence of disease—it is the foundation that allows us to fully participate in life, cultivate meaningful connections, and become the most vibrant version of ourselves. Valeria interviews Mick Emandi —  He is the CEO of Regen MDs, a regenerative medicine practice dedicated to helping people overcome chronic pain and complex health conditions through innovative, science-based therapies.  With more than nine years of experience in the field, Mick has helped over 30,000 patients improve their health, restore function, and enhance their quality of life. Passionate about advancing breakthrough regenerative technologies, he is committed to empowering individuals to heal, recover, and live with greater vitality. To learn more about Mick Emandi and his work, please visit: https://RegenMDs.com

    Slow, Stop, and Reverse Your Medical Condition

  3. 17h ago

    The Wisdom Your Body Already Knows

    — What if your body has been trying to guide you all along—and the real challenge is learning how to listen? In this episode,Dr. Angela Zeng, inspired by her grandfather, a Traditional Chinese Medicine herbalist, shares why true healing begins not with fixing ourselves, but with reconnecting to the body's innate intelligence. We explore the lost art of self-trust, the powerful messages hidden within our symptoms, and why joy, connection, and vitality are essential ingredients for lasting well-being. If you've ever wondered how to cultivate a deeper relationship with your body and access the wisdom that already lives within you, this conversation is for you. Valeria interviews Dr. Angela Zeng — Founder Of Karviva Wellness Beverages, Wellness Entrepreneur, and Professional Speaker.  With nearly three decades of expertise spanning food science, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and entrepreneurship, Dr. Angela Zeng is one of the most distinctive voices at the intersection of ancient healing wisdom and modern nutritional science. Born into generations of traditional Chinese herbalists and later trained as a food scientist with formal grounding in pathology, biochemistry, and TCM, Zeng's career was catalyzed by a defining realization: American wellness culture had become obsessed with restriction, hype, and quick fixes, while overlooking the centuries-old truth her family had always practiced: that food, when chosen with intention, is itself the most powerful medicine. Zeng spent years inside the food and beverage industry as a scientist and product innovator before stepping out to challenge what she saw as a system optimized for marketing rather than meaningful health outcomes, grounded in the conviction that consumers deserve products built on evidence, not aesthetics, and that wellness must be measured in vitality, not deprivation. She is the founder of Karviva, a multi-award-winning functional beverage brand headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, dedicated to bridging modern nutritional science and Traditional Chinese Medicine through clean, plant-powered drinks. Her product portfolio spans Unwined, Detox, Immunity, ACE Sport, Wellness, Sprouts of Hope, and the newly launched Energy Juice lines, translating ancient herbal philosophy into a structured, accessible framework for everyday hydration, recovery, and longevity. Karviva's guiding philosophy, Food Is Better Medicine™, has driven more than one million bottles sold across 2,000+ retail locations, with features in Forbes, Bon Appétit, USA Today, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, and MarketWatch. A sought-after speaker and thought leader, Zeng is a TEDx speaker, a 2025 and 2026 St. Louis Titan 100 honoree, a 2026 Titan CEO honoree, and the recipient of the 2025 World Beverage Innovation Award for Best Low/No Alcohol Beverage, with three additional Karviva product lines named finalists at the same awards in Best Energy Beverage, Best Natural/Organic Beverage, and Best Plant-Based Beverage. She is also the author of the forthcoming book The Balance Cure: Unlock Your Body & Ancient Code for Lasting Weight Loss (June 2026), a practical guide that translates Traditional Chinese Medicine and modern nutritional science into a personalized framework for matching food, movement, and habits to individual body type, including dedicated support for those using GLP-1 medications.  Learn more about Dr. Angela and her work!

    The Wisdom Your Body Already Knows

  4. Jul 7

    Seven Emotions That Transform Leaders, Relationships, & Communities

    — We live in a time of tremendous change, uncertainty, and division. Yet despite our differences, most of us share a common desire: to create a better future for ourselves, our communities, and the world around us. What if the greatest obstacles to positive change are not external circumstances, but the emotions that shape how we think, relate, communicate, and lead? What if understanding and working with these emotions could help us build trust, foster collaboration, navigate conflict, and inspire meaningful action? Today, we'll explore the powerful role emotions play in shaping our lives and our ability to influence positive change. We'll discuss how qualities such as optimism, trust, resilience, courage, and compassion can help us move beyond division, strengthen our leadership, relationships, and create lasting impact—whether in our families, workplaces, communities, or within ourselves. At its heart, this conversation is about discovering how each of us can become a more conscious, effective, and inspiring force for positive change, no matter where we are or what role we play. Valeria interviews Reiner Lomb — He is the author of  "ASPIRE: Seven Essential Emotions for Leading Positive Change, No Matter Where You Are" AND "The Boomerang Approach." Reiner Lomb is the founder of BoomerangCoach, an executive coaching firm specializing in leadership and career development, innovation, and transformational change. Reiner's mission is to mobilize and develop leaders to create a more sustainable and positive future for all. As an executive coach, he works with leaders and changemakers in a wide range of organizations, from start-ups and multinational companies to non-profits and local communities - all who aspire to create transformational change. Whether he's working with corporate executives, entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, or indigenous tribal leaders, Reiner's clients appreciate his international business and cross-cultural leadership experience. Before becoming an executive coach, Reiner had a 30-plus year career in technology, started and developed software businesses, and led leadership development.  To learn more about Reiner Lomb and his work, please visit: https://reinerlomb.com/books/

    Seven Emotions That Transform Leaders, Relationships, & Communities

  5. Jul 7

    Why We Stay Silent—and How to Reclaim Our Voice

    — How many times have we remained silent when something important needed to be said? How often have we hidden our thoughts, emotions, needs, or truths out of fear of judgment, rejection, conflict, or simply not being heard? Many of us learn, often from an early age, that staying quiet is safer than speaking up. Over time, those patterns can become so familiar that we hardly notice them. We silence our ideas, our creativity, our boundaries, our needs, and sometimes even our authentic selves. But what is the cost of that silence? Today, we'll explore how silence shapes our lives, relationships, workplaces, and communities, and how we can begin to recognize and unlearn the unconscious patterns that keep us from fully expressing who we are. We'll discuss the courage required to speak our truth, the importance of creating spaces where all voices are welcomed, and how authentic self-expression can lead to greater connection, belonging, personal growth, and well-being. At its heart, this conversation is an invitation to reclaim our voice—not to speak louder, but to speak more honestly, more intentionally, and more fully from who we truly are. Valeria interviews Elaine Lin Hering  — She is the author of  "Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully." Elaine Lin Hering is a speaker, facilitator, and former Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School. She works with organizations and individuals to build skills in communication, collaboration, and conflict management. She has worked on six continents and facilitated executive education at Harvard, Dartmouth, Tufts, UC Berkeley, and UCLA. She has served as the Advanced Training Director for the Harvard Mediation Program and a Managing Partner for a global leadership development firm. She has worked with coal miners at BHP Billiton, micro-finance organizers in East Africa, mental health professionals in China, and senior leadership at the US Department of Commerce. Her clients include American Express, Chevron, Google, Nike, Novartis, PayPal, Pixar, and the Red Cross. She was named a Thinkers50 global management thinker on the rise.  To learn more about Elaine Lin Hering and her work, please visit: https://elainelinhering.com/

    Why We Stay Silent—and How to Reclaim Our Voice

  6. Jul 7

    Mindful Remission: Rewriting the Subconscious Story

    — Today we dive into how hidden emotional wounds shape the body, influence illness, and quietly steer our capacity to heal. We'll explore trauma as a learned pattern lodged in the subconscious, why the body often becomes the messenger when emotional pain goes unheard, and how shifting subconscious meaning can dissolve those patterns. Expect practical, science-informed insights into psychoneuroimmunology, what intensive subconscious work can unlock that weekly therapy sometimes can't, and real guidance for anyone carrying long-held hurt or facing serious illness. If you've ever wondered why symptoms persist despite good care, or how transformation can move from surviving to living with more ease and purpose, this conversation offers hopeful, actionable paths forward. Valeria interviews  Avinoam Lerner — He is the author of  "The New Cancer Paradigm: Mobilizing the Mind to Heal the Body andMindful Remission: The Mental Science of Healing." Avinoam is a cancer and trauma recovery expert, TEDx speaker, author and founder of the rapid trauma solution (RTS) and the mindful remission programs He has over 25 years of experience working with people facing cancer and trauma. Avinoam's work sits at the intersection of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI), subconscious reprogramming, and trauma recovery — grounded in science, rooted in the human experience. To learn more about Avinoam Lerner and his work, please visit: https://www.avinoamlerner.com/

    Mindful Remission: Rewriting the Subconscious Story

  7. Jul 4

    Essence Merging: A Journey Into the Sacred Self

    — In this profound and deeply heartfelt episode, Valeria sits down with Colleen Quinn to explore the sacred intersection of psychology, spirituality, breathwork, and soul awakening. Together, they dive into the transformational journey behind her upcoming book, Essence Merging — a raw and intimate exploration of trauma, healing, divine love, and the courage to return home to the authentic self. Through near-death experiences, conscious breathwork, mystical synchronicities, and emotional truth, Colleen shares how life's deepest wounds can become portals into awakening and radical self-love. Blending decades of clinical expertise with spiritual insight, this conversation invites listeners into a deeper understanding of what it means to heal not only the mind, but the soul itself. This episode is a powerful reminder that within every breakdown lies the possibility of transformation, and within every breath lives a pathway back to love. Valeria interviews Colleen Quinn — She is the author of  "Essence Merging." Colleen Quinn is a transpersonal psychologist with a child specialty along with certification in breathwork. The word psychology comes from the Greek meaning study of the soul. True healing always takes us into direct relationship with our own soul, bringing coherence to mind, body, and heart. This is Colleen's devotion, not only for herself, but for all. The most reliable way to converse with our own soul is through conscious, integrative breathwork. Colleen has taught psychology at The Ohio State University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Columbus State Community College and was the dean at Hondros College.  Colleen has published research in many top-tier scientific journals, among them Emotion, Adolescent Psychology, and Residential Treatment for Children and Youth to name a few. In her private practice, spanning decades, Colleen used Somatic Experiencing (SE) and Internal Family Systems (IFS). Both techniques use breathwork to find and feel our body's stored traumas, loving them to bring healing.  In 2018, Colleen had her second near-death experience, leading her to utter the plea, "let me be love in every moment." This was the catalyst for her spiritual awakening. Her profoundly intimate and raw transformation is chronicled in the upcoming book by Vanguard Press, Essence Merging, due out in April 2026. Colleen uses story to inspire others that there is so much more to life. Emotional truths are interwoven into an unconventional love story that connects us with Colleen and her breathwork partner as they follow the leadings of conscious breath into rediscovery of ancient tantric practices. SE and IFS come to life in her breathwork descent journeys. She weaves in pop culture, mystical synchronicities, psychology, and ancient traditions as she sheds her shame to in-spire others. This story is an invitation for readers to discover their own divine blueprint, and a guide to returning home to the sacred self.  To learn more about Colleen Quinn and her work, please visit: https://www.essencemerging.com/.

    Essence Merging: A Journey Into the Sacred Self

  8. Jun 25

    CFS RECOVERY: BREAKING FREE FROM CHRONIC FATIGUE

    — Welcome to A Quest for Well-Being! Imagine waking up every day feeling exhausted no matter how much you sleep. Simple tasks become overwhelming, your energy disappears without warning, and despite countless doctor visits, tests, treatments, and well-meaning advice, nothing seems to help. For the millions of people living with chronic fatigue syndrome this is a daily reality. Yet recovery stories do exist. Today, we'll explore what Chronic Fatigue Syndrome really is, why so many people struggle to find effective solutions, and what approaches may help when conventional methods have fallen short. We'll discuss the role of the nervous system, stress, lifestyle, emotional well-being, and the practical steps that can support healing and recovery. If you or someone you love has ever struggled with chronic fatigue, burnout, unexplained exhaustion, or the feeling of losing hope after trying everything, this conversation is for you. Valeria interviews Miguel Bautista — He is the founder of CFS Recovery, a global recovery program helping people overcome Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Long Covid, fibromyalgia, and related nervous system-driven conditions.  After personally spending years bedridden, hospitalized, and searching for answers to debilitating symptoms, Miguel developed a structured recovery approach centered on nervous system regulation, behavioral recalibration, and long-term stability. Today, CFS Recovery has helped thousands of people worldwide regain function, rebuild confidence, and return to living full lives. Miguel is known for simplifying complex recovery concepts into practical, actionable frameworks that help people move from surviving to thriving. Through his coaching programs, educational content, and YouTube channel with over 37,000 subscribers, Miguel shares strategies designed to help people break free from cycles of fear, crashes, and symptom management so they can reclaim their health and independence. To learn more about Miguel Bautista and his work, please visit: https://cfsrecovery.co/

    CFS RECOVERY: BREAKING FREE FROM CHRONIC FATIGUE
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This is a podcast inspired by love in the quest for Well-Being. The episodes feature informative, inspirational, healing, and insightful conversations on the fields of mental, emotional, and spiritual health. This is a platform of collaboration created for the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, and insights about holistic health. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking toward a new way of living and new ways of being. Through the lens of awareness and healing, we explore such topics as trauma, addiction, co-dependency, fear, depression, anxiety, learning, and self-love, among others. The intention is to inspire healthy changes and promote awareness. I am grateful for having the opportunity to collaborate with many AMAZING human beings!!! Much appreciation for the guests and supporters of this podcast! Podcast Song "Almost August" by Dan Lebowitz http://www.lebomusic.com/

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  • Creator
    Valeria Teles
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    1.4K
  • Rating
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    © 2019 Valeria Teles All Rights Reserved
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