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Married To The Mormon Madoff: The Ultimate Ponzie Scheme
What happens when the life you thought you built was actually built on a lie? In this powerful episode of Activate & Illuminate, Melanie Wakelin sits down with Andrea Merriman, who discovered after 20 years of marriage that her husband had secretly been running a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. An...
Why Bosnia and the Pyramids Could Change How We Understand Human Potential
Episode Summary What if humanity has forgotten more about its own potential than we realize? In this episode of Activate & Illuminate, Melanie Wakelin speaks with Ajdin Ahmetspahić, Tourism Manager of the Bosnian Pyramids project, who has spent 17 years exploring the site and welcoming visitors from...
Rethinking Everything We Know About Heart & Brain Health
In this episode of Activate & Illuminate, Melanie Wakelin sits down with physician, author, and health educator Bill Code, M.D. for a powerful conversation about his decades-long journey through medicine, neurological illness, recovery, nutrition, oxygen therapy, and integrative health. After being ...
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