Kelly Gagalis

Online Dating Safety Expert and Dating Coach

I have been a dating coach for over 15 years. A few years ago I realised that my clients don't have the same horror stories as other people I talk to do because I bake safety into their dating training.

A year ago in the same 24 hour period I heard from two friends that their children had just experienced horrific sexual assault... gang rape on a young gay man naively picking up someone for a 1st date on tinder and the rape of my friend's daughter hosting a dinner on a second date while my friend was in the house.

In both of these instances when I heard the circumstances I KNEW that these horrible assaults could have been prevented if these young people had only had the skills and tools I teach to date safely online.

From there I created Swipe Safely, the first course aimed at increasing internet dating safety.

It is now my mission to make people safer dating online, shifting them from prey behavior to confident deterrance.

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Mark Astor

Attorney Saving Families at the Intersection of Law, Mental Health & Addiction

I didn’t set out to build a law firm. I set out to save families.

Early in my career, I was a prosecutor inside the criminal justice system. I saw firsthand what happens when addiction and untreated mental illness collide with law enforcement: people don’t get better — they get processed, warehoused, and traumatized. Families are left powerless, confused, and grieving someone who is still alive.

Years later, after leaving government service, I found myself sitting across from parents, spouses, and siblings who all said the same thing:

“We don’t know what to do anymore.”

Their loved one wasn’t asking for help. Treatment had failed. The system had failed. And “waiting” felt like a death sentence.

So I co-founded a law firm with a singular mission: to give families lawful, compassionate tools to intervene when a loved one’s mind has been hijacked by addiction or severe mental illness.

Since then, I’ve helped thousands of families navigate crises involving substance use, psychiatric instability, medical complexity, and resistance to care — using legal frameworks most people don’t even know exist. I’ve watched families move from chaos and despair to clarity and action. And I’ve seen lives saved not by handcuffs or hope alone, but by informed intervention.

What makes my voice different is this:

I live at the intersection of law, mental health, addiction, and family dynamics — and I’m not speaking in theory. I’m speaking from the trenches.

On podcasts, I don’t offer platitudes. I explain:

Why “waiting until they’re ready” can be deadly

Why the system often reacts after irreversible harm

Why families are not “controlling” — they are responding to cognitive impairment

And why legal intervention, when done correctly, can be an act of love, not punishment

Hosts book me because I bring clarity to uncomfortable conversations, challenge popular myths around addiction and recovery, and give audiences something rare: a framework for action when compassion alone isn’t enough.

If your show tackles mental health, addiction, family trauma, personal growth, leadership, or hard truths — I won’t just fill time.

I’ll give your audience something they’ll remember, wrestle with, and share.

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Ryan Matthews

2x TEDx Speaker | Former Army Combat K9 Handler | Trauma-to-Transformation Leadership Expert

I’m Ryan Matthews — former Army combat K9 handler, 2x TEDx speaker, published author, and founder of World of Dog Training. By age 30, I had survived combat PTSD, cancer, a serious car crash, and a heart attack. Those experiences forced me to rebuild from the inside out.

Today, I help people and leaders turn trauma into transformation using practical frameworks rooted in resilience, communication, and relationship leadership — lessons drawn from real life, elite K9 work, and human-animal behavior. I’ve worked with 6,000+ dogs and their owners, celebrity clients, and high performers who needed calm, clarity, and control under pressure.

I’m not here to offer motivation fluff. I bring honest stories, tactical tools, and immediately usable strategies your audience can apply to lead themselves, their relationships, and their teams more effectively.

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