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A rocket scientist walks into a guitar shop with a wildly romantic plan: learn to play and sing in six weeks so he can surprise his wife at their anniversary dinner. What happens next becomes the beginning of an entirely new life. I’m Shannon, and I sit down with Texas rock singer-songwriter, poet, entrepreneur, and bona fide aerospace engineer Mark Winters to trace the unlikely path from math-and-physics precision to music that’s built to move people.

We talk about the origins of Mark’s creativity and how it transformed from his hard-charging, analytical personality. He has been able to create an artistic voice inside, and how discipline and structure can actually protect creativity rather than crush it.

Mark also shares the songwriting craft behind fan-favorite song, “Fake Gravity,” a love song designed to be fun, groovy, and emotionally true without losing its bite. The conversation turns deeper as Mark shares a time in his life which carried a deep grief and became a way to help others feel what they’ve been holding in, as well.

If this conversation hits home, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs a creative spark, and leave a review so more listeners can find Starseed Evolution. What’s one part of yourself you’re ready to stop “squishing” and finally let speak?

More Information about Mark Winters and his website along with his upcoming 2026 Tour.

Mark Winters website: https://markwintersmusic.com/

Mark Winters Upcoming Tour and Dates:

https://markwintersmusic.com/shows/

Thank you so much for this awesome interview Mark!

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What if your care team actually worked as a team—and treated your whole life, not just your latest symptom? We sit down with licensed clinical social worker, Kristina Scaglione, co-founder of Root & Rise Clinical Specialists, to explore a model of integrative care. The result is coordinated support that blends evidence-based medicine with time-tested Eastern modalities, designed to help you take charge of your health with clarity and confidence.

Kristina explains how long, unhurried visits enable better diagnostics and how a simple shift speeds recovery. We also talk about client agency: screening for clinical fit, honoring preferences for tough-love direction or gentle pacing, and building plans that feel personal, not prepackaged.

Kristina opens up about EMDR and EFT training, completing the Hoffman Process for deep inner-child work, and the disciplined way she uses intuition to inform trauma-informed therapy. This conversation shows how integrative medicine, holistic mental health and functional wellness can coexist in a grounded, practical way.

Kristina Scaglione, LCSW

https://www.kscaglionetherapy.com/

https://www.rootandrisecs.com/

Shannon Sullivan:

Artful Touch Therapies – my professional website

https://www.artfultouchbyshannon.com/

Shannon Sullivan, International Meditation Teacher on Insight Timer

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https://www.linktr.ee/silverlunastarseed

Blue Heron Creates

This is my music artist name where I share mantras and original songs from many different faith traditions.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4I0l8GxlFZ0dD5acKgsabs?si=hVSjJSt7Quudh0-yGBQEBg

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If your words could carry light, where would you shine them first? This guided ceremony is a gentle, grounded journey into voice—how we speak to ourselves, how we speak to others, and how our creative self speaks through us.

Together we explore the architecture of self-talk, inviting the younger part of us to be seen rather than silenced. With the kind parent as an inner guide, we rewrite old scripts into language that helps us repair, recommit, and move.

Creativity takes center stage as another form of voice. We name one living intention—write, paint, photograph, compose—and map simple ways to care for it with time, boundaries, and ease. Then we welcome Reiki with Archangel Gabriel, guardian of communication, music, poetry, and art, to bless the instrument of expression and attune discernment: when to speak, what form to use, and how to let meaning land.

Looking forward to spending this time together. Have a beautiful day!

Shannon Sullivan:

Artful Touch Therapies – my professional website

https://www.artfultouchbyshannon.com/

Shannon Sullivan, International Meditation Teacher on Insight Timer

(Download Insight Timer app. Then click link to my teacher page)

https://insig.ht/dlUov5SHgLb

Link Tree Information:

https://www.linktr.ee/silverlunastarseed

10 Day Course for Empaths and Highly Sensitive People

https://insig.ht/38A3CwdPxNb

Blue Heron Creates

This is my music artist name where I share mantras and original songs from many different faith traditions.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4I0l8GxlFZ0dD5acKgsabs?si=hVSjJSt7Quudh0-yGBQEBg

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