The Wild Genius
Raw Stories of Flow, Brilliance, and the Untamed Life in the Zone
When we embrace our wild genius, we’re not just working or living—we’re thriving. Fully immersed in the flow state, where time disappears, ideas ignite, and raw brilliance rises to the surface.
This book is filled with stories from people who didn’t wait for permission to shine. They followed the pull—not the plan—and let their passions lead them to a life of relentless curiosity, creativity, and truth.
Read what happens when people stop playing small and start listening to the truth within. They didn’t wait for permission. They trusted their instincts, leaned into risk, and let purpose lead.
Some reached incredible heights. Others found peace, power, or a path they didn’t know existed. But all of them share one thing: a decision to live from the zone, that place where talent, intuition, and passion merge into something extraordinary.
These raw stories are a celebration of the Wild Genius that lives in all of us; the spark that comes alive when talent, purpose, and soul collide.
Come along for the ride with these bold voices and discover what’s possible when life meets wild genius— and you finally let yours out.
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About David T. Fagan
President of Talent Support Services, LLC.
He has been featured on Fox & Friends, the Today Show, The Washington Post, Forbes, Investor’s Business Daily, Your World with Neil Cavuto, Fox’s The Five, and What’s Happening Now, to name a few. He’s won major awards for publishing, publicity, and even the Entrepreneur Educator of the Year Award from Inc 500 Keap as well as the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award from the White House.
David is the best-selling author of several books including Word Genius: What to Say and How to Say It, Guerrilla Parenting: How to Raise an Entrepreneur, Cracking the Icon Code: How to Become an Icon in Your Industry Through Your Advice, Image and Expertise, and Becoming Significant: How to Invoke Sacred Words that Unlock Real Power. He’s an International Speaker in places as far away as Dubai, Bangladesh, Kenya, and Australia. He has shared the stage with everyone from Former Secretary of Defense Dr. Bob Gates to Mark Victor Hansen.
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Founder of Talent Support Services, LLC
Affectionately known as The Scaling Architect, Lady Jen is the Leading Expert in helping powerhouse business owners create a company that runs smoothly without them—achieving massive revenue growth while gaining more freedom and fulfillment in life with grace and ease.
Clients pay more than $100,000 for just one VIP Weekend with Lady Jen where she consults business how to scale their company exponentially while attaining personal freedom. When you listen to her, you will immediately recognize that she is one the most masterful communicators and mentors you have ever heard.
About Isabel Donadio
Founder of Talent Support Services, LLC
Isabel Donadio is the Founder of Talent Support Services, LLC, DBA Top Talent Agency, is the best-selling author of Finishing is Happiness: 7 Ways Big Idea Entrepreneurs Can Become Big Business Finishers, Co-Author of Women Gone Wild: The Feminine Guide to Fearless Living, Becoming Significant: How to Invoke Sacred Words That Unlock Real Power and Guerrilla Education: The Unconventional Ways to Learn, Profit, and Grow and the winner of the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
"Top Talent Publishing continues to deliver bestsellers that feature innovative voices; teaching, uplifting, and showing the way to brilliance."
"The highly-anticipated Wild Genius is sure to inspire people from all walks of life to tap in, level up and step into their genius."
"I loved being a part of the book, Women Gone Wild, published by Top Talent Agency, and now excited to see what's revealed in The Wild Genius."
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Meet The Co-Authors
Donny Epstein
His widely used 12 Stages of Healing model and subsequent teachings emphasize the connection between energy fields, the nervous system, and the forces of manifestation. He’s also known for launching one of the largest quality-of-life studies at the University of California, emphasizing self-awareness, spiritual wellness, and social connection as essential components of health.
Donny’s latest evolution, EpiEnergetics, explores how energy and information fields shape perception, biology, and systems of human interaction. His work empowers individuals—especially the genre of “Seekers” who sense there’s more to life—to access expanded states of coherence and contribution. His methods have been embraced by CEOs, athletes, politicians, spiritual teachers, and cultural creatives, with endorsements from leaders like Tony Robbins and Ken Wilber.
A charismatic and in-demand speaker, Donny has authored five books including The Seeker’s Code: Your Access to the Unreasonable and Extraordinary, and continues to inspire change through live events, private sessions, and his AlchemE Mentors training program.
Linda Fisk
Linda Fisk is a multi-award-winning CEO, TEDx speaker, 5x international best-selling author, U.S. Senator for the WBAF, TV and Podcast host, keynote speaker, and university professor dedicated to amplifying and extending the success of other high-caliber business leaders. She is the Chairwoman of LeadHERship Global, a community of unstoppable women enhancing their leadership blueprint and embracing their power to be the best version of themselves- in work and life.
In LeadHERship Global, Linda supports and guides ambitious, creative women to move in the direction of their purpose, their mission and their dreams with powerful connections, critical support, practical tools and valuable resources to show up, speak up and step up in their careers and personal lives.
Prior to her role in LeadHERship Global, Linda was the CEO of Collective 54, and the global head of brand marketing, public relations and communications at Susan G. Komen as well as YPO, where she developed her passion for bringing inspiring leaders together to create opportunity, discover possibility and solve problems. Linda forged a career as an entrepreneurial and forward-thinking marketing executive on the cutting edge of brand marketing.
Linda has a Ph.D. and M.A. in Clinical Psychology and has written extensively on the subjects of social comparison, depression and anxiety, subjective well-being and personality theory, with a focus on relating scientific research to commonly understood concepts. Currently, Linda is interested in the psychology of influence, persuasion and negotiation.
Craig Bruce
A former global executive who once embodied traditional business success, Craig’s career was filled with milestones and accolades. But behind the polished surface was a deeper struggle—one marked by burnout, disconnection, and the slow erosion of well-being. When the cost of ambition became too high, Craig began a profound personal transformation that redefined how he viewed leadership, performance, and life itself.
Andie Monet
Andie Monet is a Business Optimization Expert, keynote speaker, and author with over 35 years of experience helping service-based businesses scale sustainably—without burnout, complexity, or personal sacrifice. She specializes in guiding 7-figure businesses, to reach 8-figure growth without increasing workloads, hiring more staff, or expanding infrastructure. For over two decades, she has worked with everyone from Hollywood firms and foreign governments to local small business owners — all with one mission: to empower leaders to build businesses (and lives) they love.
Andie has shared the stage with industry thought leaders, is building a youth TEDx stage in her hometown, and is the founder of a youth leadership and entrepreneurship camp designed to empower both kids and their parents with life and business skills. She has done everything from designing optimized business systems like an engineer to completing triathlons and Spartan races just for fun — believing that physical accomplishments teach mental resilience essential for success.
When she isn’t transforming businesses or creating programs that empower future leaders, she lives for adventures, and believes love is the secret ingredient to leadership, and passionate about helping entrepreneurs break free from the myth that success has to mean struggle. Andie is living proof that with heart, strategy, and vision, anyone can design a life and business they love — while having time to actually enjoy it.
Diane Strand
Diane Strand is a multi-award-winning serial entrepreneur, executive producer, best-selling author, nonprofit founder, and both a TEDx and national speaker. Strand has over 21 years of entrepreneurial experience. She is the majority owner of JDS Video & Media Productions, Inc. and JDS Actors Studio, and the founder of the 501(c)3 nonprofit JDS Creative Academy (JDSCA).
Strand is the creator, executive producer, and co-host of the locally broadcasted and nationally streamed magazine-style news and information television series, Spirit of Innovation: Arts Across America, the first of its kind for Riverside County. Strand has written two approved curriculums: A Title 17 video production job-training day program for adults with developmental disabilities and a California State Apprenticeship program. She has helped launch over 100 careers in arts and entertainment. She aspires to make dreams come true by providing H.O.P.E. – Helping One Person Everyday. Her goal is to spread the Arts Across America and inspire new creative academies across the country.
She is deeply involved in the local community as an active Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce member, serving as the DEI Chair, and on the Women in Business committee. She served three years as the elected Board President of Southwest Economic Development Coalition and recently completed a 10-year service as an appointed Board Member for Riverside County’s Workforce Development.
Prior to her entrepreneurship, Strand earned an impressive list of Hollywood A-List credits on shows such as: General Hospital, Friends, and Veronica’s Closet. She built the high-def control room at Staples Center (now Crypto.com Arena), produced for Barbra Streisand, and worked for Universal Creative and as an in-house producer for Disney Channel, including the launches of Playhouse Disney and Toon Disney.
Sara Davison
Julie Olson
Cosmos Dar
A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Electrical Engineering, Cosmos is focused on advocating for entrepreneurship and real estate investing education. Cosmos Dar is deeply engaged with these ventures because he recognizes the pervasive financial challenges people face globally, including in America — issues stemming from debt, job loss, stagnant incomes, and relentless inflation. Operating within a fiat monetary system, where money’s purchasing power erodes due to continuous printing unsupported by scarce assets, he is committed to educating individuals on safeguarding their wealth from devaluation amid heightened inflation forecasts.
Cosmos Dar’s vision involves transforming individuals into entrepreneurs and investors guided by morals, values, and ethics. Through interviews on Extraordinary America, he shares stories of those who overcame challenges, started from humble beginnings, and achieved financial freedom, hoping to inspire others to take action and break free from financial bondage.
Libbi Lovejoy
Libbi Lovejoy is an award-winning entrepreneur, published author, and international public speaker. She is the founder of Intuitive Genius Intl, a company dedicated to unlocking human potential through mind acceleration and intuitive development. Her work has been featured in NYC Independent print magazine (Beyonce edition), and Los Angeles Tribune Magazine, and on prominent broadcasts such as the Global Genius Summit.
Dani Wallace
Dr. Moirar M. Leveille, PhD
Dr. Moirar is a multi-time international best-selling author, transformational speaker, and featured expert on Amazon Prime’s Speak Up. She has been recognized with the White House Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award and has been featured in ABC, CBS, USA Today, Psychology Today, NYC Independent, and Los Angeles Tribune. Her latest bestselling book is The MindfulYess Guide: The Five Easy Ways to Redesign Your Life and Take Control of Your Destiny.
Angela Legh
Angela is the former producer and writer of Children’s Lives Matter, and co-host of Every Child Can Learn on e360tv and current producer and co-host of Unfiltered Parenting on Binge TV. Angela uses media to amplify her message of healing across generations.
Beth Close
Dr. Cheri Sotelo
Dr. Cheri Sotelo is Licensed Psychotherapist, Certified Sexologist, Certified Family Trauma Professional, Certified Complex Trauma Professional I/II, Certified Clinical Nutrition Counselor, Holistic Health Coach, Fitness & Nutrition Coach, Personal & Business Development Coach, Executive Coach, and Human Rights Consultant.
Cheri is a Global Impact Strategist renowned for her dedication to mental health, nutrition, and medical illness rights advocacy on a global scale. With over two decades of experience, she has tirelessly championed the cause of vulnerable populations, offering unwavering support, guidance, and empowerment. Holding licenses in Mental Health, Addictions, Dual-Diagnoses, and Clinical Supervision, Cheri has served as the Family Representative for the State of Nevada Emergency Medical Services for Children and as the Mental Health Representative for the Child Death Review Team in Nevada.
As a highly sought-after clinician, she has collaborated with high-profile celebrities, athletes, and influencers, providing them with her expert guidance. Cheri’s expertise has been showcased on renowned podcasts, news media stations, and international stages. Notably, she is the visionary behind the non-profit organization, The Faces of Illness, which has redefined the narrative surrounding chronic, rare, and terminal illnesses. Through powerful photo art and personal narratives, Cheri aims to inspire and uplift individuals, emphasizing that they are not defined by their diagnoses. Her groundbreaking work has shattered stereotypes and transformed perceptions of illness.
In recognition of her profound impact, Cheri has received multiple awards for International Advocacy, served as a Representative for Veterans, Community Health, and Wellness, and has been honored as Entrepreneur of the Year. Additionally, “The Faces of Illness” has been celebrated as the winner of the 2024 International Impact Book Awards for Female Empowerment.
Dr. Tayo
Dr. Tayo Denton, most often referred to as simply Dr. Tayo, is a physician and Women’s Wellness Strategist. She is frequently featured in news and media including CBS, NBC, ABC, San Francisco Daily Press, and on the cover of the Los Angeles Tribune Magazine, to name a few. Dr. Tayo helps high-achieving women in midlife overcome hormone-related challenges and reclaim their clarity, energy, and confidence — naturally.
With a unique approach that blends conventional medicine and integrative, science-backed solutions, she developed the Synergistic Hormone Balancing System™ — a proven method for restoring balance without medications, extreme or invasive measures. Her clients include female executives, professionals, and entrepreneurs who are navigating brain fog, exhaustion, and overwhelm — often without realizing hormonal shifts are at the root of it all.
Jessica Sheehan
Besides speaking, Jessica has experience in interviewing, team building, training, storytelling, and project management, and has been hired by everyone from Fortune 500 companies to non-profits, government agencies, and solo entrepreneurs. Jessica’s expertise is diverse, based upon her past careers in printing, banking, forensic interviewing, and head-hunting. As a Forensic Interviewer, Jessica previously interviewed children for investigative purposes regarding child abuse and neglect concerns, testifying as an expert witness and child development expert in court cases and grand jury. In everything she does, Jessica excels at getting the story right and making people look good. When Jessica isn’t helping others get the exposure they deserve, or raising awareness of important topics in the media, she’s enjoying nature at her coastal home in Oregon.
Megan Schwan
With more than two decades of experience as a seasoned accountant, speaker, coach, and published author, Megan has helped thousands of entrepreneurs—particularly women and minority-owned businesses—move from financial confusion to clarity. She is passionate about financial literacy and believes that when business owners understand their numbers, they can transform not just their companies, but their lives.
Shannon Hughes
A respected voice in the speaking and coaching community, Shannon has been featured in Keynote Magazine, ICON Magazine, Top Talent Magazine, and contributed a byline article in The Los Angeles Tribune Magazine. Through his coaching, speaking, and writing, Shannon empowers individuals to step into their greatness and take bold action toward their goals.
Melanie Soloway
David Cunningham
His creative vision and ability to connect through image and story have led him to work with a range of iconic talents, including Luenell (comedian and actress), Snoop Dogg (legendary rapper and entrepreneur), Salute (musician and cultural tastemaker), Tony Rock (comedian and actor), and Jamie Foxx (Academy Award-winning actor, singer, and producer). Through these collaborations, David has earned a reputation for producing work that is both cinematic and deeply human.
David’s journey is rooted in transformation—the belief that where you start does not define where you end up. His chapter in this book reflects that ethos, offering insight into how we can better understand the world we’re in, discover who we are, and consciously rewrite our paths.