In the first episode after the holiday break, Jessica introduces Aalia Lanius to the LTN podcast community! Known as a successful business entrepreneur, multiple award-winning Novelist, and founder of nonprofits geared at supporting people in their time of need, Lanius is a maverick and role model. For over 20 years, she has been sharing her personal experiences with audiences of all age groups and diverse backgrounds, across the globe, sharing tragedies and triumphs, both positive and negative, allowing others to realize that there is always hope in the dark.Lanius’ most recent literary work, a historical fiction novel, Jugend, which released in March 2019, has been awarded the 2019 Bronze Medal in the Readers’ Favorite Fiction-Cultural category and named the Top Multicultural Fiction Novel of 2019 by the Global EBook Awards.In her present stage of life, she is unapologetically interested in living life on her terms. People are often impressed with her energy, optimism and determination to defy the odds as a survivor of cancer, currently living life with two autoimmune diseases and a recent diagnosis of fibromyalgia. Here to shatter stereotypes, she warns people to not “judge this book by its cover”.As founder of Unsugarcoated Media, a 501(c)(3) organization, she spearheads EmpowerCon, an inaugural empowerment event to bring value to communities around the world. Aalia continues writing books, as well as produces and hosts the podcast "Unsugarcoated with Aalia and Alex". Married to Entertainment Attorney and Film Executive Producer, Joseph Lanius, she can be found on red carpets around the globe, or hanging out in her yoga pants being a mother to four.