Elise Ballard

Elise Ballard is the host and creator of the online community and website, Epiphany Channel, and the author of "Epiphany: True Stories of Sudden Insight to Inspire, Encourage and Transform" (Random House/Crown Publishing), a collection of over 50 interviews with amazing people from all walks of life recounting the stories of their greatest epiphanies. She started her career in entertainment working as an actress and moved into independent filmmaking and producing in Los Angeles as a partner in a production company with films distributed by Lions Gate and Monarch Entertainment.

Her directorial debut, "Lord of the Wiens: A Dachumentary," a movie about the annual Wiener Dog Races in Buda, TX, became a cult hit. When her film project “Epiphany” became an online series and book, Elise found herself on the journey of becoming “the epiphany expert” as a result of conducting and studying hundreds of interviews about these life-changing moments. (She sometimes refers to herself as the “accidental epiphany expert.”)

She is now a motivational speaker and two-time TEDx speaker and contributes articles to publications and websites such as Psychology Today and Positively Positive. She also had the privilege of being invited to attend and cover the 2011 Nobel Prizes and has created, directed and produced numerous projects including the YOU DVDs accompanying the YOU book series by world-renowned, bestselling authors, Drs. Mehmet Oz and Michael Roizen. She is currently writing and in development on several projects, including works based on Epiphany.

She resides in Los Angeles, CA.