Dr. Stacy L. Gomes, EdD, MEd, is Provost at the California Institute for Human Science. Prior to joining CIHS, she served as Vice President of Academic Affairs at Pacific College of Health Sciences.
Dr. Gomes is also the co-author, with Leena S. Guptha, DO, MBA, PhD, of Who’s on Your Board: Six Steps to Curating Your Personal Board of Directors, a book about intentionally identifying and cultivating the mentors, advisors, supporters, and truth-tellers who help guide personal and professional growth.
In this conversation, Dr. Gomes discusses higher education, integrative health, online learning, student success, artificial intelligence, mentorship, and the importance of consciously choosing who influences our lives.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:07:10 Alternative medicine under the microscope
00:09:54 Ensuring students get what they paid for
00:12:37 Teaching acupuncture and skill-based applied topics online
00:15:15 Advice for teachers: be clear about what you are teaching
00:23:31 Higher education is not for everyone
00:34:33 Mentoring the next generation of leaders
00:55:51 Why students are struggling to write
00:57:16 When AI can write better and faster than accomplished authors
01:23:10 Who is on your personal board?
Dr. Debra Lynne Katz is the founder and director of the International School of Clairvoyance, where she has trained students in clairvoyance, remote viewing, intuitive development, and energy healing since 2005.
Dr. Katz is the author of several books, including You Are Psychic: The Art of Clairvoyant Reading and Healing, Extraordinary Psychic, The Complete Clairvoyant, Freeing the Genie Within, and Associative Remote Viewing: The Art & Science of Predicting Outcomes for Sports, Financials, Elections, and the Lottery. She is a former President of the International Remote Viewing Association. She has also served as an instructor at the California Institute for Human Science.
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Published on June 3, 2026
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