Have you ever silenced an idea, worried it would be rejected or thought it wasn't as good? Have you ever sidelined an opportunity to speak up because you were worried you wouldn't measure up to others? Have you ever stifled an 'I love you' or an 'I'm sorry' because it was too late to matter to someone else? Often, we think our own words, ideas and actions won't make a difference. We listen to the voice of fear whispering we're just one person, we're too inexperienced, too insignificant. We clam ...
Aug 01, 2022•5 min•Season 13Ep. 485
Take a moment to inventory every commitment you're making in your life. Of those commitments, what are you doing with actual generosity and what are you doing out of sheer obligation? Terri Cole is a licensed psychotherapist, global relationship and empowerment expert, and the author of the book Boundary Boss . With actionable strategies, Terri empowers others to consciously take control of every aspect of their emotional, spiritual, physical, personal, and professional life. Today's conversatio...
Jul 28, 2022•57 min•Season 13Ep. 484
"There is no greater disability in society than the inability to see a person as more." – R.M. Hensel John O'Leary reminds us why accepting help is not a sign of weakness on today's Monday Moments segment.
Jul 25, 2022•7 min•Season 13Ep. 483
Kelvin Beachum is a 2-time Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee. After being drafted in the seventh round in the 2012 NFL Draft, Kelvin will start his ninth NFL season with the Arizona Cardinals next month. While he plays football professionally, it's Kelvin's passion and purpose that is making a positive impact both on and off the gridiron that I find most intriguing. As the oldest of four siblings in rural Texas, Kelvin grew up in a family hovering around the national poverty level. Yet, with...
Jul 21, 2022•45 min
When we give of our time, our talent or our treasure we feel amazing and the outcome contributes to the greater good. And yet, many times when faced with the opportunity to live generously, we hesitate to do so. A conversation with a new friend last week about the levity that results from practicing radical generosity reminded me of a story about my son, Patrick. I first recounted the story in my book IN AWE . I hope this memory serves as a reminder that when it comes to generosity, the best res...
Jul 18, 2022•5 min•Season 13Ep. 481
Did you know that one single act of generosity ripples out to four degrees of separation? Ami Campbell is the author of Love Let Go and champions generosity to help others rediscover their giving selves. She has led stewardship classes at LaSalle Street Church for over a dozen years. Today, Ami shares how generosity frees us from the grip that fear and insecurity have on us. You'll leave this conversation ready to transform your community, live generously and to love and let go....
Jul 14, 2022•49 min•Season 13Ep. 480
St. Francis of Assisi reminds us somewhat paradoxically that it is in giving that we receive. Therefore, for more meaningful victories, our focus must shift from how we can use our gifts for our success to instead how our lives can be used to positively impact others.
Jul 11, 2022•6 min•Season 13Ep. 479
Zibby Owens is the host of Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books podcast and founder of Zibby Owens Media, a privately-held media company designed to help busy people live their best lives by connecting to books and each other. Today, Zibby reveals the loves and losses that have shaped her life and discovers what it means to truly find your place in the world. With infectious energy, tasteful authenticity and steadfast support, Zibby reminds us that wherever you are in life, you haven't missed the ...
Jul 07, 2022•47 min
As we celebrate another 4th of July packed with mouth-watering BBQ, refreshing pools, and awe-inspiring fireworks, I can't help but think back to one of my most memorable experiences from this day- and to share why it matters to you. While silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone, shared gratitude sets others on fire for life.
Jul 04, 2022•7 min•Season 13Ep. 477
We often think of the word persuasion as corrupt, shady or untrustworthy. And while it may have that connotation, Jason Harris sees it differently. Jason is co-founder & CEO of award-winning creative advertising agency Mekanism and bestselling author of The Soulful Art of Persuasion . Blending soul and science, Jason helps iconic brands like Peloton and Ben & Jerry's thrive. Using originality, generosity, and empathy, Jason shares his secrets to cultivating character-building behaviors t...
Jun 30, 2022•43 min•Season 13Ep. 476
My friends, while Dad spent the majority of his life working hard, being kind and making a profound difference in the lives of others, he's spent the last several decades accepting help from others, embracing the life that is his and continuing to make a profound difference in the lives of others. In a fractured and polarized world, Dad reminds us that an arch consists of two weaknesses, which, leaning on each other becomes a strength.
Jun 27, 2022•6 min•Season 13Ep. 475
In many ways, we're living more comfortable lives than ever before. We can drift through life while almost never being too hot, too old, too hungry, too physically exhausted, too dirty, or even too bored? Yet, could the modernization of cars, computers, climate control and processed foods be chipping away at our physical, mental and emotional health? Investigative health journalist Michael Easter shares how we can leverage the life-enhancing power of discomfort in our daily lives to relieve tens...
Jun 23, 2022•55 min•Season 13Ep. 474
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be. - Ralph Waldo Emerson The first week of May this year was a bit exhausting for me. That week, I entered Immaculate Conception school physically in pain, emotionally drained and professionally wiped out. And yet, it was one of the most surprising - and humbling - moments I've had as a speaker. Today, I encourage all of us to strive to be a source of inspiration for others.
Jun 20, 2022•6 min
David Horsager hopes to make a dent in the global trust crisis by developing trusted leaders and organizations. As the bestselling author of The Trust Edge , David is the CEO of Trust Edge Leadership Institute and director of one of the nation's foremost trust studies: The Trust Outlook. With decades of research and by working with organizations including FedEx and Toyota, global governments, the New York Yankees and the Department of Homeland Security, David has captured the full picture of lea...
Jun 16, 2022•56 min•Season 13Ep. 472
The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.- Victor Hugo Today, John shares how a ticket agent's small act of kindness had a tremendous impact.
Jun 13, 2022•5 min•Season 13Ep. 471
Catherine Price is an award-winning science journalist, screen/life balance expert and the author of books including The Power of Fun and How to Break Up with Your Phone . In our always-on, productivity-addicted lifestyles, we tend to think of the pursuit of fun as being indulgent or even childish. We claim not to have time for it even as we spend hours a day engaging in what today's guest calls "Fake Fun"—binge-watching Netflix, endlessly scrolling through Twitter, or indulging our FOMO on Inst...
Jun 09, 2022•47 min•Season 13Ep. 470
"You can easily tell the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Years ago, I ran a small construction company. Continuously running material, picking up tools, and dropping lumber, I spent significant time in a truck with my General Contractor, Harold Stewart. Working together for almost a decade, Harold certainly taught me much about framing, wiring, plumbing and painting. The greatest lesson, though, was the power of consistent gener...
Jun 06, 2022•6 min•Season 13Ep. 469
Today's guest is an Emmy award-winning journalist, reinvention expert and intelligent risk-taker. With a successful television career that spanned 28 years, some of Liz Brunner's most memorable highlights involve exclusive interviews with prominent figures and cultural icons including President Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey. After leaving a successful career as co-anchor of Boston's #1 rated newscast, Liz is now dedicated to helping others find their authentic voice, tell their story and lead w...
Jun 02, 2022•1 hr•Season 13Ep. 468
"In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others." – Henri J.M. Nouwen For more than a decade I've worked with the FOCUS Marines Foundation. This organization hosts struggling veterans for week-long retreats designed to provide support for complex physical and emotional issues related to military service. On this Memorial Day, I share the story of how the simple act cooking a meal can come to mean so much more. For nearly a decade, four military moms - all of whose lives have be...
May 30, 2022•6 min•Season 13Ep. 467
I'm honored to share a story of not just surviving impossible odds but thriving in a world that is too often caught up with how we look on the outside rather than seeing that our true value is within. When Kechi Okwuchi was 16 years old, she was one of just two survivors of a devastating plane crash that killed more than 100 people, many of them her classmates. Spending months in hospital recovering from the third-degree burns that covered more than 65% of her body, Kechi learned the power of pe...
May 26, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 13Ep. 466
"Just because I am happy and loved, doesn't mean everyone else is. I know someone might be walking behind me who doesn't feel happy and doesn't feel loved. Maybe I can help them." – Evan Ernst While we're thrilled our Live Inspired Podcast has been downloaded nearly 5,000,000 times, it's the stories of impact from individual listeners that most inspire our efforts. And there is something particularly special when one of the lives being impacted is a 12-year-old boy from South Dakota. Today, I sh...
May 23, 2022•8 min
Kiana Clay is the first adaptive female motocross racer, top-ranked para-snowboarder and 2026 Paralympic hopeful. At 12 years old, Kiana suffered a traumatic brachial plexus injury on a motocross practice run that left her right arm paralyzed. While recovering from this accident, she was hit by a drunk driver, reversing any strength she was recovering and leaving her dominant arm permanently paralyzed. Although these circumstances certainly changed her life, Kiana is not letting them define her....
May 19, 2022•50 min•Season 13Ep. 464
Being heard is so close to being loved that they are almost indistinguishable. – David Augsburger Today, we celebrate Augie Nieto and his quest to cure ALS. Learn more about the Live Inspired Podcast at JohnOLearyInspires.com.
May 16, 2022•8 min•Season 13Ep. 463
Maggie Doyne's mission is to create a world where children are safe, educated and loved. At age nineteen, Maggie used $5,000 of her babysitting money to co-found BlinkNow Foundation which helped to build the Kopila Valley Children's Home and School, a safe place for orphaned children in war-torn Nepal. Since 2010, Maggie + her team have served 500 of the region's most impoverished children and worked to deepen and grow the organization's impact through grassroots community development efforts. T...
May 12, 2022•48 min•Season 13Ep. 462
John O'Leary recognizes the mothers shepherding their children through tragedy. Learn more about the Live Inspired Podcast at JohnOLearyInspires.com.
May 09, 2022•6 min
With Mother's Day upon us, today's guest is a marvelous example of what's possible with the love from a powerful mom. As one of four boys raised by a single mother, Steve White's life could easily have taken a different path. Instead, armed with his mother's determination that her sons make a better life for themselves and his own refusal to be shaped by his circumstances, Steve forged a path to extraordinary professional and personal achievement. Today, Steve shares lessons from every stage of ...
May 05, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 13Ep. 460
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week, and in honor of those heroes AND in celebration of the 2nd anniversary of IN AWE , I wanted to share one of my favorite stories from the book. It will remind you we all need someone cheering us forward and it will encourage you to embrace that role. In doing so we change the world one life at a time. Starting with our own. Learn more about today's episode at JohnOLearyInspires.com....
May 02, 2022•8 min•Season 13Ep. 459
Stephen M. R. Covey is an expert on trust, leadership and culture. As former CEO of Covey Leadership Center, Stephen personally led the strategy that propelled his father's book, Dr. Stephen R. Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People , to become one of the two most influential business books of the 20th Century. Today, Stephen shares: The important lessons his parents modeled for him and his eight siblings His journey to finding his own purpose while working with his legendary father. Th...
Apr 28, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 13Ep. 458
So often we recognize a need in a family, a struggle in a friend, or a challenge in our community and wonder what we can even do to help. While it's easy to assume there is little we can do, be reminded of the power in simply showing up for others.
Apr 25, 2022•5 min•Season 13Ep. 457
Mental health challenges and broken relationships are a part of life, yet they don't have to define us. Dr. John Delony is a mental health expert, bestselling author of Redefining Anxiety and host of The Dr. John Delony Show , a caller-driven show that gives you real talk on relationships and mental health challenges. Armed with not one, but two PhDs and more two decades of experience in counseling and crisis response, John's goal is to help others navigate tough decisions, improve relationships...
Apr 21, 2022•59 min•Season 13Ep. 456
