Lee Atherton addresses grieving from a personal perspective. Grief can result from many different life facets – job loss, stolen money, car damage, medical trauma, and death –to name a few. Do we know how to empathize with and relate to a person experiencing grief? Many of us do not. Accordingly, we tend to avoid those grieving because of the various forms of our insecurities and lack of awareness. Through awareness and preparedness, we can learn how to empathize with and effectively relate to t...
Aug 23, 2022•34 min•Ep. 187
Dennis Volpe chronicles some of his difficult evaluated life experiences to become who he is. He passes forward his life experiences to help others be the best person they can be. He explains how the mental, physical, social, and purpose integrate to gain clarity on our “why” for who we are. Defining our “why” helps us determine our vision for and version of success. Change is what happens to YOU. Transition is what YOU DO about it. We can learn more about Dennis Volpe at https://dennis-volpe.co...
Aug 18, 2022•32 min•Ep. 186
Sabrina Hyman recounts her life of being raised in a home without her biological father. At the time, that met her expectations. Her culture defined her expectations then, and her stepfather functions as her Dad now. Through her relationship with God and His transforming power, she resolves her past by not carrying forward the cultural “norms” in which she was raised. Sabrina acknowledges she has the ability and resolve to accept her biological father through her forgiveness and his repentance....
Aug 16, 2022•43 min•Ep. 185
Douglas Robbins discusses how he grew into resiliency and became better through evaluated life experiences. The old adage of “sticks and stones might break my bones, but words can never hurt” has proven false. Many lives are adversely affected because of words said to or about us, and those words can sometimes be a major setback. Resilience is the ability to continue to get up when we are down. Douglas deftly uses the example of a young infant who gets upright after falling. They are too young t...
Aug 11, 2022•38 min•Ep. 184
Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge discusses mental health from a certified mental health professional perspective. Mental health is too frequently stigmatized and misunderstood, resulting in undiagnosed and untreated symptoms that can easily be identified and treated. There is no stigma or weakness in asking for help. It is becoming easier to ask for help as we become more familiar with the symptoms. When we discern the symptoms, we need to learn how to address someone needing mental health. As we incre...
Aug 09, 2022•44 min•Ep. 183
Anna O’Connor is a certified Emotional Brain Training expert and a Christian Coach. We sometimes experience and carry chronic trauma from our past into our future life. Through awareness, we can learn the symptoms and the call to action to retrain our brain to be a “chain breaker” to avoid carrying our past into our future. Do not go alone. Courageous people ask for help, and everyone needs a safe space to have emotional security. You can learn more about Anna O’Connor at https://annaocoaching.c...
Aug 04, 2022•34 min•Ep. 182
Barby Ingle tells us about the positive benefits of listing “I am…” statements that reflect our God-designed attributes. Too many of us speak of things we do, such as our jobs, diplomas, certifications, etc. Those qualities are temporary, and our God-designed attributes are permanent. When affirmed often, the “I am…” statements become the foundation of our being such that we exude positivity and confidence in our demeanor. Reviewing the “I am…” statements frequently helps affirm God’s presence i...
Aug 02, 2022•39 min•Ep. 181
Alicia Ober sees many people in various situations in her role working in an emergency room. COVID has caused many different problems where people have reacted in various ways. Some people became isolated from state and/or government mandates, while others lost their jobs. Some people turned to various forms of relief through drugs or alcohol. Some people enter depression or other conditions of despair. This podcast is a call to encourage others to engage in other people’s lives to help others r...
Jul 28, 2022•36 min•Ep. 180
Frank Bryant chronicles his life of being raised in various economic conditions with multiple family members. Some of his life experiences are good, while others are ones he is choosing not to carry forward into his married life. Frank explains how he, through his relationship with God, was able to separate the good from what he did not want to carry forward without bringing forward any grudges from his past. He credits that to his relationships with Jesus Christ, his Lord and Savior.
Jul 26, 2022•35 min•Ep. 179
Fred Rutman has experienced numerous near-death experiences because of heart anomalies that required several trial and error diagnoses through which medical professionals discovered a long-term solution. He was clinically obese at 340 pounds at one point, and he also had type 2 diabetes. He significantly reduced his need for medication through intermittent fasting while overcoming the diabetic condition. He is passing forward his life experiences. Interested people can ask Fred about intermitten...
Jul 19, 2022•37 min•Ep. 177
Jenny Toh is a certified coach through the International Coaching Federation. She helps introverted women find and maintain harmony between home and work life. Some women want a professional career while being effective parents. That harmony can be difficult to determine at times, and a certified coach can be the catalyst to help others determine that harmony. Jenny is a strong proponent of mental fitness for her clients to achieve their highest level of success with sustained happiness.
Jul 14, 2022•32 min•Ep. 176
Shelly Houser is a congenital hemi amputee who was born without her right hip and leg. With this birth anomaly, she has endured different forms of scorn throughout her life from some people. Some people are helpful with their curious conversation, while some will shun people with these anomalies. Shelly wants everyone to know how to communicate with people like her effectively. She is passing on her life experience through her podcast series Life Beyond the Label while also educating nursing stu...
Jul 12, 2022•39 min•Ep. 175
Jenna Noelle Porter is in the process of recovering from multiple suicidal attempts. She experienced emotional abandonment, rejection, and isolation. Her therapist helped her discover some of her anxieties by documenting her innermost feelings. Her encouragement to others is to document your thoughts. She is being helped through the books “When the Body Keeps Score” and “When the Body Says No.” Engage with others who might be experiencing isolation and sleepless nights.
Jul 07, 2022•48 min•Ep. 174
Dr. Danny Brfassell is an author, speaker, coach, and results leader who brings JOY back into the workplace. He believes leadership begins with motivation. He is a former inner-city teacher who is on a mission to restore joy to education and the workplace. He shows audiences how to make reading a life-long habit. He also trains teachers to communicate their messages through effective and inspirational storytelling. His humorous and engaging demeanor is contagious.
Jul 05, 2022•43 min•Ep. 173
Dr. Joe Sherman experienced burnout. He also experienced life revival through focused introspection. He is passing forward his life experiences to help others renew the experienced of having a fulfilled life purpose. What gave us fulfillment in the past will not necessarily carry us through our future. By introspectively determining our values, strengths, and what brings life satisfaction, everyone can benefit. You can schedule an appointment with Dr. Joe Sherman through his website at https://j...
Jun 30, 2022•40 min•Ep. 172
Dr. Debi Silber addresses betrayal from her life experience and doctoral studies. Some people live with the effects of betrayal that tend to erode us, similar to untreated cancer. Broken trust can take much longer to restore than the time to originally establish that trust. “I will never trust you again” is a familiar expression of betrayal. Dr. Silber and her husband’s marriage ended because of betrayal, and she married him again because of his and her respective transformations. Dr. Silber has...
Jun 28, 2022•33 min•Ep. 171
Crystal Baptiste chronicles a portion of her life where she wanted to know why she was treated the way she was at an early age. Nearly 35 years later, she gained a new perspective based on her indigenous parentage. A historical recounting of how things were for her Plains Cree enrolled tribal upbringing provided the perspective she needed to understand what her mother endured during her childhood. That new perspective was the impetus for Crystal to restore her relationship with her mother....
Jun 23, 2022•46 min•Ep. 170
Sammy Warrayat lives a life of choices as he pursues his life fulfillment. He transitioned out of corporate life and is pursuing other life options. He knows his strengths which have propelled him beyond life’s setbacks. Not everything he has pursued resulted in achieving the original goals. However, he persisted through what might be considered shortcomings to advance himself to greater fulfillment. He is passing forward his life experiences to help others live fulfilling lives.
Jun 21, 2022•42 min•Ep. 169
Bryan Klein, Max Challenge Founder and CEO, chronicles his life story of gaining 100 pounds from the stress of not knowing if he might lose his wife and unborn child. The stress caused him to go into binge eating. Because he wanted to be an example to his children, he determined to learn how to lose weight while learning how the body reacts to various stimuli. By eating the right foods at the right time and in the right quantities, we can transform our lives. You can read about him and the Max C...
Jun 16, 2022•39 min•Ep. 168
Ryan Horn joins Marty (my wife) to give their perspective of men being the rock of our respective families. God’s design for a nurturing family is for the father to lead his family with love and care. This role includes the responsibility and accountability to provide monetarily, spiritually, and morally while caring for our family’s total welfare. Marty adds a lady’s perspective of the balance between leading well and being an autocratic leader. When there is harmony in the home, our children a...
Jun 14, 2022•45 min•Ep. 169
Jamie Sherling chronicles her life of cancer diagnoses and treatments. At one point in her journey, she had reason to believe her cancer was in remission. However, a back pain she had encountered indicated the invasive ductal carcinoma cancer had metastasized to other parts of her body. Jaime is very upbeat despite the cancer diagnosis. She encourages those with a similar diagnosis to briefly withdraw only long enough to assess her situation and make appropriate adjustments. Through this life ex...
Jun 09, 2022•31 min•Ep. 166
Ann Hince chronicles a portion of her life in which she discovered how to achieve inner peace from previous life trauma. She recognized she was too reactionary, which led to negative thinking. She was born with her right foot up against my right shin. She was adopted and was teased mercilessly as the first girl boarder at a boy's boarding school. She grew up with two adoptive alcoholic parents. When she was 19 years old, she found her mother dead in the bathroom. She carried these traumatic even...
Jun 07, 2022•42 min•Ep. 165
Allison Liberman describes some of the lesser-known aspects of postpartum anxiety. Many men do not know what a woman experiences following childbirth, and Allison discusses symptoms to increase our awareness of the hormonal changes ladies encounter from childbirth. Men need to become aware of these “data points” to help their wives through a potentially difficult albeit temporary part of their post-birth life. Together, husband and wife, we can and will overcome the hormonal changes to restore a...
Jun 02, 2022•32 min•Ep. 164
Florian “Flo” Horning decided to leave the paved road and start an adventure into the unknown. After living in a Berlin-based rooftop penthouse, he began an 8-month journey in a van that led him into the Sahara Desert for a 4-week solo food walk. After experiencing another way of life, he continued traveling to embrace the simple life. He constructed and supervised a lodge in Zanzibar near lions in Africa’s largest national park. He climbed several of Africa’s highest mountains and sailed in a t...
May 31, 2022•34 min•Ep. 163
Amy Nordhues chronicles a part of her past while passing forward how God is using her past to build a greater future. Despite her physical and sexual abuse as a child, she is assimulating positive information to benefit others. She is very transparent in describing the hurt she experienced. However, God has strengthened her through this to give others hope of overcoming a similar life experience. Read more of her life experience in her book, “Prayed Upon: Breaking Free from Therapist Abuse.”...
May 26, 2022•44 min•Ep. 162
Ryan Horn chronicles a portion of his life of financial stress resulting in living with his Aunt for a time. Through coaching and being a mentee, he overcame that, which caused him to pivot his life. Never go alone through life adversity. Work with a person who believes in you and sincerely wants for you to advance. Find that person who wants you to achieve your life purpose while working through your strengths. You can learn more about Ryan and benefit from his coaching by going to https://www....
May 24, 2022•44 min•Ep. 161
Phil Cohen experienced the loss of his 14-year old son at sea in a boat due to an apparent storm. Very little in life can prepare us for the loss of our children. However, through this experience and God working with Phil’s life, he overcame his extreme grief and is passing on his life experience to others through his Grief Continuum Ministry. Can something good happen from a devastating life tragedy? God can work through us to provide order to what might seem to be chaos. He will accomplish His...
May 19, 2022•51 min•Ep. 160
Diana Indries and her husband devised an innovative and entertaining way of learning about a potential lifemate through a card game. We can learn about another person through a series of questions designed to stimulate conversation. Research shows that when values are aligned, people have a good chance of lasting and meaningful relationships. You can access the card game and app at www.bettertopics.com . We have an alarming worldwide trend of a high divorce rate.This card game is one method of r...
May 17, 2022•53 min•Ep. 159
Diana Indries and her husband devised an innovative and entertaining way of learning about a potential lifemate through a card game. We can learn about another person through a series of questions designed to stimulate conversation. Research shows that when values are aligned, people have a good chance of lasting and meaningful relationships. You can access the card game and app at www.bettertopics.com . We have an alarming worldwide trend of a high divorce rate.This card game is one method of r...
May 12, 2022•40 min•Ep. 158
Stephanie Olson shares with us in Episode 3 how she developed the resilience to progress beyond sexual and physical abuse. Resilience is developed through a process that might require several years. A determined attitude can be a large part of taking the actions necessary to overcome the latent thoughts that keep us from performing at our full potential. While Stephanie has momentary setbacks, she has learned to manage the negative thoughts that trigger negative reactions and reflections of her ...
May 10, 2022•33 min•Ep. 157
