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Overcomers Overcoming

Ron and Marty Cooper: Human Behavior and Leadership Trainersthecooperculture.com
Learn how others are overcoming or have overcome a variety of life happenings. Everyone has a story that someone needs to hear. Let those stories inspire you to, 1) know you are not alone in whatever life topic you are experiencing, 2) know there are multiple solutions all of life dilemmas, and, 3) learn about critical thinking skills to make informed life decisions.
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Episodes

Douglas Robbins Episode 1 – Determining Life Fulfillment

Douglas Robbins experienced several years of his life of less than total fulfillment. After pursuing different ventures, he was left with the sense of “not that.” After several years of writing, he experienced the satisfaction he sought. His wife helped him define and refine his life’s fulfillment. You can follow Doug’s life by explaining different pursuits and his process of learning and living his passion. He persevered for several years through evaluated experiences until he determined that w...

May 05, 202240 minEp. 156

Scott Maderer Episode 2 – Limiting Beliefs Holding us Back

Scott Maderer knows limiting beliefs hold some of us from achieving life fulfillment. Some of these limiting beliefs result from our life experiences, statements made to or about us, or our view of the world. Limiting beliefs will frequently cause us to feel stuck in life, and they can hold us back from greater achievements. Overcoming life’s limiting beliefs is a process of self-awareness by identifying our strenghts and what provides life fulfillment. Life performance coaches can help people a...

May 03, 202234 minEp. 155

Stephanie Olson Episode 2 – Forgiveness to Free Your Life

Stephanie Olson progresses her first episode with the next step of restoring her life. She acknowledges having held bitterness in her life for some time, and she first felt God speaking to her to seek forgiveness for her anger first with Him. His forgiveness equipped and empowered her to forgive those who had previously offended her. Stephanie acknowledges this forgiveness was a journey of perseverance. However, having achieved forgiveness, she realizes, expresses, and passes forward the total f...

Apr 28, 202231 minEp. 154

Phil Barth – Overcoming Stress Through Gratitude

Phil Barth discovered the power of expressing gratitude and its effect on stress relief, positive attitudes, and physical recovery. As with many of us, we go through life at a hurried pace without regard to the health and well-being of ourselves and others. A life-altering experience sometimes adjusts and adds a helpful perspective to the greater good in our lives and the impact on others. Can we recognize the potential stress producers in our life while discerning those stress producers in othe...

Apr 26, 202236 minEp. 153

James Newbie and Jamal Hyman – Father/Son Reconciliation

God worked providentially in James Newbie’s and Jamal Hyman’s lives to affect a reconciliation between the biological father and biological son. They each overcame a period of estrangement and abandoned feelings to allow God to work in James’ life to allow him to overcome some family traditions. Jamal was a leading influence in James’ life to help him let go of the past to live their current and future lives. Through God’s intervention, James and Jamal now live the fulfilled life they had wanted...

Apr 14, 202242 minEp. 150

Scott Maderer Episode 1 – Overcoming Limiting Beliefs

Scott Maderer is a servant leader who coaches others through times of self-doubt or low confidence. Many people do not know their life value, and some people live a life of masking their insecurities of limiting beliefs by living in silence. We need to discern these traits in others and interact with them to advance people to live their God-designed potential and calling. Achieving wholesome satisfaction is a journey resulting from intentional actions. You can learn more about Scott and get info...

Apr 12, 202238 minEp. 149

Nate Bailey Episode 1 – My Life and Marriage Are Not What I Want

Nate Bailey experienced his life and marriage drifting from what he had wanted. Following a 15-month military deployment and the commensurate adjustments needed to pick up where they left off in their marriage, Nate became aware of how far he had drifted from the life he had envisioned. He now knows he was cavalier about the life adjustments he needed to make. He passes forward his life lessons learned while adopting the integrity bank principle that your word is your bond. You can learn more ab...

Apr 07, 202236 minEp. 148

Stephanie Olson Episode 1 – Managing Life Traumas

Stephanie Olson experienced several forms of trauma in her life that could have controlled her future. However, she overcame low self-worth and a feeling of low self-esteem through friends intervening in her life through whom she learned about God. Through the connected relationship of friends who genuinely cared about her while accepting Jesus as her Lord and Savior, she reconciled her past to live her life at God’s designed potential. She acknowledges you always deal with past traumas. However...

Apr 05, 202242 minEp. 147

Dan Bleu – Stop Living The Way You Are or I Will Disown You

Dan Bleu overcame substance abuse and feeling abandoned because of his father's choices. However, he overcame his past through poignant moments that he chronicles in this podcast to become today's success. Close relationships of people while being intentional to express gratitude were turning points in his life. The birth of his daughter while not being at her bedside during her birth was also a defining moment. As CEO of Quest (Quickly Utilizing Everyone's Special Talents) Education, he teaches...

Mar 31, 202237 minEp. 146

Joshua Washington Episode 1 – Know Your Purpose to Shape Your Mentality

Joshua Washington overcame the “hood" culture of one of the poorest cities in the United States. He now passes forward the mindset required to develop the mentality to overcome any life encounter. His experience with a “Dead End” sign was a transformational moment in his life. Transforming the mentalities of today’s men leads to building up great leaders that will restore the impact and value of family in our communities. Joshua does this by helping those he encounters to focus on four core area...

Mar 29, 202234 minEp. 145

Maribel Ortega – Overcoming Self-doubts and Limiting Beliefs

Maribel Ortega describes how she overcame low confidence by developing a healthy self-awareness. She advances women as a coach, podcaster, keynote speaker, and mentor. She inspires, empowers, and motivates professional women to uncover their worth and be confident to use their voice, speak up, take new opportunities and ultimately lead fulfilled lives. She has a special interest in emotional and cultural intelligence and is committed to helping create a new type of leadership based on collaborat...

Mar 24, 202241 minEp. 144

Candace Mae Gruber Episode 3 – Boundaries

Candace Mae Gruber further develops a portion of her life story by describing life boundaries. This is a matter of discerning safe people through trusting relationships. God designed and created us to function best with connected relationships. After being deeply violated, we might tend to develop a wall with people, which can cause us to become what we are trying to avoid. Establishing personal boundaries in the context of refining our values and purpose can be healthy. You can learn more about...

Mar 17, 202241 minEp. 142

Eric Coon Episode 7 – Developing Financial Discipline

In this episode, Eric Coon, Financial Planner, discusses efficiency factors to develop the financial discipline to overcome procrastination. Financial discipline with consistency requires intentional action to determine your risk tolerance while considering the array of options to meet your long-term financial needs. The array of choices is overwhelming and bewildering for some, causing some people to delay or procrastinate. The disciplined person prioritizes their life to provide for options th...

Mar 15, 202233 minEp. 141

Maureen Ross Gemme Episode 3 – Positive Thinking to Make Good Decisions

Maureen Ross Gemme chronicles her life lessons to make good, informed decisions. She lived the consequences of poor choices during ten defining years, and she has taken the best of those consequences and developed a process where others can make good decisions. She captures her life experiences through her course of imagination, intuition, memory/senses, reason/logic, perception, and willpower. You can also read of her experiences in her book, “ Emerge: 7 Steps to Transformation (No matter what ...

Mar 10, 202252 minEp. 140

Paul Henderson Episode 1 – Slave No More: Conquering the Master Within

Paul Henderson chronicles several adversities in his life for which he overcame through mentoring and positive relationships. The most significant relationship is with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Through others who patterned their lives after Jesus, he established relationships that manifested themselves as genuinely caring. He passes life’s lessons to help others live their full, God-designed potential. His book, " Slave No More: Conquering the Master Within,” accounts for positive mento...

Mar 08, 202238 minEp. 139

Candace Mae Gruber Episode 2 – Forgiveness

Candace Mae Gruber describes some of the hurt and pain she carried in her life from some of the traumas she experienced during her earlier life and how she gained relief through forgiveness. Achieving forgiveness does not pardon those who do others wrong. Forgiveness frees the person who was done wrong from the stress and anxiety of bearing the burden of the thoughts that sometimes dominate a person’s life. Through forgiveness, the offended person is freed of the stress and anxiety of their past...

Mar 03, 202238 minEp. 138

Rollins Walker Episode 3 – The Positive Impact of Being a Father to our Children

Rollins Walker chronicles a portion of his life in the “hood” and the positive he gained from that. He articulates the need for being a role model. Being a role model (or mentor) sometimes requires overcoming the past and looking for the positive for our future. Having a relationship with those socioeconomically where we want to be in life can inspire us to achieve the best for ourselves and others. Everyone needs and deserves a mentor and role model.

Mar 01, 202250 minEp. 137

Laurie Weiss Episode 1 – Overcoming Female Stereotypes

Laurie Weiss has experienced being “pigeonholed” through stereotypes. There was a period of her life where she functioned below her potential because of the limits others placed on her. Through her determination and relationship with others of similar gravitas, she discovered her strengths and advanced with others who believed in her. She earned her doctorate degree when she was 54 years old. You can learn more of her passion, her practice, and the 13 books she authored at https://laurieweiss.co...

Feb 24, 202250 minEp. 136

Eric Coon Episode 6 – Overcoming Financial Laxity

Erin Coon emphasizes the efficiency of money as it relates to wealth accumulation and personal financial needs. Long-term gains are realized through disciplined spending and saving/investing. This podcast focuses on investing and the benefits of interest compounding. Every financial plan should be developed around your needs and risk tolerance. Consult Eric Coon at (443) 975-7522 or ecoon@lefinancialservices.net or visit his website at https://lefinancialservices.net.

Feb 22, 202239 minEp. 135

Brian Kreeger Episode 1 – God Can Use Our “Junk”

A very successful businessman, Brian Kreeger expresses our profound need for meaningful relationships from his heart. We sometimes mask insecurities through our persona that keep some people from knowing how to relate to others effectively. Through our inaction, we can cause others to feel isolated. Brian empowers everyone to “just do something.” You can read more about his passion in his book, “The Courageous Ask” and his website https://www.briankreeger.com.

Feb 17, 202252 minEp. 134

Rollins Walker Episode 2 – There is Something Positive in Every Life Encounter

Rollins Walker continues his life story about finding the positive even in many negative life encounters. Relationships played a huge role in his demeanor as he learned through others. His adopted parents had a major, positive impact on his life to help him develop a positive mindset to get through many difficult life experiences. He chose not to react to anything spontaneously. Rather, he carefully thought into every life experience to determine the positive and benefit even from negative exper...

Feb 15, 202242 minEp. 133

Sara Im – Optimism Inspite of Life-Threatening Encounters

Sara Im chronicles a portion of her earlier life when the Cambodian Khmer Rouge regime held her captive for four years. She walked many miles barefooted at night to gain her freedom. She escaped that oppression through God’s help that gave her perseverance while being inspired by a kindred relationship of a sisterhood of like-minded friends. Her heart desires to inspire others to overcome any life encounters. The best is yet to come.

Feb 10, 202240 minEp. 132

Dominic Pedrotty Episode 1 – Brain Transformation From an Aneurysm

Dominic Pedrotty experienced a brain aneurysm while driving, resulting in a severe accident with a fatality on May 31, 2018. His Mom and Dad learned of the accident while being eight hours away. His memory, walking, and speech are returning to normal as his brain experiences a transformational recovery. You can join a team of prayer warriors by going to https://www.caringbridge.org/public/dominicpedrotty to follow his progress.

Feb 08, 202242 minEp. 131

Sheila Doerfler Episode 1 – Healing from Our Past

Sheila Doerfler chronicles a portion of her life story of overcoming and dealing with previous life traumas. Healing is a process that requires a measured approach that includes self-awareness. Therapy and life coaching can be a useful part of the healing process. Sheila explains, based on her life experience, healing can occur with the right attitude and processes. We can learn to manage past traumas and live a transformed life.

Feb 03, 202248 minEp. 130

David Richman Episode 2 – The Best is Yet to Come

“Ironman” David Richman addresses how he overcame negativity in his life and how we can also. Changing negative thoughts to positive thoughts can happen. However, we must be motivated to do so. Motivation to change ourselves is personal and requires an introspective view of the “child” in us that might be causing negative thinking leading to negative actions. While making this change starts with us, it is sustained with other positive thinking people in our lives.

Feb 01, 202242 minEp. 129

Tricia Roos Episode 3 – Pivoting

Tricia Roos experienced dissatisfaction with her job leading to anxiety and stress in her life. She did not feel valued, which was the impetus to evaluate her life purpose and what brings wholesome satisfaction to her. She describes part of her life story in her book, “She also chronicles her journey in her book, “When Wishes Change: What If the Thing You Feared Most Brings More Than You Dreamed?” She explains that life fulfillment includes knowing who God created you to be while knowing your st...

Jan 27, 202244 minEp. 128

The Karchner Family – The “War” With Homosexuality

The Karchner family (Rick – Dad, Carole – Mom, and Matt – son) worked through a season of Matt’s life when he had a dalliance with homosexuality. Through devoted prayer, fasting, and unconditional love, Rick. Carole, and selected other dedicated, God-fearing friends prayed Matt out of a season of his life such that he can now tell his ExGay prodigal story that he chronicles in two books he authored, “Straight,” and “Straight 2.” Matt is now serving our Lord as a missionary in Cambodia.

Jan 25, 202236 minEp. 127

Candace Mae Gruber Episode 1 – Overcoming Several Life Traumas

Candace Mae Gruber chronicles her life of experiencing and overcoming several life traumas. The book “Powerhouse Women: Survivor to Thriver,” of which she is a co-author describes how she survived and is thriving these life traumas. She credits her transformation and new life of overcoming to her relationship with Jesus Christ, her Lord and Savior. Her relationship with her Lord and Savior, alongside the relationships with those of like values, helped her overcome several life encounters that ca...

Jan 20, 202239 minEp. 126

Linda Bjork – Overcoming the Past to Live for the Future

Linda Bjork chronicles her life experiences of the feeling of abandonment and low worth early in life. She has experienced many “mountains” in her life. However, through her perseverance and resilience, she has and will continue to overcome on her journey to significance. You can read about her life experiences in her books, “ Crushed: A Journey Through Depression ,” “You Got This! an action plan to calm fear, anxiety, worry, and stress,” “30 Days to Alleviate Depression: Backed by Science. Veri...

Jan 18, 202247 minEp. 125
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