Five years ago and 36 weeks into her pregnancy, Briar Harvey said she went into the hospital expecting to come home with a baby, but instead she came home with nothing. Due to complications, her baby didn’t make it. Briar explains what happened, how this traumatic experience has affected her, and how she was able …
Category Archives: Forgiveness
080: Barry Martin: Finding an Answer to his Prayers on a Basketball Court, Overcoming Odds to Paying it Forward
Feeling abandoned and hopeless, 17-year-old Barry Martin prayed for help. Within a couple of minutes, he found a sign literally on a basketball court. Barry had a tough childhood–an abusive father and an addicted, neglectful mom. At age 10 he had to find odd jobs in order to buy food and clothes for him and …
079: Jeremy Roadruck: Why this Martial Arts Champion & Author Says his Childhood Abuse was a Gift
Today’s guest is Jeremy Roadruck. Jeremy has a list of accomplishments: he’s a 6th Degree Black Belt who won three U.S. National Kung Fu Championships, a Pan American Kung Fu Championship, multiple Grand Championships and he’s started his own martial arts school. Plus, he’s written a bestselling parenting book before he even had kids of …
073: Brenda Adelman: Learning to Forgive the Unforgivable; “My Father Shot and Killed My Mother and Married my Mother’s Sister”
Today we’re talking with Brenda Adelman, who is an actress, director, coach, speaker, author and creator of the one-woman show, My Brooklyn Hamlet. Having performed her show to over 12,000 people, she tells the tragic story about her family; her father murdered her mother and then remarried her mother’s sister. Brenda explains how she initially …
070: Valerie Silveira: How This Mother Turned her Daughter’s Murder into a Passion to Help Others
[UPDATE: Since the release of this episode, a suspect has been arreted in Jamie’s murder in March 2019. Further updates to be provided later.] On August 28, 2016, Valerie Silveira had a parent’s worst nightmare come true—a knock on the door with the news that her 30-year-old daughter, Jamie, was murdered. She evidently was shot …