A podcast of inspirational stories of overcoming adversity and emerging transformed with a positive outcome.
Twenty-three-year-old Aaron Martinez grew up going to school in Espanola, New Mexico, a city with a population of about 10,000. You’ll pass through it if you’re driving between Santa Fe and Taos, two tourist towns known for its art scene, winter skiing and opera. Unfortunately, it also sits in a Northern New Mexico region where …
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Founder and CEO of the inspirational fashion brand ShineThe Light On, 25-year-old Eli Brown knows first-hand what it’s like to struggle with mental illness. An avid tennis player since the age of four he was so good that he later received a tennis scholarship to attend a prestigious university and compete with Team Canada. But …
Jess Key is a remarkable woman who says she’s a major underdog story. She’s a 41-year-old mother of three and she’s a dragon boat racer on the U.S. National Dragon Boat Team. You’d never know it today, but Jess has overcome multiple adversities. Both of her parents were drug addicts, she grew up with physical …
[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 …
Phillip Andrew is an Emmy-nominated TV Producer, Writer, Media and Life Coach. He’s also a Speaker, who talks at rehabs, jails, colleges and high schools. In this interview, Phillip shares his story of how he began abusing alcohol at an early age. Actually, he started drinking when he was 11. Things got worse when his …
Founder and CEO of Steviva Brands and Icon Foods, Thom King shares when he said he felt like a fraud. He headed companies that promoted healthy foods, yet he was a self-professed sugar addict. One day in 2016, the pain of it all exceeded the pleasure of maintaining his food addiction and poor health, and …
Marian Bacol-Uba is working on her first book, Survivor to Thriver. We talk about what inspired her to write it, including her journey of overcoming childhood sexual abuse and an overdose, which lead to a near-death experience that she says made her finally wake up and give her a second chance at life. Now Marian is …
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Today’s guest is Alex Elswick, a 26-year-old, who’s already lived a life longer than his years…. Alex talks about having an all-american upbringing, a loving family, a wonderful childhood, and played baseball at college. Then Alex had his wisdom teeth pulled and received a prescription of Oxycodone for the pain. The surgery didn’t heal correctly, …
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Today’s guest is Sean Douglas, a 34-year-old former Air Force drill instructor, and currently an entrepreneur, professional speaker, author and Master Resilience Implementer (we’ll get into that later in the interview). But first, Sean talks about his autobiography, Decisions: The Power to Overcome Self-Defeating Behaviors, and admits this interview is the first time he openly …
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