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 …
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060: Andrea Hall: How Getting a Brain Tumor Ultimately Taught This Lawyer to Be in the Present
Andrea Hall was a successful criminal defense attorney and a self-described “A-type” personality. Her goal was to become a mother and also was thinking of changing careers. But, all that came to a halt when she learned she had a brain tumor and needed emergency surgery. She told herself if she made it through the …
053: Dr. Carmen Roman: How This Immigrant Grew up With No Electricity or Running Water, Fought for her Education, and Got a Doctorate in Psychology and Founded a Non-Profit
Dr. Carmen Roman shares with us today her journey of coming from a poor, but loving family in Mexico where there was no electricity and no running water. When it was time to go to middle school, it was expected she learn a trade to start making a living. However, Carmen secretly applied to attend …
050: Jacqui Letran: How This Refugee and Teen Mom Became a Mindset Mentor and Award-Winning Author
Author Jacqui Letran shares the story of her and her family narrowly escaping Vietnam amidst gunfire and then running out of drinking water while adrift at sea in their escape boat. She also talks about her struggle between living a traditional culture at home while trying to assimilate to American life as a teenager. And …
048: Gabrielle Bergan: One Woman’s Journey From Darkness into the Light
Author Gabrielle Bergan talks about her memoir, Return to My Soul: My Journey from Darkness into the Light. She shares her years of struggle, including depression, an attempt at suicide, and her former belief that something was wrong with her. She explains she believes a part of it had to do with her relationship with …
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046: Elizabeth Lewis: From Being Unexpectedly Widowed to Founding the Largest Singles Dating Group in Her City
Elizabeth Lewis is a dating and relationship coach. She’s the founder of Singles Meet Singles, the largest singles group in Louisville, Kentucky, and she’s the founder of Love and Laughter Life Coaching. Elizabeth also wrote the book, First Date Next Mate: Perspectives in Dating the “Next” Time Around. She talks about her journey of becoming …
044: Supna Shah: From 10 Years of Infertility to Having Triplets and Starting the First-Ever Parenting WebTV and Podcast Network
Supna Shah, the founder of WeGo Kids, tells the story of how she and her husband struggled through 10 years of infertility before Supna was able to get pregnant. And boy did she get pregnant—with triplets, no less! She describes the journey of going through some emotional and medical scares. A couple years after having …
043: Michelle Jackson: How This Student Went From Being in Debt, Supporting Two People on $9/Hour to Teaching Others How to Get Out of Their Debt
Today we’re talking with Michelle Jackson. She shares what she calls her “messy money story” of when she found herself supporting her and my mom after her mom lost her job. At that time, Michelle was in graduate school, working at Starbucks earning $9 an hour and got in loads of debt. Now, they both …
042: Lisa Nicks-Balthasar: Overcoming the Loss of her Husband to Helping Others Believe in Love Again
After losing her high-school sweetheart and husband of 27 years to brain cancer at the age of 42, Lisa Nicks-Balthasar shares her journey of overcoming loss, grief and the power of love. A part of her process of overcoming pain was to write her memoir, Believe!. Today, Lisa is a writer, speaker, and co-founder of …
041: Anna Seewald: From Losing Her Mom in a Catastrophic Earthquake at Age 13 to Becoming a Psychologist Helping Children and Parents
Psychologist Anna Seewald talks about how at 13 years old she survived a catastrophic earthquake. Tragically, her mother did not survive. She talks about how that horrific event shaped her, including her realizing she wouldn’t have as deep of understanding, compassion, and empathy today if she hadn’t gone through that devastating experience. Today, Anna is …