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 …
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038: Kristin Hanes: How a Reporter Decided to go Intentionally Houseless
Kristin Hanes has spent 14 years as a reporter in radio news, including 5 years at KGO news radio in the Bay Area. She talks about how she became what she calls “intentionally houseless” because if she didn’t take drastic measures, she felt like otherwise she was never going to get out of debt. That’s …
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034: Luana Ribeira: My Husband Told me He’s Transgender
Formerly known as Eirian Cohen, Luana Ribeira says she has no regrets. Here she talks about the difficult time in her life when her husband of eight years announced he was transgender. As shocked as she was, she was supportive and they kept the family together, but eventually the marriage split. And then several months …
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029: Mary Well: I Thought I was Fat for Life
Today’s guest is Mary Well, author of six bestselling books, including her latest, SWISS CHOCOLATE DIET: THE SIMPLE AND PROVEN SYSTEM FOR HEALTHY & EVERLASTING WEIGHT LOSS. Mary shares her struggle of growing up overweight, and even being told by a prospective employer that she was too fat. She years later discovered the “secret” to …
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028: Mary Shores: Awareness of Your Choices is the Key to Your Freedom
Mary Shores is the author of Conscious Communications: A Step-by-Step Guide to Harnessing the Power of Your Words to Change Your Mind, Your Choices, and Your Life. Before her success as an author, speaker and entrepreneur, Mary shares her background starting when she was living on her own since she was 16, how in 1992 …
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027: Terry McSweeney: “I am a Fibromyalgia Activist”
Today’s guest is Terry McSweeney, a certified fibromyalgia advisor, who also suffers from the illness. Also a cancer survivor, Terry talks about how she began suffering from symptoms that perplexed her and her doctors. It was 10 years later that she was finally diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. Terry explains what it is, how it affected her, …
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026: Justine Renson: “I Walked Away From the Cult of my Birth”
Today’s guest is Justine Renson, author of Leaving The Light — and loving it: how I woke up, wisened up and walked away from the cult of my birth. Justine talks about her memoir of what it was like growing up in a cult, what was the catalyst for her to leave it, and the …
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025: Monica Michelle: Shedding Light on Invisible Disabilities
Monica Michelle is a fellow podcaster, who co-hosts Invisible Not Broken. As a child, Monica aspired to be a ballerina, but that got halted when she was a teenager due to her illness, or rather the debilitating illnesses she eventually was diagnosed with. Getting frustrated with the lack of information about them, she’s now on …
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024: Kevin Basham: Unapologetically Me
Kevin Basham is an entrepreneur who co-founded a seven-figure recycling business in the UK. He dropped out of college, and yet managed to startup the business with no money and little experience. Here, Kevin talks about how it wasn’t easy and of his start with humble beginnings. Growing up, he had little confidence, was a …
023: Carlana Stone: “I Wouldn’t Go Back and Change it.”
Carlana Stone is an author, motivational speaker, and a former TV news reporter and primetime network TV producer. She’s worked on popular shows like A&E’s Intervention, The Biggest Loser and Judge Judy, just to name a few. She’s gotten her private pilot’s license, she scuba-dives, has sky-dived and rides a custom Harley. She’s been interviewed …
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