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We give power to the difficult things in our lives by keeping them a secret and allowing shame to suffocate our truth. We keep ourselves in life or death situations with our silence. We must save our…

Have you ever found yourself living a life that looks completely different than, not only the one you had planned, but the one you'd been very happily living? For many of us, illness, trauma, death o…

Lavender Finch is just a girl on the edge of the rest of her life when trauma shows up by the name of Travis. But it isn’t the trauma that almost ruins Lavender, it’s the shame she swallows when she …

Watching someone you love burn out or fade away is hard. It is not for the faint of heart and yet, we will all do it at some point. It is inevitable. I hope this episode will move you as much as it d…

It was Victor Hugo who said something like, "There's nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come," and in small town Camden, NY, the simple idea that Amy Christmas brought to life has "blo…

What does it take to change the world? Hope. 

Marvelous Ways International, a nonprofit organization founded by Mark and Christin Haywood, is on a mission to give hope, to invest hope, to inspire hope…

Janet Jackson said it best in 1986 in her song, Control. I don't want to rule the world, I just wanna run my life. (It's on Spotify if you've never heard it.) 

Lately I've been feeling disenchanted, d…

So much conversation about the candidates--what they've done or not done, what they believe or don't believe...While those things are important considerations, what we really should be talking about …

You know that feeling when you're at a wedding reception, the bar has been open for three rounds too long, and Uncle Jim or Aunt Tonya are out on the dance floor singing along to Celine Dion for the …

Compassion is triggered when we encounter suffering. Also...it exists on a scale that ranges from sharing and witnessing that suffering first in our bodies, souls and minds, but then, for some it tur…

Time is a mind trick. I don’t think our human brains can really comprehend the construct of time because we were never meant to. We've made it a human experience when it was never intended to be one.…

Mother's Day is one of the craziest holidays...for many of us, it holds so much power...the potential for joy and gratitude and also pain and grief. This episode is dedicated to my mother-in-law who …

Awkward stages aren't only for the young...they occur throughout our lives as we transition from one phase or stage of our life to another, They are also uncomfortable and....awkward...but with Grace…

Counterculture advice to leaders and non-leaders: Go All In. 

Just because corporate environments have an imperfect history or toxic track record doesn’t mean you should respond with an apathetic appr…

Season 3 is coming soon! To get ready, in this episode I share a highlight reel from the top five listened to Podcasts of season 2. 

Episode 69: The Way of Hope with Mark Haywood
Episode 50: Homelessne…

Life moves fast. Too fast for some.

November is Homelessness Awareness Month. On any given night in America, more than 500,000 people are experiencing homelessness. 70% are individuals living on thei…

November is Homelessness Awareness Month.  On any given night in America, more than 500,000 people are experiencing homelessness. 70% are individuals living on their own or in the company of other ho…

The older I get the more I appreciate watching old people do just about anything. I think it's because I realize more and more how long and hard life is and if you have a certain number of years behi…

What does it take to change the world? Hope. 

Marvelous Ways International, a nonprofit organization founded by Mark and Christin Haywood, is on a mission to give hope, to invest hope, to inspire hope…

Livier Lazaro is the first female Commander of the Don Diego VFW Post 7420. I met her in June 2023 on a random Thursday night and will never be the same. She opened my eyes to the issues affecting hu…