Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary

“You can easily tell the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Years ago, I ran a small construction company. Continuously running materi…

Today’s guest is an Emmy award-winning journalist, reinvention expert and intelligent risk-taker.

With a successful television career that spanned 28 years, some of Liz Brunner’s most memorable hig…

“In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.” – Henri J.M. Nouwen

For more than a decade I’ve worked with the FOCUS Marines Foundation. This organization hosts struggling vetera…

I’m honored to share a story of not just surviving impossible odds but thriving in a world that is too often caught up with how we look on the outside rather than seeing that our true value is within…

“Just because I am happy and loved, doesn’t mean everyone else is. I know someone might be walking behind me who doesn’t feel happy and doesn’t feel loved. Maybe I can help them.” – Evan Ernst

Whil…

Kiana Clay is the first adaptive female motocross racer, top-ranked para-snowboarder and 2026 Paralympic hopeful.

At 12 years old, Kiana suffered a traumatic brachial plexus injury on a motocross p…

Being heard is so close to being loved that they are almost indistinguishable. – David Augsburger

Today, we celebrate Augie Nieto and his quest to cure ALS.

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Maggie Doyne's mission is to create a world where children are safe, educated and loved.

At age nineteen, Maggie used $5,000 of her babysitting money to co-found BlinkNow Foundation which helped to…

John O'Leary recognizes the mothers shepherding their children through tragedy.

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With Mother’s Day upon us, today’s guest is a marvelous example of what’s possible with the love from a powerful mom.

As one of four boys raised by a single mother, Steve White’s life could easily ha…

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week, and in honor of those heroes AND in celebration of the 2nd anniversary of IN AWE, I wanted to share one of my favorite stories from the book. It will remind yo…

Stephen M. R. Covey is an expert on trust, leadership and culture.

As former CEO of Covey Leadership Center, Stephen personally led the strategy that propelled his father’s book, Dr. Stephen R. Cove…

So often we recognize a need in a family, a struggle in a friend, or a challenge in our community and wonder what we can even do to help.

While it’s easy to assume there is little we can do, be remin…

Mental health challenges and broken relationships are a part of life, yet they don’t have to define us.

Dr. John Delony is a mental health expert, bestselling author of Redefining Anxiety and host of…

What would you do if you knew today was your last? As a nine-year-old, this wasn’t just a hypothetical question to consider, but a reality I faced daily.

Because of my weakened condition, the addit…

To celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month, I’m honored to welcome Kevin Eubanks, one of the most accomplished jazz musicians of his or any generation.

As a prolific guitarist and composer, Kevin is freq…

For three decades, Parkinson’s disease has robbed my dad of his ability to work, type, write, drive, walk and speak... and yet every day he chooses gratitude.

Today, on World Parkinson’s Awareness …

David Sipress is an iconic cartoonist for The New Yorker. Since 1998, he’s published nearly 700 cartoons largely based on perceptions of shared human experience, rooted in his life-long love of histo…

Join me as I share the most powerful five-word lessons I've learned after more than 400 episodes of the Live Inspired Podcast.

To get links to each episode I mention, visit JohnOLearyInspires.com.

Six-time Olympic medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee is regarded by many as the greatest female athlete of all time. After retiring, Jackie chose to return to her impoverished hometown with a greater purpo…