Stand Up Speak Up
Tune in for the Stand Up Speak Up Podcast, with more than fifty inspiring stories from people who have beaten the odds and persevered through trauma and discrimination. Why listen? Because in listening to others’ stories of healing, we are reminded of the potential we all have to find the light, even in the darkest of moments. No matter what we are up against, we are all survivors worthy of finding healing and happiness.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 59
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2022
Starting the Conversation about Death with Grief Educator Doreen Thibert
Come along as your host Karla Stephens-Tolstoy sits down for the first time with Death Doula, Grief Educator and Celebrant Doreen Thibert, who founded One Thread Consulting and offers services for bo…
00:46:41 |
Fri 22 Apr 2022
Transforming our Brains into Kinder, Cozier Places to Live - The Sarah Peyton Story
In this episode, your host Karla Stephens-Tolstoy will take you along for her first resonance training & relational neuroscience session with Sarah Peyton, a neuroscience educator and author.
00:38:21 |
Thu 10 Mar 2022
An inspiring story of resilience, positivity and fighting the odds. This is Brea Griffiths Story
This is an inspiring story of resilience, positivity and fighting the odds. This is Brea’s Story.
00:59:36 |
Mon 03 Jan 2022
Ashleigh Banfield
In this episode of the Stand Up Speak Up podcast, Karla and Ashleigh go behind the scenes of her career to talk about the highs & lows and everything in between.
01:54:12 |
Mon 12 Apr 2021
Letters on Sex Trafficking
Human trafficking is a hard conversation to have, in this episode we try to get into the minds of the players in the sex trade.
00:30:19 |
Mon 20 Apr 2020
My Boobs Are Trying To Kill Me: If You’re Gonna Have Cancer Fog You Might As Well Be Blonde
Karla Stephens-Tolstoy, the founder of Stand Up Speak Up, continues to share her fight in battling Stage 4 cancer. She courageously shares Karla’s medical journey from all sides of the disease, her l…
01:08:28 |
Thu 04 Apr 2019
My Boobs are Trying to Kill Me: Exclusive Interview with childhood trauma survivor Sandra Doweck
Welcome to My Boobs Are Killing Me. A podcast brought to you by Stand Up Speak Up founder Karla Stephens-Tolstoy who shares with us the journey of her life with stage four cancer and the amazing indi…
01:02:50 |
Tue 19 Mar 2019
My Boobs Are Trying To Kill Me: Karla Stephens Tolstoy & Her Fight Against Cancer
Sit back and enjoy as Karla sips her chemo cocktail and chats with her nurse, Erin DeJong. Karla has told many people’s stories in podcast form. This story is her’s.
01:09:59 |
Sat 12 Jan 2019
How does he do it? David Bernstein: Homeless youth to Harvard
Dr. David Bernstein is a well-respected, highly educated professional who has held appointments at Yale University School of Medicine, where he completed his doctoral internship, and Harvard Universi…
01:04:16 |
Tue 27 Nov 2018
Michael Alig: Club Kids to Convict & Back - Part 2
In this second part, Alig recounts his relationship with his mother, discusses what kind of person he would like to be in a relationship with, talks drug use, and also his creative plans for the futu…
00:38:46 |
Tue 23 Oct 2018
Michael Alig: Club Kids to Convict & Back - Part 1
Michael Alig is a complex character. He’s the charismatic founder of the Club Kids, a group of young, flamboyant New York City underground dance club personalities in the late 1980s and early 1990s. …
00:54:56 |
Tue 23 Oct 2018
Devin Price: Recovery – Relapse - Recovery
We first met Devin Price in Episodes: I Spent $1 Million on Drugs: The Devin Price Story Part 1 and I Spent $1 Million on Drugs: The Devin Price Story Part 2, when he took us through his road to addi…
01:41:34 |
Fri 28 Sep 2018
Burst the Bubble: Police Corruption
Kelly Donovan is a whistleblower. Her story begins working for a major bank, marrying a police officer, then deciding to become a police officer. After only a few years, Kelly began to learn about in…
01:05:05 |
Thu 30 Aug 2018
Trust Me When I Say There Is No (Hero) In Heroin - Part 2
In the first part of this two-part podcast series interviewing Frank, an addict who has abused drugs from the age of 12, he told us the origins of his addiction and how sniffing glue as a child turne…
00:55:50 |
Wed 22 Aug 2018
Trust Me When I Say There Is No (Hero) In Heroin - Part 1
Franky Frank runs the My Cold Turkey Detox website where he shares the story and updates about his struggle overcoming drug abuse, primarily heroin and crack. His sister filmed his struggle as he det…
00:54:35 |
Thu 28 Jun 2018
Life is Easy, Living is Hard
Erica has endured a lifetime of trauma marked by a difficult upbringing, abusive relationships, an addiction to phone sex, attempted suicide, and a number of diagnosed mental health issues. Recently,…
00:41:19 |
Tue 12 Jun 2018
Rehab #9: The Rob Rawlings Story
Rob Rawlings is working hard to break the cycle of drug addiction in his family. Despite his father’s abrasive nature and drug use, Rob continued to seek approval as his son.
At the age of 14, Rob …
00:45:36 |
Wed 30 May 2018
The Pain of Perfection
Recently we’ve featured addiction stories of people who had clear trauma growing up that contributed to the path they took in life. However, these things can happen to anyone.
Danielle McCarron is …
00:46:51 |
Thu 17 May 2018
Nowhere to Turn
Today’s guest has 5 kids from 4 different fathers and was abused as a child. Rose is an artist with designs in the Stand Up Speak Up. Growing up, she faced physical, mental, and sexual abuse. She had…
00:53:49 |
Fri 04 May 2018
Scientology Scars
There’s no shortage of content out there on the subject of Scientology. When we decided to tackle it, we knew the episode would have to focus on people, and the lasting effect Scientology has on its …
01:13:54 |
Wed 18 Apr 2018
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