Stories that Empower
Listen to inspiring and empowering life stories from guests that have overcome challenges and share 'nuggets of life wisdom'. There is hope and light for you, as well. You are not alone. You are loved.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 479
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
059 Kathryn Taylor
Kathryn's spouse abandoned her and just walked out. She experienced the following: loss of clarity, felt debilitated, was isolated, felt shame and lack of worthiness. So, she journaled. A friend came…
00:17:58 |
Mon 29 Oct 2018
058 Vanya Erickson
Vanya Erickson used to photograph and haul horses for a living. For the last 25 years she has been mentoring teachers while teaching writing and public speaking in the oldest, continuously used schoo…
00:19:19 |
Mon 22 Oct 2018
057 Michelle Cox
Michelle Cox holds a B.A. in English literature from Mundelein College, Chicago, and is the author of the award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series, as well as the weekly “Novel Notes of Lo…
00:22:04 |
Mon 15 Oct 2018
056 Carlyn Montes De Oca
After Carlyn's divorce, she experienced insomnia, anxiety and depression. Initially, her affair with "Ben & Jerry" (as in the ice cream) helped her deal with it. It was actually her strong and deep r…
00:20:50 |
Mon 08 Oct 2018
055 Dr. Virginia A. Simpson
Dr. Ginni's father passed, when she was 12. This loss completely altered her life. Having lost loved ones, she has dedicated her life to bring hope and healing for grieving children and their familie…
00:20:09 |
Mon 01 Oct 2018
054 Patti Clark
Patti was raised in a dysfunctional family. She found herself surrounded by alcohol, drugs and the loss of her mom. Her life seemed focused on destruction. All she wanted was to be loved and cared fo…
00:21:50 |
Mon 24 Sep 2018
053 Betsy Graziani Fasbinder
Betsy married a gentleman, who was a widow with a young child. She loved her new family, but saw they may need time/space to heal from their loss. Betsy realized that "love and loss live side by si…
00:14:46 |
Mon 17 Sep 2018
052 Barbara Santarelli
As a child, Barbara felt like an outsider, didn't belong, lacked self esteem, had misguided goals, felt empty and was competing with everyone for everything. She had an AHA moment: we buy things that…
00:24:23 |
Mon 10 Sep 2018
051 Rebecca Whitehead Munn
Rebecca got divorced with two young children. Her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. This enabled her to reconnect with her mom. Rebecca shares these wonderful nuggets of wisdom: look in…
00:12:40 |
Mon 03 Sep 2018
050 Linda Atwell
As a child, Linda's inspiration, leadership and determination enabled her and her siblings to win all-inclusive trips for her family to Disneyland 3 consecutive years! Linda shares this wisdom: you …
00:15:26 |
Mon 27 Aug 2018
049 Sheila Grinell
Sheila felt compelled to write her mom's story after her stroke, otherwise it would disappear. She then realized she wanted to write more, so she wrote a novel called "Appetite". Sheila's advice to c…
00:22:19 |
Mon 20 Aug 2018
048 Leah Reinhart
Leah got into drugs and became pregnant, when she was 20. She turned her life around, which set her on a path that was more constructive and gave her life meaning. Leah's story highlights: face yo…
00:22:08 |
Mon 13 Aug 2018
047 Iris Waichler
Iris' mom experienced breast cancer. This impacted her brain and caused her personality to change. This loss had a profound impact on Iris. She learned to separate the illness from the person. Iris r…
00:13:11 |
Mon 06 Aug 2018
046 Naomi McDougall Jones
Naomi, a born storyteller, shares this wisdom: - seek the joy, over the goals - allow yourself the pain of hardtimes and in the morning, take the next steps - a catastophy often provides us with some…
00:19:41 |
Mon 30 Jul 2018
045 Kelley Harrell
Kelley experienced chronic illness, severe pain and fatigue for nearly two decades. In the absence of elders to guide her, she practiced self advocacy and educated herself for self care. She shares t…
00:17:13 |
Mon 23 Jul 2018
044 Roq Gareau & Dave Waugh
Roq and Dave each felt isolated, because they adapted the societal expectations of providing and productivity. They lost direction and meaning. This led them to create a supportive community that pro…
00:22:41 |
Mon 16 Jul 2018
043 Kurek Ashley
Kurek's friend, Mike, died in his arms after a helicopter crash. Initially, Kurek turned to drugs, wanted to take his life and experienced depression. He decided that this was not going to be his leg…
00:13:58 |
Mon 09 Jul 2018
042 Amy Ferrara
Amy is a survivor of a house fire, which she calls the fire that saved her. It brought clarity to her daily chronic pain. Through her spiritual strength, a very supportive spouse and trauma therapy, …
00:27:33 |
Mon 02 Jul 2018
041 Dr. Mehrad Nazari
Dr. Nazari experienced mistrust at the age of 8. He has invested his entire life and profession to understand and share his findings on the importance of trust, in his book "Enlightened Negotation: 8…
00:15:50 |
Mon 25 Jun 2018
040 Elizabeth Garber
Elizabeth lived with a father experiencing mental illness. Her book "Implosion: A Memoir of an Architect's Daughter" is a survivor's story. She reminds us that we, too, can experience freedom from a …
00:18:15 |
Mon 18 Jun 2018
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are the property of Sean. This content is not affiliated with or endorsed by eachpod.com.