Resilience Episodes

In this deeply moving episode, we explore the transformative power of surrender and resilience through the story of Vickie B., a mother who overcame profound loss and adversity to find renewed purpose and faith. Vickie shares her raw journey from heartbreak and questioning to spiritual growth, emphasizing the importance of living authentically, embracing vulnerability, and parenting with honesty and grace even amidst grief. Her wisdom serves as a powerful reminder that even in our darkest moment...

Amanda McKoy Flanagan shares her profound journey of overcoming addiction and trauma through meditation, therapy, and spiritual growth, illustrating the power of transforming personal pain into purpose. Jennifer Norman and Amanda discuss the importance of self-love and raising one's vibration to foster a more positive, connected existence. The episode underscores the message that healing oneself leads to collective empowerment and echoes the podcast's mission of fostering inner beauty and holist...

What does it take to achieve your dreams in the face of fear and adversity? Fiona Demark has a lot to say on the subject. After all, she's a legally blind adventure coach and inspirational speaker who helps people gain focus and step into their own power. Having a disability since birth taught her to meet challenges head-on, step outside her comfort zone, build resilience, and plow fearlessly through obstacles. This podcast episode is sponsored by*: Billie - A female-first body brand built on pr...

How do you recover from years of childhood abuse? Rebecca Chandler is a survivor. In this intimate episode, Rebecca tells the story of stolen innocence between the ages of five and thirteen, the trauma response of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and complex PTSD (c-PTSD) through her career and adult relationships, and how she finally found mental, emotional, and physical peace with the help of alternative healing modalities. Trigger Warning: Adult content - listener discretion is strongly a...

Trigger warning: This episode discusses suicide, how to help those contemplating self-harm, and how to support caregivers of those with suicidal tendencies. Mature audiences and listener discretion is advised. That being said, this is an extremely important episode that can help save lives. It's hard to discern who among us is suffering so badly that suicide is seriously being considered. Understanding the signs, knowing what questions to ask, and learning how to listen with compassion can be ex...

When life gets rough, it's very common to use coping mechanisms to help get through it, when what we truly need is to HEAL. Steve Bacon once found himself on the path to prison and death. He experienced so much pain and suffering in his early years of life — 14 schools, 2 marriages, crack houses, abuse, molestation, anger issues, alcohol troubles, and attempted suicide — all before he was 20 years old. It took a long time for him to see it but all of his trauma was a gift. After a profound recko...

When career transition happens, it can take a toll on our self-esteem. Self-limiting beliefs can make us think that we're not wanted, not talented, or not as capable as we truly are. Our podcast guest David Petrovay is an employment strategist who helps people manage their careers, navigating through the challenges they face, especially during lapses of work. David's latest book, Life between Jobs: Out of Work...Not Out of WORTH, is available now. In this episode, David talks about the emotional...

Meet John Tarnoff ! John is an executive and career transition coach, speaker, and author who supports mid and late-career professionals in defining, planning, and achieving more meaningful and sustainable careers. He is the author of the best-selling Boomer Reinvention: How to Create your Dream Career Over 50 . In this episode, we talk about the dilemma people in their 40s, 50s, and 60s face when making a career change and valuable tips on how to transition your career successfully at mid-life....

Meet Rach Wilson , founder of Divine Relating and a relationship coach for couples with autistic and/or special needs kids. Rach is a mum of 4. Her two youngest are both autistic and non-verbal, with diet limitations and sensory challenges. Rach’s own life experience has inspired her to focus on supporting couples who have the highest breakup rate – couples with special needs kids. In this episode, we talk about being a special needs parent, what self-care looks like when things get rough, and t...

Meet Avigail Gimpel! Neurodivergence is so common among families and sometimes the condition can feel overwhelming to yourself and your loved ones. Avigail has immersed herself in studying and developing treatment options for ADHD for her own six kids and others. She developed a hands-on parent training program and teacher’s training program that can help. She works in private practice, training parents to become ADHD coaches to their children, and spouses to learn a new love language to communi...

Meet Joe Templin! Joe is the ultimate human Swiss Army Knife…he’s a startup founder, author, physicist, financial planner, autodidactic polymath, ultramarathoner, special needs father of boys with autism, and martial artist. Diagnosed with severe asthma and ADHD, Joe actually flatlined at 10 years old and was rescusitated back to life. Since then, he has harnessed his energetic superpowers to helping others reach their full potential. Enjoy the listen! Joe’s Links: Website Facebook Twitter The H...

Meet Jennifer Cassetta! Jenn is a success coach, a speaker, an author, and a self-defense expert. Equipped with her third-degree black belt in hapkido, a master’s degree in nutrition, health coaching and NLP certifications, Jenn travels the world empowering people to stay strong, safe and more confident...from the streets to the boardroom. Jenn believes that no matter your height, your weight, your gender, race or background, everyone should have the ability to feel strong, safe and powerful. An...

Meet Logan Alcosiba! When Logan was only 15 years old, she bravely shared her truth - that she was a transgender woman. Fortunately, Logan’s announcement was predominantly met with support. She would go on to become her city’s first openly transgender athlete, ASB President, and Homecoming Queen - one of the first for California. And during high school, Logan was medically transitioning, breaking down barriers in transgender healthcare. She became the first known minor of Kaiser Permanente to be...

Note : This episode was released in June 2022. In 2023, Gabe proudly came out as trans and now goes by Briel Adams-Wheatley. We couldn't be happier for her! 🏳️‍⚧️ --- Meet Gabe Adams-Wheatley! Gabe is an unstoppable force, despite having been born without arms or legs. Gabe was adopted Into a devout Mormon family as the youngest of 12 kids. His upbringing was filled with tough love and a religion that didn't accept his homosexuality. But Gabe stayed true to himself, finding creative outlets thro...