389 Ann Bancroft
Stories that Empower
Ann is a two-time breast cancer survivor. Two points of light gave her strength in her empowering journey; the ability to see humor in dark places and connections with women in treatment. Ann shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: laughter is immensely healing humor can be found almost anywhere the importance of connections with women in treatment face up to our fears facing mortality is freeing see ourselves through the eyes of others writing can help remove us from our own cancer experience we keep living being of service can be healing have compassion for others ...
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388 Debra Borchert
Stories that Empower
Debra grew up in poverty. She transformed herself by using her initiative, persistency and curiosity to learn new skills. When opportunities presented themselves to her, she was committed to get those jobs. Debra shares her career journey of trials and tribulations, which eventually led her to become a successful author. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: celebrate everything take a risk be persistent tags: Debra, Borchert, author, of, historical, fiction, Chateau, de, Verzat, Her, Own, Revolution, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment,...
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387 Jose Berlanga
Stories that Empower
Jose shares the joys and challenges associated with creating, building and sustaining various lines of businesses. The journey was not always easy. One of the takeaways was recognizing that each challenge is a part of the trajectory. Jose encourages others to consider taking the leap and starting a business. He shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: don't wait, just start create opportunities solutions are simple problems can develop into positive things a failure is part of the trajectory eliminate the ego document and analyze what went wrong understand our personal limits ...
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386 Laura Shovan
Stories that Empower
Laura shares about the importance of sustaining friendships during challenging times. As an author, she was able to establish to establish trust and rapport with her illustrator, Michael. Laura talks about the impact that Michael had on her life. Together, they collaborated on how to affect and create change. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: the importance of sustaining friendships, during times of stress sit with emotions, rather than brushing them away having an outlet can be helpful trust the creative instinct allow ourselves to go down roads and see where they go ...
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385 Andre Lafond
Stories that Empower
As a child, Andre was diagnosed with ADHD. His parents helped him to channel his excess energy into creative things. He feels he has found his place in the motor sports world. Andre became the first Haitian American to win a race in the 50+ year history of the U.K. National Formula Ford Championship. He shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: there's almost always a solution take a step back to see it stay calm tags: Andre, Lafond, Haitian, American, racing, car, motor, sports, driver, Jiu-Jitsu, mental, training, story, stories, that, empower, empowering,...
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384 Kamini Wood
Stories that Empower
As a child of immigrants, Kamini wanted to belong and feel accepted. She developed people pleasing tendencies and perfectionism as a young age, as she did not wish to impose additional stress on her parents. Kamini realized that these were holding her back. So, through self-work and self-reflection, she has empowered herself. Kamini has made this work her life's journey and today she empowers others, as a certified life coach. She shares the following nuggets of life journey: be present practice gratitude deepen the understanding of self pay attention to your false beliefs believe in...
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383 Beth Ann Mathews
Stories that Empower
Beth's relationship with her spouse was strained. Recovering and healing from her husband's stroke pulled them back together. Beth shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: crisis can push us to appreciate our lives what matters is our relationships let go of fear tags: Beth, Ann, Mathews, memoir, loss, Alaska, adventure, love, rekindled, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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382 Corky Parker
Stories that Empower
Corky became the winter innkeeper of her beloved, La Finca Caribe, in Puerto Rico. Then, circumstances outside of her control introduces shifts in her life. Corky shares stories of trial and tribulations. She loves to tell stories, connect people and create things and spaces. Corky shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: celebrate authenticity be your real self strive to accept, find joy and move on invite the hard things in and make peace with them tags: Corky, Parker, La Finca, Love, Loss, and, Laundry, on, a, Tiny, Puerto, Rican, Island, story, stories, that,...
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381 Kenneth Nixon Jr.
Stories that Empower
Growing up, Kenneth's mother was unable to care for him, due to her mental health. His mom struggled with stability, health and peace. By practicing a mindset of care, Kenneth is on a journey to decriminalize mental health and help others to make systematic changes in their changes. He shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: practice 'trauma-informed approach' go into conversation with a mindset of care be open minded and open ended mental health affects everyone give ourselves grace recognize when something is beyond our ability or emotional capacity power of relationships...
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380 Liza McQuade
Stories that Empower
Liza and her husband decided to shake things by riding their bicycles across the country. This enabled them to choose to live in the moment and to find the beauty. Their journeys have become inspiration for others to follow their dreams. Liza shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: be present with what's happening around you find the beauty people are amazing follow your dreams taking on a challenge is often a mind game the biggest challenge is between our own ears live in the moment be who you are learn to value yourself you have control live life in meaningful and...
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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 side". She also lost 3 loved ones, due to suicide. This taught Betsy that new things can grow even after a loss, such as a more affectionate family. Her "platinum rule" is to do unto others what they want done. Betsy also reminds us to: seek a trusted confidant/advisor, don't try to figure it all out on your own, learn from others, get wiser and read books.
Betsy Graziani Fasbinder became a second mother to her first son when she married his widowed dad. Filling Her Shoes: A Memoir of an Inherited Family is a series of snapshots of the moments of becoming a second mother to a little boy whose first had been taken. This is a sweet-bitter, happy-ending story of family, revealing that love and loss, grief and gratitude are not opposites, but co-habitants in any family and that patterns of past family abuse can be broken. Betsy is also the author of the critically acclaimed novel, Fire & Water, and has been a licensed psychotherapist in California since 1992.
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