Paul Granger Episode 1 – I Prayed for and “Claimed” a Different Result
Overcomers Overcoming
Paul Granger describes his emotions and learning from his life experiences of enduring a stillborn childbirth and job termination from a toxic ministry experience. He and his wife prayed fervently for God to restore or create a heartbeat for their child in the womb of his wife. They prayed for and “claimed” that God could and would make a heartbeat. That did not happen. So, did God not hear or not care about their prayer? This resulted in a time of deep introspection from which they gained insights into God and oneness with Him. Following that experience, he experienced a job termination...
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Jordan Wilson - Winning the War Through Surrender
Overcomers Overcoming
Jordan Wilson is a modern-day prodigal son. He was raised in a Christian family with wholesome values. He felt somewhat protected and isolated from the world at an earlier age. Accordingly, he thought he needed to experience the world by engaging in different life events. That included drugs and alcohol. Through his mother’s prayers and fasting and his revitalized life in Jesus Christ, he developed a tenacious attitude to reverse his addiction and live his life for Christ. That transformation began on March 27, 2016 (his dad’s birthday). He chronicles his past life and his transformation...
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Donene Taylor Episode 1 – Roping Your Obstacles
Overcomers Overcoming
Donene Taylor is a Professional Author and Speaker who delivers energizing, fun, inspirational, and motivational presentations to many different organizations and teams. She joined the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association in 1998 and became a Women’s Professional Rodeo Association World Champion Tie-Down Calf Roper in 2016. Donene is also a 4-time WPRA Mountain States Circuit Champion Tie-Down Calf Roper. At 14, she dreamed of becoming a World Champion Tie-down Calf Roper in the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association. She had many ups and downs. She stalled at times, but she never...
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Dr. Matthew Zakreski Episode 2 – Neurodiversity and Career Coaching
Overcomers Overcoming
Matthew “Dr. Matt” Zakreski, PsyD, is a high-energy, creative clinical psychologist and professional speaker who utilizes an eclectic approach to meet the specific needs of his neurodivergent clients. He is proud to serve the Gifted community as a consultant, a professor, an author, and a researcher. He has spoken over 400 times worldwide about supporting neurodivergent people. Dr. Zakreski graduated from Widener University’s Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology (IGCP) in 2016. He co-founded The Neurodiversity Collective, which provides therapy, IQ testing, coaching, and...
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Scott and Randy Baker Episode 1 – Becoming Aware of Unconscious Behaviors
Overcomers Overcoming
Scott and Randy Baker met when they were 16 and married in 1997. Through their marriage journey, they are learning to adapt to each other as they each learn to adapt to and be aware of their childhood culture. Scott is reserved, while Randy is outgoing by personality type. Randy reminisces about her childhood experiences and her response to her encounters. As frequently happens, our past and its adverse consequences become a part of our subconscious behavior. Those subconscious thoughts can dominate our current thinking. We carry those thoughts into our marriage and other relationships until...
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Alan Lazaros – Achieving Success and Fulfillment
Overcomers Overcoming
Alan Lazaros is a business coach, consultant, trainer, and speaker specializing in helping businesses maximize their growth, impact, and profitability online. He believes in a heart-driven approach to inspiring, motivating, and educating others on what is required to reach the next level. When he was two years old, his father passed away in a car accident. At age 26, after getting into a nearly fatal car accident himself, he questioned everything he was doing in life. It was a moment of comprehensive introspection to determine his worth and direction. He asked who he was and the choices he was...
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Dr. Matthew Zakreski Episode 1 – Neurodiversity and Career Coaching
Overcomers Overcoming
Matthew “Dr. Matt” Zakreski, PsyD, is a high-energy, creative clinical psychologist and professional speaker who utilizes an eclectic approach to meet the specific needs of his neurodivergent clients. He is proud to serve the Gifted community as a consultant, a professor, an author, and a researcher. He has spoken over 400 times worldwide about supporting neurodivergent people. Dr. Zakreski graduated from Widener University’s Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology (IGCP) in 2016. He co-founded The Neurodiversity Collective, which provides therapy, IQ testing, coaching, and...
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Iryna Ishchenko Episode 1 – Relationships as Life is Transformed with Time
Overcomers Overcoming
Iryna Ishchenko was born in Kazakhstan and then moved to Ukraine with her family when she was one year old. She knows how it is to grieve your parents when they are still alive, but they are no longer your parents because of bodily function deterioration. They are not the ones you have known and loved for your entire life. She knows what it’s like to fear your own emotions because you have always thought it was wrong and unacceptable to have such strong negative feelings about your parents. She exhausted herself and carried enormous guilt for not being fully present in the lives of her young...
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Brittney Phillips – Blending Bravely
Overcomers Overcoming
Brittney Phillips is a certified life coach, certified stepparent coach, and founder of Blending Bravely, a coaching and education company specializing in empowering women of faith in blended families. With a heartfelt commitment to helping moms in blended families find peace, strengthen their sanity, and deepen their faith, Brittney offers a transformative approach that fosters strong connections within stepfamilies. Drawing from her own experience as a former educator and blending her own family, Brittney brings a deep understanding of the unique challenges faced by women of faith in blended...
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Dr. Christopher Scott Wyatt Episode 3 – Understanding Impulsivity and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders with Neurodiverse People
Overcomers Overcoming
Dr. Christopher Scott Wyatt is an autistic self-advocate and father of two neurodiverse daughters. He earned a doctorate researching online education and writing instruction for students with autism spectrum disorders. His experiences living with physical and neurological differences shape his parenting. Dr. Scott consults with schools, businesses, and non-profit organizations on issues of autism, neurodiversity, and active inclusion. Parenting Neurodiverse children — those with ADHD, autism, sensory processing issues, and learning disabilities — presents challenges. As a diagnosed...
info_outlineKatie Selby began her extraordinary education journey at the age of three, which continued through high school. She was diagnosed with language impairment at the age of three. At that age, she communicated by using gestures and pointing to meet her needs. She didn’t say her first sentence until She was 5. To this day, she wishes she knew what her first complete sentence was. She doesn’t remember, and neither do her parents. After she started kindergarten, she was diagnosed with learning disabilities. Her learning disabilities are in reading comprehension, written expression, and math. She takes time to understand what she’s reading and sometimes needs clarification from others. As she reads a book, she takes her time to comprehend what she reads. She also has her phone nearby to look up word definitions. With her written expression, developing the right words to form sentences takes her time. With her math disability, she needs lots of support to understand math concepts, especially algebra. If she didn’t understand the assignments in elementary school, she typically waited for her teachers to notice her facial expressions. She was afraid to ask for help. She didn’t believe that asking for clarification would help. She didn’t learn self-advocacy skills until she was in high school. That was when She learned to ask for clarification if she didn’t understand an assignment or test question. Through this learning process, she identified others who adapted to her learning style, leading to her getting a college degree. She proved her naysayers wrong.