Stories that Empower
Stories that provide hope, inspire and empower.
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410 Tara Fields
09/30/2024
410 Tara Fields
Tara noticed negligence in the military. She chose to take off the uniform and speak truth to power, to force change about mental health. She helps others tell their stories of being cast aside. Tara shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: speak truth to power emotion makes us human see the human factor tags: Tara Fields, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LSCSW), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), PTSD therapy, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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409 Gregory S. Works
09/23/2024
409 Gregory S. Works
Gregory is a survivor and two-time kidney transplant recipient. He noticed an unmet need in the market, so he chose to write a book about his experience, to help others navigate major health challenges. Gregory shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: don't let the moment overwhelm you put together a plan seek faith be immersed in society tags: Gregory S. Works, Triumph, Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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408 Linda Magoon
09/16/2024
408 Linda Magoon
Linda broke free from an abusive marriage. She rediscovered her love of hiking, which helped her feel free and be empowered. Linda shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: start small action is rewarded it's never too late to start over spend time in nature tags: Linda Magoon, author, environmentalist, outdoor enthusiast, Live Free and Hike: Finding Grace, Healing, and Self-Discovery Atop New Hampshire’s 48 White Mountain Summits, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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407 Nancy Joie Wilkie
09/09/2024
407 Nancy Joie Wilkie
Nancy Joie Wilkie's life fell apart. She rekindled her faith, which gave her the strength to go on. Nancy recovered and rebuilt her life. She climbed out of the darkness and into the light. Nancy shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: we are perfect God loves us anyway the universe gives us what we want be honest with ourselves what we think about, expands let go and trust the universe believe we haven't reached the end yet learn to accept tags: Nancy Joie Wilkie, Mindsights, Original Creations for Original Minds, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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406 Nathaniel X. Arnold
09/02/2024
406 Nathaniel X. Arnold
Growing up in the segregated South, Nathaniel overcame struggles of racism. Additionally, he is a two-time cancer survivor. Nathaniel feels that his strong faith got him through his life challenges. He shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: look out for others walk in faith leave our legacy take time to appreciate people accept others with judgement listen and care about people tags: Nathaniel X. Arnold, My Story, His Glory, author, entrepreneur, respected church elder, His Glory Publishing, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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405 Andrea Torrey Balsara
08/26/2024
405 Andrea Torrey Balsara
This is a powerful story about someone that experienced trauma as a child. Andrea shares her journey of transformation of someone that felt shame as a victim into someone that is empowered. Writing and illustrating have enabled her to find her creative outlet. Andrea shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: no one is an island there is light keep going, there is hope we always have the key to the light find the inner peace connect to something bigger than us tags: Andrea Torrey Balsara, award-winning children's and young adult author/illustrator, motivational speaker, energy medicine practitioner, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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404 Glenda Goodrich
08/24/2024
404 Glenda Goodrich
Feeling that she had a lot to reckon with, Glenda turned to nature and healed her wounds. She discovered vision questing, which led her to claim the title of artist for herself. In this episode, Glenda talks about her journey and also elaborates on vision questing. She shares the following nuggets of wisdom: ask ourselves "Are we living on purpose?" we are powerful and wise listen to our inner knowing spend time in nature forge our own path nature is a powerful teacher tags: Glenda, Goodrich, mixed media Artist, Art Doula, SoulCollage® facilitator, writer, author, Solo Passage 13 Quests 13 Questions, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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403 Ryland Hormel
08/19/2024
403 Ryland Hormel
Ryland's passion for photography and love for the outdoors enabled him to travel extensively to connect with people through concepts like freedom and meaning. He is a professional photographer, published author and he hosts retreats with like-minded people. Ryland shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: connect with the world around us we have a lot in common let go of attachments freedom is breaking away from constraints open up and listen questions are better than answers get curious about everything everybody has a gift to share practice listening to ourselves and to others with curiosity human connection is a driver to freedom tags: Ryland, Hormel, photographer, designer, storyteller, sociological artist, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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402 David Richards
08/12/2024
402 David Richards
David talks about this journey of transitioning from a Marine Corps officer to a published author, which was his lifelong dream. He shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: be of service to others, to have an impact on them we all have a journey that we're on we have something that is useful to others serve others go into the fear life happens for us, not to us it's ok to be vulnerable tags: David, Richards, military, officer, Marine, Corps, yoga, instructor, writer, author, Love Letters to the Virgin Mary, The Resurrection of King David, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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401 Rebecca Rosenberg
08/05/2024
401 Rebecca Rosenberg
After fires in Northern California destroyed her home and lavender farm, Rebecca recreated herself from nothing and became author. Today, she writes books about real women that have reinvented themselves. Rebecca shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: we can survive against all odds it's about the desire in our hearts to make it happen follow your heart don't be afraid of your vision don't give up tags: Rebecca, Rosenberg, champagne geek, lavender farmer and multi-award-winning author of historical novels, Madame Pommery, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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400 Melissa Giberson
07/29/2024
400 Melissa Giberson
When Melissa noticed that she was mesmerized by the sight of a woman, she chose to start on a journey to see if she really knew herself. She knew there was something missing in her life and she asked for help. Melissa acknowledged her same sex attraction and this began a journey of self discovery. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: look inward we're always evolving as we grow, we gain wisdom revisit things with a new perspective find your people our stories matter tags: Melissa, Giberson, author, Late Bloomer: Finding My Authentic Self at Midlife, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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399 Belinda Ellsworth
07/22/2024
399 Belinda Ellsworth
Belinda took a bold leap of faith and left a very lucrative sales position to start her own speaking business. Initially, it was challenging, but she stuck with it. Belinda chose to get in front as many people as she could. Today, she enables others to be self-employed and empowered. don't give up on your dream be intentional always remain a student hire the right people every time you're learning, you're growing consider what others see in you anyone can follow their dreams if they show up every day it's about how you show up take pause in what other people see in you follow our dreams show up every day make clear cut decisions and move forward everything we do is about relationships we can do hard things tags: Belinda, Ellsworth, coach, speaker, business, professional, entrepreneur, Work from Your Happy Place, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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398 Catie Harris
07/15/2024
398 Catie Harris
As a nurse, Catie felt that she lost purpose and grew frustrated. She met nurses that had their own businesses, which she found eye opening. This enabled her to launch "NursePreneurs", which harnesses the expertise of nurses and empowers them. Catie has found purpose again, as she continues to learn and grow. tags: Catie, Harris, PhD, MBA, RN, nurse, entrepreneur, business, NursePreneurs, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com
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397 Andrew Daniel
07/08/2024
397 Andrew Daniel
Andrew's childhood was filled with turmoil, where he struggled with bullying, felt trapped in a victim mindset and had thoughts of suicide. He was faced with two options: either to end it or to choose to whatever it took. So, Andrew chose to embark on a journey of healing and transformation. He discovered who he was and learned about entrepreneurship and business. Today, Andrew helps others through deep and advanced transformations in their lives. He shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: responsibility is the antidote to victimhood it's not just what we think, it's what's in our body take action in the world surrender our egos tags: Andrew, Daniel, author, spiritual, teacher, director, Center for Cinesomatic Development, Awaken to Your True Self, Holistic Sex, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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396 Jenell Jones
07/01/2024
396 Jenell Jones
When Jenell noticed that Mercy, a child who suffered abuse and trauma, needed a home, she chose to adopt her as her own daughter. She shares her daughter's story of inspiration. Jenell shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: children need a voice and advocates no matter what, we should be grateful accept what we have been given we are going to go on tomorrow is a new day it can get better we can learn how to navigate through challenges we are much more stronger than we think we are tags: Jenell Jones, writer, author, Shattered, education entrepreneur, childcare and early learning centers, children who experience trauma in low-income areas, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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395 Liz Kitchens
06/24/2024
395 Liz Kitchens
Liz identified a need and chose to serve at risk teens in underserved communities. Through creative expression, she enabled them to find an oasis amidst their lives of hardship and to think bigger about their lives. Additionally, Liz conducts workshops and seminars on creativity for Lady Boomers (women of the Baby Boomer generation). She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: creative thinking is transformative make something out of nothing navigate the second half of our lives good things in life are hard taking risks is good for us, as it promotes flexible thinking and openness tags: Liz, Kitchens, writer, author, artist, Be Brave. Lose the Beige: Finding Your Sass After Sixty, Lady Boomers, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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394 Roberta S. Kuriloff
06/17/2024
394 Roberta S. Kuriloff
Growing up in an orphanage, Roberta felt she didn't have choices. She had aspirations and dreamt of being superwoman. Roberta chose to have hope and survived by seeking purpose. Choosing to move to Maine and build her own home enabled her to find a meaningful connection to her past. Roberta shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: survive by seeking purpose share hopefulness our attitude is key we can get through difficult times ask ourselves "what can we learn from this?" choose to have hope we can find positivity out of bad situations give optimism tags: Roberta, S, Kuriloff, writer, author, speaker, community activist, attorney, Everything, Special, Framing, a, Life, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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393 Etienne Peirsman
06/10/2024
393 Etienne Peirsman
After Etienne experienced a severe infection in his heart and kidneys, he felt he couldn't survive. He panicked, because it felt like a death sentence. Etienne spent four days and nights in nature in the woods. He found that preparing to die brought him the clarity of total silence and he was able to heal his own body. Etienne shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: follow our intuition the power of touch go into the "no-mind space" when you experience touch, you become one, which is love tags: Etienne, Peirsman, Cranio, CranioSacraal, Therapie, Academy, Tantric, Aspects, of, CranioSacral, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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392 Suzanne Marriott
06/03/2024
392 Suzanne Marriott
After Suzanne's husband was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, she found that she didn't know how to be a caregiver, initially. However, as it progressed, she felt that she entered a spiritual and psychological journey. Suzanne was determined to be the best caregiver to her spouse. Consequently, as a result of their trust growing, she found that their marriage improved. Suzanne shares these nuggets of life wisdom: meet challenges that come up tap into our spiritual practices rely on our intuitions our self worth is more than our roles as caregivers tags: Suzanne, Marriott, author, Watching, for, Dragonflies, A, Caregiver's, Transformative, Journey, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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391 Michael Glauser
05/27/2024
391 Michael Glauser
Michael teaches entrepreneurship. He is so passionate about entrepreneurship, that he travels 4,000 miles by bicycle across America to interview community leadership who have built thriving organizations. Michael is currently training for another 4000-mile ride across the United States. He shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: have a strong, engaging purpose be driven by something bigger than ourselves purpose drives perseverance and passion give back to our communities find a team of mentors hire for character make a contribution and add value anyone can become an entrepreneur tags: Michael, Glauser, university, professor, organizational, consultant, author, entrepreneur, Pedaling, to, End, Poverty, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com
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390 Francesca Miracola
05/20/2024
390 Francesca Miracola
Francesca shares how she moved from a relationship with an abusive spouse to surrendering to a higher power. This enabled her to heal and feel a call to peace and joy. Francesca was inspired to embark on her spiritual journey. As she felt a shift energetically and in her mindset, she noticed that her situation began to improve. A Course in Miracles and writing her memoir have helped Francesca experience a renewed life of purpose and fulfillment. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: surrender, when we are ready to heal the more centered we are, the more our circumstances improve sometimes, a saga can lead to an awakening forgiveness is the cure offer ourselves compassion listen to our inner voice a higher power is trying to guide us to a life of peace regarding generational trauma, be cycle breaker when we're anxious, angry or depressed, look within tags: Francesca, Miracola, author, life, coach, Protagonist, Within, I, Got, It, From, Here, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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389 Ann Bancroft
05/14/2024
389 Ann Bancroft
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 tags: Ann, Bancroft, writer, author, Almost, Family, breast, cancer, survivor, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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388 Debra Borchert
05/14/2024
388 Debra Borchert
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, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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387 Jose Berlanga
05/13/2024
387 Jose Berlanga
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 we can break the barrier of our own limitations tags: Jose, Berlanga, enterpreneur, businessman, author, The, Business, of, Home, Building, How, to, Start, and, Operate, a, Residential, Construction, Company, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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386 Laura Shovan
05/06/2024
386 Laura Shovan
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 Quote "Make it work" tags: author, novelist, educator, Pushcart, Prize-nominated, poet, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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385 Andre Lafond
04/29/2024
385 Andre Lafond
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, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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384 Kamini Wood
04/22/2024
384 Kamini Wood
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 yourself we matter tags: Kamini, Wood, certified, life, coach, Rise, Up, podcast, live, joy, your, way, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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383 Beth Ann Mathews
04/22/2024
383 Beth Ann Mathews
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
04/15/2024
382 Corky Parker
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, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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381 Kenneth Nixon Jr.
04/08/2024
381 Kenneth Nixon Jr.
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 matter strive to create a collective power to work to compel change find meaning out of our pain tags: Kenneth, Nixon, Jr, Born, Into, Crisis, A, Memoir, mental, health, advocate, VOICE, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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