Episodes
4 days ago
It could always be worse
4 days ago
4 days ago
Meagan Murray is a friend, a coworker, and just is an overall sweetheart of a person. We first met at work road to freedom, center for independent living. She has the condition cerebral palsy, but when you meet her, you instantly know that the condition does not hold her back, and that she thrives despite it. We discussed what she does for a living, her upbringing, her passion, for helping others, and her nonprofit organization that she created called Meagan's box.
meagan‘s box, her Facebook group, https://m.facebook.com/groups/160822840621997/
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Nurse Joanne
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
This episode is with a dear friend Joanne Hostrander. She was a registered nurse for over 40 years, she has taught at four different colleges, she's done recruiting, teaching, crisis, intervention, and much more. She's a very accomplished., and intelligent person, as you will come to find out, but one thing we don't prepare for is the unthinkable, she has been losing her sight for sometime, and it has taken a toll on her. She's now in the next phase of her life, trying to adapt to her new life, now that she's out of the medical field, and her vision has gotten worse, she's trying to find her voice, and overcome her mental health.
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
The comeback
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
This episode is with Ryan Penley , he's such a unique, open, and strong guy, and he's one of those people that you feel like you have to root for. We talk a lot about his dark days with mental health and his Rocky Road with addiction. He took himself from rock bottom to a rockstar. Though he's in a better place, these days, he does not shy away from the darkest times in his life, he uses his story to help those in the place where he used to be. Ryan is a beacon of hope for those still battling their demons. He demonstrates that from the depths of despair, it is indeed possible to forge a life filled with purpose and joy.
His website https://www.ryanpenley.org/
His Facebook https://www.facebook.com/myrockbottomrecovery
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Let's heal together
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Phyllis is a very interesting woman, she had indoor, a lot of childhood abuse, and a molestation to which later in life, let her to be a psychotherapist for 30 years, an author to three books including the new one America in therapy. Her main goal is healing, to what she has helped children, young adults, and women try to address the things that they have had to endure, so that they could come back to building relationships with people, and still living without the pain consuming them.
Her Website https://phyllisleavitt.com
Her YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOdxqvDK9N421AZ5TTxqUgQ
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
God, the artist
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Morgan McCarver really caught my attention not only with her story, but her sweet personality, and her strong determination to adapt to a life that there is no blueprint. When she was young, she was diagnosed with scoliosis which caused her to do a major spinal surgery which had extensive recovery time. She also had to learn how to walk again, and adjust to a new way of living. But while dealing with her mental health, searching to accept her new life, and recovering from this very risky procedure, she found her love for pottery. She has her degree in pottery, and has many awards, and she even has some of her work in exhibits. She's an author, and just an overall amazing person.
Her website https://www.morganmccarver.com
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Telling the story that's within
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Rhonda Parker Taylor was such a delight, I enjoyed her upbeat, personality, her positiveness, and just her good overall energy that reverberates off of her.
Rhonda Parker Taylor wanted to write a book to prove to herself that she could. For many, like Parker Taylor, writing is a difficult task. Growing up, she wasn’t a good student in English, reading or writing. She struggled with McGuffey Readers. And the phonetic concepts escaped her as a child. But she was still drawn to books, mostly encyclopedias, where she could read about the world, daring young women and journeys away from her small hometown of Noblesville. So, writing became about telling a story that was within her. And that’s what she did in her book, “Crossroads,” a suspense novel set in Indianapolis in the early 2000s and released earlier this year.
Her website https://rhondaparkertaylor.com
Her TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@rhondaparkertaylor
Her Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rhondaparkertaylor/
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Uncle Gregory returns to the plantation
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
When I first connected with Gregory, Newson, I loved his energy, he reminded me of somebody in my life, and I loved this passion. He's a great storyteller, with a great story to tell. He was born and raised in Harlem, NY, and was sifted through the Elijah Muhammad movement and then through the Black Panther Party, drug addiction, and prison to walk away from God’s gift as an artist and painter to wander the desert for 40 years. And then he migrated back to the plantation that his ancestors owned, and that is when he started developing a positive character that would continue to lead him to participate in Civil War reenactments and historical events in the Southland of America.
His website https://newsonpublishing.com
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
UNDENIABLE MINDSET
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
When I first met Hunter Potter , I knew he was going to be a fun guest, right off the bat. He is very highly energetic, honest, honest, and he doesn't beat around the bush. He was a Boy who was raised by a single mother who, in desperate times, turned to selling drugs and gambling to provide for his lifestyle. Despite the odds stacked against him, he harbored a burning ambition for a brighter future. He chose the path of discipline and honor by enlisting in the Marine Corps, where he learned the values of integrity, perseverance, and hard work. Other topics that we discuss is him meeting his biological father, and what role that played in his journey him getting into real estate, addiction, heartbreak, and more.
His Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thehunterpotter/
His Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hunter.potter.1
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Tick for tat
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Kristof Morrow was somebody I felt like I connected with right away, before even knowing a story, I could tell that he had been through something and not just something, but most likely a good amount of something. He's a veteran, he's an author and an award-winning journalist. Kristof has had to endure abuse by both of his parents, who were deep into addiction, which, unfortunately, so did Kristof. He also has Tourette's, some of his ticks, make him turn, violent towards himself, where he will punch, and slap his own face, and he also punches hard services to the point where he does damage to his body. He has now gotten back on the path so much so that he actually has finished his first book, I myself, I'm very proud of him, because it's really hard to imagine what he has to endure every day, but he still finds some fight left in him to do some good.
You can get his book here https://www.amazon.com/Second-Sun-Volumes-II-ebook/dp/B0BW7GF5SY/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=1TENPLLLJ24ZO&keywords=kristof+morrow&qid=1698173717&sprefix=%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-1
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Breast Mancer
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
When Ron Rappaport first reached out to me, I was super curious about this subject matter, because I don't know any men with first reached out to me, I was super curious about this subject matter because I don't know any men with male breast cancer, but I do know it is a problem. It is something that's kind of taboo to talk about. Ron is a perfect representative to talk about this subject matter because I don't like how he goes through it, he also is a very eloquent speaker on the subject matter. Ron Rapaport is a two-time Male Breast Cancer survivor, current Lymphedema thriver andLead Advocate for malebreastcancerhappens.org. He also has his own podcast called A WRAP WITH RAP.
This is the place where you can find his podcast, and more information on his website https://www.itsawrapwithrap.com