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Rhonda Liebig is a 2X published author, certified health coach, founder of The Fresh Inspiration Show, and CEO of Vitality Heart Hub. Do you carry shame with you? Rhonda explains how the shame she carried after being sexually abused as a child affected her physical health, and she opens up about the ways her trauma manifested in her adult experiences and interactions. Hear what eventually tuned Rh...

Valerie Aprahamian is a special education advocate who founded Advocates For Angels, an organization that helps families receive the Individual Education Programs their neurodiverse children need in order to thrive. Do you advocate for your, or your child’s, special needs? In today’s episode, Valerie shares what happened when her toddler Chanel was diagnosed with high functioning autism back in th...

The firstborn daughter of Korean immigrants, Lillian So is the founder of SOfit SF Inc. and the SOmethod. She’s also the International Bestselling Author of, “So Empowered.” Do you suffer from anxiety? Now an expert in creating psychological safety, Lilian shares how her early childhood experience led to her being a high functioning person with anxiety. Listen in as we explore how her parents’ and...

Welcome to the 100th Episode of the GFR Show! How the f*** have you been these last three years? Celebrate growth and transformation with us as Lisa takes a look back at the beginning of her GFR Show journey, and updates us on what’s happened in her life and business since Episode One: Who the F*** is Lisa Cherney? dropped in May 2019. Following her mom's death in May 2022, everyone’s been asking...

The Lovefest for Liberated Leaders is Lisa’s high-vibe networking event where evolving experts mastermind with like-hearted peers in a space where money isn’t the #1 motivation, and where they can feel fully self-expressed and embraced for who they are. What does liberation mean to you? When Lisa shared with her community a week before Lovefest that her mother was dying, people expected that she’d...

Norma Hollis is an author, coach and Master Change Catalyst whose Authenticize certification program enables facilitators, coaches and other leaders to gain clarity about their authentic self and their true purpose. Are you living life authentically? Listen in as Norma shares her astonishing story of living what she calls an "obedient" life: following her soul’s assignment without reservation, and...

Debra Poneman is an award-winning speaker and best-selling author whose YES to Success seminars have been taught across 7 countries on 4 continents since the 1980's. Early students of her work include Janet Atwood, Marcy Shimoff and Deepak Chopra. Are you a people pleaser, or … do you avoid conflict? Debra shares how she used to consider herself a a very nice person until she realized her “kindnes...

Jenny Kovacs is a speaker and trainer who’s known as the Queen of Being Seen. She’s creator of the Visibility Activator System™ and regularly appears on the BBC. Have you ever tried to let go of something you desperately wanted, particularly after you didn't get it? We start Jenny’s episode with a story about an encounter she had as a student that taught her to conform and be “normal,” and how she...

Phil Cohen is an award-winning keynote and TEDx speaker, and author of the Grief Continuum™, a framework that empowers men struggling with grief. Have you ever had the thought, “I’m never going to recover from this”? Listen in as Phil recounts the heart-shattering day in 2015, when a US Coast Guard Admiral told him the week-long search for his son was over, and the unfathomable way he’s now able t...

Dr. Valerie René Sheppard is the bestselling author of "Living Happy to Be ME!: Dancing Your Soul Lightstyle." She earned her PhD in Consciousness & Human Potential, and is CEO of The Heartly Center for Mindfulness and Self-Mastery. What would it look like if you danced with life? It’s been about 6 years since Dr. Valerie had a catastrophic stroke in front of an audience at UC, Irvine. Li...

Afrin Khan is the founder of Red Elephant, and is known as the 6-Figure Event Queen. She has worked with notable influencers including Richard Branson, Deepak Chopra and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Mohammad Yunus. Have you ever felt invisible? Afrin Khan held herself back because she believed things like her name, her religion, plus being a woman and a person of color, would keep her invisible. Find...

Alok Appadurai is a TEDx speaker and bestselling author of the newly released, “Maximum Impact Potential.” He’s also founder & CEO of Uplift Millions, which helps entrepreneurs build 6-8-figure companies that value people, planet and profit. Are you an empath? From the time Alok was a kid in West Philadelphia, he’s been able to feel other people’s emotions. Hear his account of visiting his dad...

Rhonda Britten is founder of the Fearless Living Institute, a repeat Oprah guest, a 4X bestselling author, and a Master Coach who’s been on 600+ episodes of reality television, including her Emmy Award winning show, “Starting Over.” If I asked, “What was your worst day ever,” would you have an immediate answer? Rhonda's worst day happened when she was 14, which was objectively one of the worst tra...

It’s the last GFR Show of 2021, and Lisa’s here to share why—despite living through the Covid crucible of 2020—this has been one of the most transformational years of her life.  From embarking on a journey around unconscious racial bias, to her mother’s 9-month battle with a cancer recurrence, to revisiting a 30-year struggle with food and body image she was sure she’d healed years ago (Ep. 8...

Sanyika “The Firestarter” Street is a storyteller, leadership mentor and executive coach whose platform, “The All-In Method,” empowers men to live a life of alignment and integrity to become better husbands, fathers and leaders.  What does it mean to you to be “all in” on something? When Sanyika hadn’t made the grades or connections to earn an athletic scholarship by the end of high school, h...

Rodney Flowers is a best-selling author, speaker, thought leader, and creator of the Game Changer Mentality resilience training program. Could you keep going if the one thing you enjoy doing most in life was taken away forever? When Rodney was 15 years old, he suffered a traumatic football injury that left him a quadriplegic, supposedly for life. Listen in as he shares what it was like hearing tha...

Katrina Sawa is creator of the Jumpstart Your Biz Marketing, Speaker & Author Systems, and a 9x international best-selling author who’s been featured on “Oprah and Friends,” ABC, and The CW Network.  What’s love got to do with being successful in business? Katrina shares the story of her 8-year “starter marriage” that she says was 2 years too long, and makes the connection between her gro...

Zarinah El-Amin is an award-winning anthropologist, author and TEDx speaker whose company, Book Power Publishing, revolves around helping clients create cultural change through books and global experiences.  What is the dumbest decision you've ever made in your life? Zarinah opens up about the “dumbest decision” she ever made, and the transformational lesson she learned when she repressed her...

Lisa confesses about a radical decision she made around her body and food this year that has been brewing for over 30 of her 50 years on the planet. She’s also releasing this episode on video, which is a significant decision for her, as you’ll learn on the show. Hear what wounds Lisa uncovered around her self-image that she thought she’d healed, plus find out 12 surprising things she’s learned in...

Vivian Glyck is a thought leader in global issues facing adolescent girls and women, and founder of Just Like My Child Foundation.  Do you believe everything happens for a reason? Vivian’s passion for empowering young girls to find their voice and protect their bodies was born out of her own traumatic sexual and emotional abuse as a child. Listen for her story of growing up as the immigrant c...

Dr. Veronica Anderson is a Burnout Recovery Specialist and bestselling author of “Get the Respect You Deserve: 7 Secrets to Getting Seen and Heard in Your Job and Relationships.” Do you feel like you should be doing something totally different? After graduating with honors from Princeton and building a 7-figure surgery practice, Dr. Veronica had it all: a solid marriage, great kids, all the trappi...

Dr. Venus Opal Reese is the bestselling author of, "Black Woman Millionaire," CEO of VenusOpal Enterprises Inc, and star of “Hot Mess Millionaire,” which has over 5 million views on Amazon Prime. Do you have “special needs?” Dr. Venus went from living on the streets at 16 to earning a Masters Degree and PhD at Stanford to owning a multi 7-figure business where she made $5 million in her first 6 ye...

Dr. Ganz Ferrance is a speaker, author and coach with 30+ years experience as a practicing psychologist. Do you know how to prevent yourself from getting burnt out?  Dr. Ganz shares the #GFRMoment when he woke up in a strange hotel with no idea where he was, and tells us how he learned to beat the burnout that led to this terrifying, yet enlightening, experience. He also opens up about the in...

Eva Medilek is a Certified High-Performance Coach, International Speaker and author of, “The Intimacy of Race.” Do you believe success requires sacrifice? Eva tells us a story about the #GFRMoment she discovered her husband was cheating, and the remarkable way she embraced this catastrophic event as an opportunity to strengthen her marriage.   She shares about the key role a late-in-life...

Wendy Petties is a sex educator and founder of Sexy Money Lifestyle. Her work has been featured in Essence magazine, Sisters of AARP, NBC XL, and more. Do you make pleasure a priority in your life?  Wendy shares her story from seeking an MBA so she could make big money on Wall Street, to the moment she risked it all to call out the inequalities she faced as a young black woman in the workplac...