GoodEnough

In this episode, Mark and Sam talk with Kori Clausen the author of "Paddle Out"  Her story is one of triumph over grief and how to accept what you have been given.  Kori Clausen felt Clint, her husband, take his last breath.  She watched as his arm he was holding her with suddenly fell limp to his side.  She had just unexpectedly lost her husband and the father of their four daughters. S...

In this episode Mark and Sam talk to Rick Jebb. Rick Jebb is a neuro divergent author who writes about adaptation: multigenerational influence, the power of community, art and nature. He has been called an “artist trapped in a businessman’s body,” and has striven to transverse the realms of ecology, geography, history, literature, fine art, neuroscience, religion and business. His life often focus...

In this episode, Mark and Sam discuss Troy Taylor's book, Blood, Bullets, & Booze: Gangs and Ghosts of Southern Illinois.  Mark and Sam are both from Southern Illinois.  The people and places in Troy's book are part of their childhood and lore of the land.  Very entertaining. His books are on Amazon or you can find all things Troy Taylor here: https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/ He...

George is 70 years old and lives in Thailand.  He became a Widower after 40 year marriage.  His two adult sons live in the states.    George has lived in five different US locations in the Midwest and the South. But now, George lives in Thailand with native Thai wife who he met while visiting Thailand while on heath vacations.  George career spans 35 years in HR and HR adjacent roles in mental hea...

On this weeks podcast we talk to Susan Sullivan Danenberger, a 5th generation farmer, winemaker and the owner of Danenberger Family Vineyards located in Central Illinois. Susan is a 2x cancer fighter with stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer. Living WITH metastatic breast cancer is a lot different from living after cancer. Susan is featured in Chapter 13 in the below book. A beautiful lady inside and...

In this episode, Emmy winner writer Cort Casady talking about his new book: "Not Your Father’s America: An Adventure Raising Triplets in a Country Being Changed by Greed"  You can find Cort's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Not-Your-Fathers-America-Adventure/dp/B0BGNDYW3J/ref=sr_1_2?crid=LQ0PYQ7HH0FP&keywords=cort+casady&qid=1687982874&sprefix=cort+casady%2Caps%2C1022&...

About Jeff David:  I’ve been wrestling since I was 14.  I won a couple of state championships of Florida, went to the University of Florida, where I was part of the wrestling team. Became an assistant coach for the gators. In 2013 I was inducted into the University of Florida‘s athletic Hall of Fame as a gator great . In 2004 I was inducted into the national wrestling Hall of Fame for lifetime ach...

In this episode,   Greg was thrilled to be invited onto the the Blue Zones Project Lake County team as the Public Policy Advocate in 2022. His role is to support community transformation for health and well-being at the environmental systems and civic-structure level. Put simply, Greg is helping county to end its relationship with commercial tobacco, develop better access to nutritious food for al...

In this episode,  Kate Herald Browne teaches people how to tell stories that change the world for good. She holds a PhD in English and uses her background in storytelling research as a learning designer, gender studies professor, and curator for TEDxNormal. Her writing has appeared in Runner's World, Refinery29, Autostraddle, and SELF magazine. Recently, Kate added a new dimension to her stor...