Between The Before & After (The Stories that Shape Us)

Despite having a wonderful family, Sarah Peyton still had something eating away at her inside. Emotionally unstable and laceratingly cruel to herself, Sarah began to believe she must be defective or crazy. But what she didn't know was just how much the trauma of her family's past had affected her. After finding a newspaper clipping of her grandmother's divorce trial from the 1930s, Sarah began her...

"The Epitome of Kimmy: Accept & Embrace It All" is Kimberly's story of finding hope from a painful past. Kimberly's journey goes from being abandoned by her biological parents at a tender young age to enduring emotional, physical and sexual abuse, to overcoming these devastating experiences on the path to adulthood. Kimmy had to find self-love and acceptance within in order to heal from her trauma...

Gemma Bailey is an international speaker, author, Youtuber, and a director for a non-profit organisation called Superheroes, as well as director for 3 companies specializing in NLP, Hypnotherapy and Personal Development. Gemma grew up in a poor single parent household with her Mum who had mental health issues, Dad struggled with alcoholism and her sister with special needs and epilepsy, who was ta...

Relentless positivity. That's where Joe is today, as the owner of the (very originally named) Joe Martin Fitness LLC, based out of Huntsville, Alabama. A far cry from overweight, on probation, depressed, and suicidal. At one point, Joe thought his life was worthless and the world did not need him taking up space and wasting oxygen. How did he go from that to being voted Huntsville’s Healthiest Tra...

Coming to Canada and the winter after growing up on a Pacific Island was quite the shock. But Adi faced this with an indomitable spirit, and she's now a thriving healthcare professional, passionate about changing the lives of Pacific Islanders! This is Adi's Story.   WANT TO BE A PODCAST GUEST TO GROW YOUR BRAND AND AUDIENCE? PODMATCH: https://podmatch.com/signup/coachjonmclernon We've landed hund...

Victoria is a true survivor and mother of a special need's miracle child. After becoming a mother to a miraculous little girl, Victoria's life took a terrifying turn. Victoria and her daughter would fight the battle of their lives at the hand of an alcoholic psychopath who took both her and her unborn daughter to death’s door on more than one occasion. Everything she was would be stolen from her,...

Isabel is Functional/Integrative Medical Doctor from USA, now living in New Zealand. As a Medical Doctor who suffered from Depression for 20 years, Isabel is now "Alive and Inspired" about life. She has learned through her own difficult times how to overcome this mental health issue. She tried to take her life 2 times in 3 days about 7 years ago, and is now coaching on how to overcome and understa...

Inez Ribustello got her start in the world of food and wine after moving to New York City from her home state of North Carolina. Her wine career took a huge leap forward when she became an Assistant Cellar Master at Windows on the World in One World Trade Center. In a very short time, she was promoted to Beverage Director. After losing her job and her work family on 9/11, Inez chose to eventually...

Brian Sachetta is the author and owner of "Get Out of Your Head," a brand and book series that seeks to help folks overcome anxiety and depression. In his writings, he discusses his past struggles with mental illness to relate to readers and give them concrete strategies for managing their own psychological afflictions. His mission is to help as many sufferers as possible through not only his book...

To say Sheena is a remarkable woman feels like an understatement! After a tragic loss as a teenager and 10 years of struggling through depression and anxiety, she and her sister took a leap of faith and started their business with very few resources. As they now celebrate 15 years in business, she's here to share what went into the start of the business, how they grew it through starting their own...

Steph O'Leary's world was rocked when she first got her diagnosis. And, feelings of "Why me?", "Why Now?" crept in. Sadness. Helplessness. Fear. Anger. But, rather than let those emotions break her, she let them fuel her. And so she continues to fight, and refuses to give up or give in. This is Steph's story. WANT TO BE A PODCAST GUEST TO GROW YOUR BRAND AND AUDIENCE? PODMATCH: https://podmatch.co...

To meet Laurie-Ann Sheldrick is to meet someone who is, in her words "contagiously positive". You might think it's natural for her, or that she was born this way. Not so. She hit rock bottom in her 20's and it took over 10 years to dig herself out. This is Laurie-Ann's story.   Running a life coaching practice over the past 10 years has taught me so much. Not just about my clients, but about mysel...

Tim Branyan is NOT your typical military veteran. He was making bad choices until he decided to turn things around and joined the military. After serving and travelling to over 32 countries, he decided that he wanted more time freedom. Deciding that technology was the way he was going to do this, he looked for ways to solve problems, and as a results developed a team that builds amazing software,...

James Heppner nearly gave up. He nearly lost his marriage, his family, his career and everything he had worked for. He tried to sleep the days away hoping it would get better. Until he realized it had to come from him. This is James' story. My life worked, until it didn’t. Business was strong, capital was plentiful and life seemed all I had every dared wish it to be.  Performing life vs. Living li...

Brenden Kumarasamy started out making videos in his Mom's basement, and now he's an internationally recognized speaker and founder of MasterTalk! After many years of doing presentation case competitions (think professional sports for nerds) in university, I accidentally developed a skill in helping others communicate effectively and started the YouTube channel MasterTalk because I realized that ev...

Leann's super power is being genetically optimistic. She was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2009. However, she believes that finding the positive in negative situations is a skill that can be learned, practiced, and perfected. Her mission is to teach her time tested tools to as many people as possible, so that they can experience the magic of positivity too! In Leann's words: Hi, I’m Leann....

Alan Smyth is the Executive Director of Saving Innocence, and organization dedicated to fighting child victims of sex trafficking. He's also the author of Men! Fight For Me!, a book about ending sexual exploitation of children. This is a very uncomfortable topic, as most people would rather not know it exists. But it's a deeply important one. So, today, we're going there. With over 25 years of non...

Karie was a dietitian, on the Board of the Canadian Diabetes Association, specialized in Chronic Disease and Sports Nutrition with the IOC Nutrition. But then, things started falling apart both for her and her husband. Things needed to change. Karie is now a bestselling author and her husband is living his dream as a singer in a band! This is Karie's story. Karie Cassell is internationally known a...

This week's episode was both heartbreaking and heartwarming with Lindsay Miller! Lindsay is incredibly open and vulnerable in sharing the story of her devastating struggles and how it led her to the amazing place she is in now. How did Lindsay dig her way out from rock bottom, when she literally didn't have the strength to pick up her 3-year-old daughter? We talk about that and more in this episod...

Why should you take cooking tips or health advice from a snarky grandma who doesn’t own a restaurant, isn’t a reality TV star, doesn’t have a medical degree, and doesn’t particularly like to cook? Here's why: her new book, "Brownies for Breakfast, A Cookbook for Diabetics and the People Who Love Them," is a cool, fun, beautiful, guidebook for anybody who wants to eat healthy: vegan, vegetarian, pe...

Heather Markel quit her 25+ year career in corporate for a career break, that turned into a way of life. She's now been traveling full time for 4 years and been to 27 countries on 6 continents in that time, including being marooned in New Zealand for 2 years. She speaks 6 languages, was featured in The New York Times, and just co-authored a book about her experience following her heart and the imp...

Daniel Junkins was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in April of 2017 with just weeks to live. While receiving this diagnosis as well as one of the most powerful chemotherapy protocols in the cancer world, Dan discovered the powerful story of the peacock and its innate ability to ingest poison, created a powerful mantra, and mobilized support from all the communities of people in his life. Wor...

Melissa Mayer is a Holistic Physical Therapist and author of the book, "Recovering My True Self". In her book she tells the story of the transformational journey she experienced donating her kidney to her husband. It also tells of her struggles with adolescence, with food and alcohol issues, finding her way as a parent, and creative recovery. Melissa’s authenticity and devotion to self discovery h...

Some people find rock bottom... Kevin found out that rock bottom has a basement.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ In Kevin's words: I am the CFO, Founder & Co-Host of Next Level University, a Global Top 100 Self-Improvement Podcast with more than 1,200 episodes and 700K+ listens in over 140 countries.  In my mid 20's... I had it all. I had a beautiful girlfriend, high paying job, sports car, my dream body... but I still en...

After losing her Mom at the age of 25, she would spend the next ten years not processing the trauma, losing her self confidence along the way, and feeling alone in her struggles. ⁣⁣ This all came to a head in 2020 when the whole world was hurting, Melissa decided to turn her pain into her purpose and start healing.⁣⁣ Simultaneously while starting therapy, she started thinking about her true purpos...