Never Ever Give Up Hope

Christophe Lafontant was a healthy little boy who had a near death experience due to sudden complete heart failure and blockage at the age of six years old.  He has survived pacemaker implantation, TWO heart transplants, diabetes, dialysis treatment, a kidney transplant, a tracheostomy, and other life-altering procedures. Christophe's autobiography,  1 Man, 3 Hearts, 9 Lives , is an inspiration to...

Anita Lesko is an award-winning author and speaker.  She has a Master's of Science degree in nurse anesthesia specializing in neurosurgery, organ transplants, trauma/burns, and joint replacement surgery for the past three decades.   Anita was a guest speaker at the United Nations Headquarters in  NYC for World Autism Awareness Day. She is on the panel of the Autism Spectrum with the Autism Society...

Lawrence Berger is a self-made entrepreneur who has survived eight car accidents and seven suicide attempts.   Despite the trauma, Lawrence has been able to change his focus and his life.  He is a motivational speaker, author of eight books, five feature-length movies, two 'shorts,' wrote (and sold) a TV pilot.   He went from severely depressed to being a mentor, speaker, author, playwright, and n...

Matt Rifenberg has a remarkable story of resilience, tenacity, and success. When  Cathy Goguen, an award-winning playwright heard his story she knew it would make a great play. Together they produced that play with an incredible message. Unstoppable by Design. Matt has been homeless, friendless, hungry, married to someone addicted to drugs, a  clueless father trying to raise his son, and had a bra...

Lisa Kohn is the author  of  To The Moon and Back   which is a term often associated with love.  But for Lisa, it had a much deeper meaning.  Lisa grew up in the East Village of New York City in the 1970s and in the Unification Church (the Moonies).  Lisa was raised in two conflicting bipolar worlds.  Her mother's world was the fanatical, puritanical cult of the Moonies.  Her father's world was ba...

Gary Sinclair is an author of three books, leadership coach, musician, and speaker.  With a master's degree in counseling, he provides wisdom, inspiration and practical help to overcome insurmountable mountains.  He has climbed nine 14,000-foot mountains but overcame even higher ones in his personal life. Most people face hopeless situations of some degree in their lives - financial, grief and los...

Crystal Duffy is an author, public speaker, teacher, parent advisor in the NICU and Mom to three daughters including a set of identical twins. Her high-risk pregnancy with her twin girls incited her writing career.   After surviving a two-month bed-rest extended NICU stay, high-risk twin pregnancy, and two-time near-death experience, Crystal was emotionally, physically, and spiritually transformed...

How does a 62-year-old woman who's never been married find happiness with a two-time widower seeking his third wife on . . . Craigslist!? Does she throw caution to the wind and relinquish her freedom, or should she take a crash course in compromises? B. Lynn Goodwin owns Writer Advice, www.writeradvice.com. Her memoir,  Never Too Late: From Wannabe to Wife at 62  was released in December.  It was...

Orly Amor is an internationally known speaker, business coach for public speakers, Networking Expert and author of several books. A visionary and a connector, Orly is passionate about helping people connect and build strategic alliances and their sphere of influence. Orly Amor always enjoyed speaking and helping people change their  lives and impact their circle of influence no matter where they a...

Thad Cummings went from having a family,  a seven figure net worth, multiple businesses and a non-profit to being broke, family-less and facing death.  As he lie staring up at a ceiling in an empty apartment with a cell-phone that was now silent, he wondered where it all went wrong. In his interview, Thad answers questions like: What to do when the phone goes silent?  What is more important -- pro...

Glen and Debbie Kirkpatrick's story shows both sides of survivorship.  When someone is battling cancer they are not alone in that journey.  Their partner suffers as well.  Glen and Debbie share the heart-wrenching story and ultimate victory over this terrible disease.   Glen is a three-time, 31-year cancer survivor living with late effects of radiation and chemotherapy.  He shares how to find joy,...

Joyce Isaacson is an active blogger, author, and worked for the Chicago Tribune Editorial Department for ten years.  Her novel, "Wish You Were Here, Badfinger....A Rock Fantasy" has opened up many opportunities to help people deal with loss of a friend or loved one.   From a very young age, Joyce suffered extreme abuse through bullying by both classmates and teachers.  She dislocated her hip from...

Linda Evans Shepherd is an author of over 30 books.  She is President of Right to the Heart ministries and CEO of the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association (AWSA).   Her books have sold over a quarter-of-a-million copies and often achieve the number one position on Amazon. Linda is an internationally recognized speaker and the publisher of Leading Hearts Magazine, and AriseDaily, a daily e-dev...

Kathy Docket is an author who has written extensively on the subjects of  depression and Schizophrenia.   Fighting these battles and winning is the message Kathy wants to share with anyone who may suffer from the same debilitating form of anxiety that can govern your life and render you hopeless. When her mom died of cancer, it affected Kathy to the point that it triggered Schizophrenia and seriou...

Kenneth Ameduri has had a passion for truth from an early age. Finding trends and anticipating growth sectors has been his primary focus since he was in high school. After noticing the cracks in the underlined financial system, he became a proactive investor purchasing investment that would hedge his portfolio against inflation. This led him to invest in real estate, precious metals, stocks, and c...

Derek Wahler took his online weight loss business from $0 to over $600,000 in less than four years because his program WORKS.  During the course of starting this business, he was rushed to the ER and had to have emergency bowel and intestine surgery.    After fighting it for six hours and nearly passing out on my bathroom floor, I was rushed to the emergency room. There I had a six-hour emergency...

Andelina Tancioco is a certified coach and inspirational speaker who specializes in supporting women to stop living a life on auto-pilot and create richer and more fulfilling lives.   Andelina would love to help you to live that life through a 4-Step System she offers: 1. Blueprint a clear vision of your life and test that vision with a 5-point system.  2. Bridge where you are now to where you wou...

Your public image can be quite different than your reality For over 10 years Allison Graham has shown professionals how to grow their top line revenue and build profitable relationships.  Her bestselling book,  From Business Cards to Business Relationships: Profitable Networking & Personal Branding Made Easy  is the foundation for her original work. She's been featured as an authority on sales and...

Tammy Price is the author of Shifting Into High Gear:  A Guide to Listeing to Your Body   which became a BEST seller within ONE DAY of its release.  Tammy is co-founder of Shifting Into High Gear, a multifaceted company deeply rooted in the belief that we have all that we need within to be whole, healthy and happy people. Tammy is the co-creator of the program Heels to Healer (H2H) A Journey to Wh...

With suicide being the leading cause of death in men under 50 and 1 in 5 people suffering from a mental health problem, Rick Sharpe is a man on a mission; to raise awareness about emotional struggle and to help others suffering emotionally.  Rick wants to demonstrate to others that it is possible to heal from failed relationships and transform your own life in the process.  After a failed relation...

Laura Wellington is an award-winning children's television creator, a successful technology-media entrepreneur, an author of the  Four-Star Diet  and her latest release   What to Do When Jane Knows Dick About Dating  and a full-time mom to five children. Laura was widowed at 35 years old and had to pick up the pieces, move forward and stay strong for her five children while managing her business. ...

Kathy Collard Miller is an author, counselor and international speaker, Kathy has appeared on many TV programs, travels as a speaker in eight countries and across the United States.  She is a founding member of AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association). Kathy has published over 50 books but this didn't happen until she was able to pull herself out of a destructive pit as a child abuser.  Sh...

Tezlyn Reardon is the author of Forty Years of Practice:  Finding Purpose in Pain.  She has a degree in Sports Management and currently works in marketing analytics.   Divorce, ADHD, cancer, knee replacement, depression, rock bottom -- these words often make people run for the hills.  But it was through her pain and experiences that Tezlyn gained strength, courage, wisdom and the passion to help o...

Fran Caffey Sandin is an author of two books sharing her own incredible story and those of many others who have gone through a severe trauma but found the strength to get through.     She has also written articles for magazines including Focus on the Family, Decision, Home Life, Virtue. In addition to her two books, she co-authored the best-seller, Courage for the Chicken-Hearted and its sequel Eg...

Linda W. Rooks has a passion to help heal marriages, a passion that is fueled by the hope she and her husband found together when their own marriage was restored after a painful three-year separation in the '90s.  Linda is the author of Broken Heart on Hold, Surviving Separation , which offers hope to those in marital crisis by helping them find emotional and spiritual strength for their difficult...