The Stories That Sparkle

Three years ago, I stuck a big post-it note on my wall. It’s still up there, even if a little bit faded. On it, I wrote: “Within two years—I will have a very different job and the way I make my money will look NOTHING like it does now. One. Woman. Show.” Then I got nervous. I did not want to limit or “tell” the Universe or the God of my Experience aka my Higher Power, the Still Small Voice, what t...

In this episode of The Stories That Sparkle podcast, Carrie and I crisscross time and space, loop around only to come full circle as we chat about her evolving experience of motherhood and her own growth as seen through the lens of giving birth to four amazing kids. This episode concludes the series on Change with a BANG! Carrie is as magical and funny as she is wise and loving so we cover: Mother...

In today’s episode of The Stories That Sparkle , Shelley shares about a time in her late 30s when a confluence of major changes (including a serious health situation) hit her all at once and how, twenty years later, she chooses to keep it simple. Shelley is a survivor who has learned how to live every day. And I won’t lie, this conversation was, at times, hard for me and brought up some active vul...

In today’s episode of The Stories That Sparkle , Shyama shares with me how what felt like a near-death experience changed everything—how she practices medicine, who she lives with. and how she sees herself. She also shares about how she uses the perspective of astronauts to look back on her life without regrets. It gave me a whole different way to look back on my own life. And I cannot wait to hav...

In this episode of The Stories That Sparkle , I take notes while Mascha, a woman who not only knows how to adjust spines (she’s a chiropractor) but also plans, describes how she reaches the goals she sets. Spoiler Alert: it involves flowing with the changes—in life, and in business. Her spirit is so buoyant and uplifting, I could sit and listen to her for hours. If you are local to the Shenandoah...

Sometimes change does not happen until we hit some kind of bottom or choose a disruption to our status quo. In this episode of The Stories that Sparkle , I talk with Linda, a woman who helped pick me up when I was building myself back, about what led her to become a personal trainer, health coach and reiki master, the power of two-way accountability, and the gift of learning to love yourself first...

In this episode of The Stories That Sparkle , I sit down with my good friend Mandy for the kind of chat we might have at brunch and talk about the many different symptoms of “The Change,” aka menopause, or, in her case, perimenopause. Along the way, we take some significant detours, reveal some major stuff to each other that we did not know before, and discover all the different ways we now know h...

In this episode of The Stories that Sparkle , I sit down with Eileen—24-year US Air Force veteran, commercial and private aviation pilot, breaker of glass ceilings, breast cancer survivor, and author—to hear the story behind her Rule of 1, the deep grief that comes with change, and what keeps her soaring above the clouds today. So, I invite you to get comfortable, sit back, and listen in. To conne...

To kick things off and break the ice, I sit down with my dear friend Marsha and talk to her about why I have a podcast—really, why I do any of this. New episodes drop every Wednesday. Visit hellarader.substack.com/podcast to learn more. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hellarader.substack.com/subscribe

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