Pursuing Uncomfortable with Melissa Ebken

Brian is a TEDx Speaker, podcast host, and the founder of Productivity Gladiator®. He’s been helping overworked project managers to level up their life balance and pump up their practical productivity for more than 2 decades, as an instructor, speaker, and facilitator.  The Productivity Gladiator® training Brian has creates, trains, and equips employees to be, the “go-to” employees. The training a...

Cole Berschback is co-founder of Total Potential, an author, Unbeatable Mind Coach, Registered Dietitian, and certified yoga instructor. She has spent the past 20 years working in health and wellness. Several formative events led her to a deep passion for families and all that is possible when we approach the family as an opportunity, not an obstacle. She supports group and 1:1 coaching to help in...

Avigail and her husband, Daniel, moved to Israel soon after their marriage.  Avigail continued her education there, earning advanced degrees in teaching reading to children with Dyslexia and cognitive education for children with ADHD symptoms.  In 2003, she and her husband, with three small children moved to Moscow, Russia.  There she taught in three different schools and headed up the English dep...

As a comedian, writer, motivational speaker, and interculturalist, I bring my perspective to the world, as do you! My first humorous self-help book "Gurrl, You Ain't Crazy" was published in 2020, and I have published more than half a dozen literary short stories and essays. The topics I explore as a humorist and stand-up comedian include German society, African American culture, and...

I never bought the adage “little girls should be seen and not heard.” I’ve used my voice on San Francisco radio and television, webinars and podcasts, to explore the issues of our time with playful irreverence, candor, and compassion. Now, with many decades of seasoning, I’m sharing what I’ve learned about navigating family and career, moving through pain and loss. Currently, I co-host the podcast...

Luke was born in Long Beach, California to a military father who served in the Coast Guard. Growing up, Luke experienced frequent moves due to this commitment resulting in him joining the army himself after finishing high school. Luke spent 20 years in the army and rose to the rank of sergeant major before retiring with his wife. They currently reside in the south side of Indianapolis, where he wo...

Richard Capriola has been a mental health and substance abuse counselor for over two decades. He treated both teens and adults diagnosed with mental health and substance use disorders for over a decade while serving as a counselor at Menninger Clinic in Houston Texas. He is the author of The Addicted Child: A Parent's Guide to Adolescent Substance Abuse. Follow Richard: Website Twitter Instag...

Stephenie Zamora is an author and coach, business and marketing strategist, and founder of Stephenie Zamora Media—a digital media and production company, publishing house, and a full-service life-purpose development, branding, and online marketing boutique. Her company has been merging the worlds of personal development, digital media, and online marketing to help individuals build purpose-driven...

Brent Cassity is the author of the Book Nightmare Success: Loyalty, Betrayal, Life Behind Bars, Adapting, And Finally Breaking Free: A Memoir. He is a host of the popular podcast Nightmare Success In and Out. Brent was an innovative CEO of Forever Enterprises, a national company, which he grew from a regional company to operating in 22 states. He was recognized by the national media; TIME, CNN, FO...

Brad has a mission to prevent male-on-male violence and end physical bullying. In his adolescence, he was a victim of physical bullying and became an occasional bully himself. Over the past two decades, he has done a lot of work to heal from the personal impacts of these encounters with violence. Brad believes that men healing from violence and finding peace within themselves are keys to enabling...

Hello! My name is Mollie Leivars and I am a young filmmaker based in Kent, UK. After having a bad experience at school, I decided to start creating films surrounding youth issues so that other young people knew that they were never alone in what they were going through! I created my first short film in 2019 and have never looked back! I'm lucky enough to have had my films shown across schools...

Karis and her husband have four children and reside in Northern Virginia. She holds a BA in Christian Education and a MA in Counseling. She is a wife, mother, author,counselor, and speaker. Karis has struggled with chronic illness for many years and is passionate about sharing how God leads her through this journey. Her heart is to walk alongside others in their suffering and seek God’s comfort an...

Sanjib Nandi is a licensed, practicing pharmacist. In the last twenty years, he has lived in India and London, and today makes his home in the United States. Culling from the best that eastern and western medicine has to offer, Sanjib offers a bridge between the two, combining his knowledge of psychology, physiology, pharmacology, and the body-mind connection to produce a unique, simple and practi...

Former licensed therapists who were sick of the ongoing Stigma of mental illness decided to come out with their own in their book Under The Hood. They use comedic stories to break the ice & offer simple, doable tips to jump start your road to Peace! Follow The Therapy Twins: Website YouTube TikTok Receive your 24 Words of Wisdom Cards in your inbox. Support the show More From Melissa and Pursu...

The survivor of many difficult challenges, and an attempted suicide, DeShaun Williams has been able to take everything that he has faced, looked at the lessons that they taught, and ran with it to create the change, and inspiration that he desires in the world. He has started doing this, by becoming an  Ordained Minister, Certified Christian based Transformation Coach, & Speaker, author, and S...

Rev. Dr. Lisa W. Davison is the Johnnie Eargle Cadieux Professor of Hebrew Bible at Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, OK. A native of Radford, VA, Dr. Davison has a BA (Religion & Spanish) from Lynchburg College; an MDiv from Brite Divinity School (TCU), and an MA from Vanderbilt University. Dr. Davison received her Ph. D. in Hebrew Bible from Vanderbilt. She is ordained in the Christian...

Bracha Goetz is the Harvard-educated author of 41 books that help children's souls shine and a candid memoir for adults about her transformative journey to joyfully and spiritually overcome food addictions. Her books can be found at www.goetzbookshop.com. Follow Bracha: Twitter Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn Pinterest Support the show More From Melissa and Pursuing Uncomfortable: Resourc...

Chris Lake is the author of “How to Help Your Toddler Meet Their Milestones: 101 Behavior Hacks.” He is a native New Yorker who has been working with children with developmental delays across the past two decades. He received his Masters in both General and Special Education in 2012. And in 2014, he started Community for a Cause, a nonprofit to initially advocate for children with lead poisoning....

Jan Stewart is a highly regarded mental health governance expert and advocate.  Her brutally honest memoir Hold on Tight:  A Parent’s Journey Raising Children with Mental Illness describes her emotional roller coaster story parenting two children with multiple mental health disorders.  Her mission is to inspire parents to persevere, as well as to better educate their families, friends, health care...

Melinda Hardin is a well-rounded plate spinner who seeks out opportunities to inspire audiences. Her most recent experience of writing and launching her bare-faced memoir, Uneclisped has set her on an emerging path of impact with raw, genuine perspective that is both relatable and tangible for women striving to find their own comeback stories. Melinda is skilled at holding up a mirror for others t...

Nick McGowan is a constantly evolving human on a path toward self-mastery who does the best he can each day to manage his mindset, and emotions, and helps others do the same. As a Mindset Coach and Podcaster, most days you'll find him interviewing guests on his podcast, "The Mindset & Self-Mastery Show" or in a client session helping others process through their experiences and...

Donna grew up very poor and hungry. Now, she is a highly successful real estate agent and a very busy entrepreneur. She prides herself on being the best she can be at everything she does. She loves helping people to be the best they can be, and loves her family, her dog and her friends. Follow Donna: Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Support the show More From Melissa and Pursuing Uncomfortable: Resourc...

Geta, Gut health expert & certified nutritionist. Abandoned at birth, kept a secret the 1st 2 years, now running a successful online gut health clinic & helping others heal body, mind, and spirit joins Melissa on this episode of Pursuing Uncomfortable. Follow Geta: Instagram Facebook Community Zoom Chat with Geta and Other Professionals Support the show More From Melissa and Pursuing Uncom...

Michaela Daystar founded HeartScapes at the intersection of self-reflection, spiritual practice, and social action after a 15-year career in social justice leadership development in universities and organizations. Wishing to support her clients and students to make their precious contribution to the world from the inside out, she teaches the system of Reiki as a pathway to self-development, emotio...

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