AwareNow™: The Official Podcast for Causes

Nicole Williams lives at the place where care and courage meet. As a registered nurse, wellness advocate, mother of three, and woman living with multiple sclerosis, she brings both clinical insight and lived truth to every conversation. In this interview, Nicole shares what it means to educate, empower, and show up fully for others while learning, every day, how to do the same for herself. Feature...

We live in a time of constant motion, where reaction often outruns reflection and clarity can feel just out of reach. In his book On Mindful Democracy, Jeremy Engels invites us to see democracy not as a system we inherit, but as a practice rooted in attention, compassion, and how we show up for one another each day. This conversation is a reminder that when we pause long enough to let the snow glo...

Sanctuary Farms did not begin with a blueprint. It began with a belief that access to healthy food is not a privilege, but a right, and that land can be both a teacher and a refuge. In this conversation, jøn kent shares how cultivating connection, between people, resources, and purpose, became his way of restoring community and self alike. Featured in 'The Solidarity Edition' of AwareNow M...

Solidarity is often spoken about in crowds, but it is forged in private. For sisters Bethany and Hannah Keime, solidarity was born in hospital rooms, carried through uncertainty, and transformed into a shared resolve to make sure no one faces a silent heart condition alone. As co-founders of HeartCharged, they are not just raising awareness, they are redefining what it means to stand with one anot...

Featured in 'The Reset Edition' of AwareNow Magazine www.awarenowmagazine.com Written & Narrated by: Paul S. Rogers Music by: SoundKeeper Produced by: AwareNow Media

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Featured in 'The Reset Edition' of AwareNow Magazine www.awarenowmagazine.com Written & Narrated by: Elizabeth Blake-Thomas Music by: Yehezkel Raz Produced by: AwareNow Media

Featured in 'The Reset Edition' of AwareNow Magazine www.awarenowmagazine.com Written & Narrated by: Yuly Grosman Music by: Shahead Mostafafar Produced by: AwareNow Media

Kerry Frances has built a career around inhabiting other people’s stories, but what’s just as striking is how intentionally she shows up as herself. Whether through her art, her advocacy, or the quiet choices she makes offstage, Kerry shows how impact is not about scale. It’s about paying attention, offering what you have, and choosing to use your time and talent in service of something larger tha...

Ann Corcoran has spent more than three decades standing at the intersection of care and crisis, witnessing firsthand what happens when illness is met with compassion and when it is met with silence. A nurse by training and an advocate by calling, her work with the National Shattering Silence Coalition is driven by a simple but radical belief: serious mental illness should be treated as a health is...

Trust is not abstract. It lives in the brain, shapes our nervous system, and quietly determines how safe we feel placing our lives in another person’s hands. In this conversation, neurologist Dr. Rob Pace explores the science behind trust, the personal path that drew him to the mysteries of the mind, and the profound responsibility carried in the patient-physician relationship. As both interviewer...

Ivolaine de Nobrega knows that the greatest untapped resource in our society is not funding or technology, but the potential of young people who were never given a fair starting line. At StreetPro, she stands beside them as they rise, speak, and shape systems that once shut them out. This conversation explores the heart, the hurdles, and the hope behind a mission determined to change the future by...

TRIGGER WARNING: This interview contains a conversation about rape, regarding a case that was fought and won, followed by policy being changed. Today’s conversation is with Mark Mueller—a lawyer by trade, and a steward of justice by calling. For decades, Mark’s work has lived where truth meets consequence, holding corporations accountable, protecting the vulnerable, and standing for land, life, an...

Jamie Betz began asking questions before forgetting became the default. When subtle changes in her memory didn’t feel right, she chose to listen, to look closer, and to keep going even when reassurance would have been easier. This is the story of a woman who trusted herself, dared to find out, and, in doing so, changed the course of her Alzheimer’s journey. In a digital world often shaped by cynic...

In a digital world often shaped by cynicism, comparison, and the quiet pressure to perform, Andy Min and Thomas Sullivan chose something radical: love, spoken out loud. Through nature, narrative, and a gentler language of connection, their work reminds us that softness is not weakness, and vulnerability is not a liability. In this conversation, we explore their creative journey, their hopeful blue...

Featured in 'The Courage Edition' of AwareNow Magazine www.awarenowmagazine.com Written & Narrated by: Allié McGuire Music by: Yehezkel Raz Produced by: AwareNow Media

Rachel Leyco is an award-winning filmmaker, actress, and activist whose stories unapologetically merge vulnerability with empowerment. Her latest project, Thank You for Breaking My Heart, recently premiered at the LA Shorts International Film Festival, exploring love, loss, and the will to keep going in the face of heartbreak. Through her production company, Empowerhouse, Rachel continues to push...

Sekond Skin Society wasn’t built as another fitness platform. It was born from Lee-Anne Reuber’s conviction that movement should feel like home for every body… disabled, fully able, or anywhere in between. In this conversation, we talk about the moments that shaped her mission, the courage it took to build something new, and the community she’s creating where belonging comes first. Featured in &#3...

Some stories don’t begin with purpose. They begin with loss, with questions too big for a child to carry and grief that quietly grows alongside them. When Addison Fraizer lost her mother to metastatic breast cancer at just six years old, it was not the end of her story. It was the beginning of a life shaped by love remembered, pain transformed, and courage learned over time. This is the story of a...

Recycling is not just about waste. It is about responsibility, opportunity, and the story we choose to write for the place we call home. In Shiawassee, that story is being shaped with purpose, collaboration, and a vision that stretches far beyond today. Featured in 'The Courage Edition' of AwareNow Magazine: www.awarenowmagazine.comGuest: Tom CookHost: Allié McGuireMusic by: Ardie SonProdu...

Some lenses capture moments; others ignite movements. Allison Norlian has done both, from personal narrative on screen to empowering inclusivity in the gym, reshaping how disability is represented and experienced. This isn’t just about creating space; it’s about demanding it, filling it, and refusing to let the world look away. Featured in 'The Courage Edition' of AwareNow Magazine: www.aw...

At just seventeen, Lars Westra speaks with the clarity of someone who’s spent a lifetime being underestimated. At twelve, he stood before a room full of adults to ask them to take children seriously and was told to go play football. Instead, he chose to play a different game: one that challenges the rules of who gets to speak and who gets to be heard. With gratitude not for what he’s been given, b...

This conversation takes place not across a table, but on two yoga mats, where listening matters more than performance. Sarah Thomas joins me in a shared, embodied space to talk about yoga, multiple sclerosis, and what it means to stay connected to your body when it does not always behave as expected. What unfolds is not a lesson in poses, but a quiet reminder that wellness begins with compassion,...

Trigger Warning: This content contains discussions about emotional, physical, and sexual abuse as shared by an adult survivor from his childhood experiences. The aim of this conversation is to promote healing for survivors of childhood abuse, primarily men. Some stories are carried in silence because speaking them seems impossible. For twenty-five years, Nathan Spiteri lived with a secret that beg...

Some people spend their whole lives searching for courage; Joseph Kibler was born into it. His first breath came with a diagnosis, a prognosis, and a path no child should have to walk, being born with CP and HIV. Yet he found a way to rise, one determined step at a time. Today, as a father, artist, and advocate, his story is no longer about survival but about the quiet, steady truth he carries in...