Get What You Need and Feel Good About It

Episode Notes Oregon Wheelchair Hikers: Hiking in Nature is for Everyone Meet Franklin Ouchida Franklin Ouchida is a native Oregonian, Japanese American, and quadriplegic power wheelchair user living in the Portland area. A retired businessman and devout advocate for accessibility, he leads Oregon Wheelchair Hiking, a community of hundreds of members. Franklin serves on the TriMet Committee for Ac...

Breaking Up With Victimhood: Are You a Victim or a Victor? Meet Sara Waggle: Sara Waggle is an Astrologer, Personal Development Coach and Mentor. She focuses on Self-Acceptance, Breaking up with Victimhood and wellness. Sara got into Astrology after years of personal development left her with more questions about herself. Now she implements Astrology with personal development coaching with her cli...

Accepting Ourselves: The Dark, The Good and The Fun! Meet  Sara Waggle: Sara Waggle is an Astrologer, Personal Development Coach and Mentor.  She focuses on Self-Acceptance, Breaking up with Victimhood and wellness.  Sara got into Astrology after years of personal development left her with more questions about herself. Now she implements Astrology with personal development coaching with her client...

Episode Notes Live a Grateful Life: How One Man’s Experience Can Inspire You! Meet Bill Scholl: Bill Scholl is a United States Army Veteran, a retired lay minister, and a member of Virtual Lions. Bill lives in Shelton, Washington, USA. He is also a member of the American Council of the Blind (ACB) and the ACB of Washington. He de votes his life to advocating for the rights of people who are blind...

Read transcript VIP Coaching in the Dark: Build Skills, Experience the Light! Meet VIP  Coaching in the Dark: Contact Them: vipcoachinginthedark@gmail.com https://www.vipcoachinginthedark.com/ Desirée A. Christian VIP Coach Desirée A. Christian is a Visually Impaired Person Coach, entrepreneur, and lifelong learner with a passion for helping others navigate transitions with resilience, clarity, an...

Episode Notes Moving From Basic Survival to Success: The Power to Create the Life You Want is Within You! Meet Brenda Mosby: Rehabilitation Counselor and Certified Heal Your Life Coach Brenda Mosby is an advocate, educator, and empowerment voice dedicated to helping individuals tap into their inner power to create the life they truly want. Through her work, Brenda equips people with knowledge abou...

Read transcript Episode Notes Meet Abigail Gazda Heart-centered entrepreneur, Abigail Gazda has transformed her passion for education into a full-time career as an author, publisher, and life coach. Abigail is the CEO of Hearts Unleashed, a full-service transformation company committed to empowering people to operate with full freedom, power, and self-expression in every area of life.  As the Foun...

Whole Happy: True, Lasting Happiness from the Inside Out Meet Amber Needham: Amber Needham is a public speaker, Happy for No Reason Certified Trainer, Energy healer as a Reiki Master, content creator and International Best-Selling Author of The Blind Girl Sees . For more information and to get registration details for Amber’s upcoming online Course: Whole Happy, email Amber: Find out more at https...

Read transcript Able Savings Accounts: Financial Empowerment for People with Disabilities Meet Edward Mitchell:   Edward Mitchell was a victim of a hit-and-run bicycle accident in 2003 when he was hit by a truck, thrown into a ditch, and found by his little brother. Edward has quadriplegia with an incomplete spinal cord injury at the C5 and C6 levels. Edward crossed into Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity...

Read transcript Episode Notes Episode 17: Mindful Mom Revisited Meet Juli Womack: Juli is the founder of Mindful Mom, a space of healing and hope for mothers walking through the heartbreak of disconnection from their adult children. Through her own journey of loss and self-discovery, she found peace and joy again — and now helps other moms do the same. Juli shares mindful practices, honest convers...

Read transcript Episode 16: Celebrate: The White Cane Safety Day Law   Meet Mary Lee Turner:   Email Mary Lee:   smilingmarylee@gmail.com   Oregon Department of Transportation Video #1:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdEF2ibNFJk   Oregon Department of Transportation Video #2:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HLVQMBhhyM Oregon Department of Transportation: Additional Digital Resources for Whit...

Don’t Worry. Be Happy Let Go of Thoughts That No Longer Serve You   I am a Certified Happiness Trainer I offer one-on-one happiness coaching as well as courses and groups designed to help you eliminate core beliefs that no longer serve you, become happier, improve your quality of life, and live the life you love. Check out my services at:   https://www.embracehappiness.me Reach out to me at: offic...

Read transcript Let Go, Forgive and Set Yourself Free   Free Master Class: Keys to Letting Go, Forgiving and Setting Yourself Free:   Date: Saturday July 12, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM Pacific Time:   https://www.embracehappiness.me/keys/   Email Darian for the Zoom Link:   office@embracehappiness.me   Let Go, Forgive and Set Yourself Free   ·      Do you frequently feel misunderstood? ·     ...

Read transcript Episode 24: Grief and Happiness: Did I Actually Use Those Two Words in the same sentence?   Meet Emily Thiroux Threatt   Emily Thiroux Threatt has experienced the deaths of two husbands, as well as the many family members and friends, so she has much experience in the grieving process and has learned to face life with love, optimism, and joy. Her books, The Grief, and Happiness Han...

Read transcript Episode 23: Self Love Find Your Gems Meet Michelle Ballantyne: Michele grew up in Corvallis, Oregon, the 2nd of 6 children. She went to art school, married, divorced, married again, and has 9 children. Now she lives in Salem, Oregon. She went to Tom Brown Jr's Wilderness Awareness and Survival School called Trackerschool and found herself under all the layers she had built up aroun...

Read transcript Episode Notes Meet Ron Brooks:   Ron Brooks is a graduate of Indiana University and a 30-year veteran of the public transit industry where he is focused on making bus, rail, paratransit, and other services accessible and equitable for everyone, including people with disabilities. Ron is the founder and CEO of Accessible Avenue, and he is the Senior Director for Policy and Stakehold...

Episode Notes Get What You Need and Feel Good About It Episode 21 (10): Document, Document, Document: Written Records Trump Verbal Agreements Gary Ryan Blair: “ Your mind, while blessed with permanent memory, is cursed with lousy recall. Written goals provide clarity. By documenting your dreams, you must think about the process of achieving them. https://www.everythingcounts.com/ About Darian Slay...

episode Notes Get What You Need and Feel Good About It Episode 9: Tips for Staying Organized: How Using a Schedule Helps Manage Appointments   Company: EZ2See® Products LLC https://EZ2SeeProducts.com   Edward Cohen is a senior living in Minnesota. In 1995 at age 45, he was declared legally blind due to Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP.) Throughout his life, he used print planner style weekly calendars to...

Episode Notes Get What You Need and Feel Good About It Episode 8: Transform Your Relationship With Success: Seen Through the Eyes of An Ultimate Frisbee Coach Meet Brent Steepe: One of Brent Steepe’s main goals in founding Advanced Training Techniques was to guide clients away from pain killers and other medications and supplements, helping them to establish healthy lifestyles and to get in tune w...

Get What You Need and Feel Good About It Episode 6: Write to Process and Express Yourself Meet Ann Chiappetta: Ann Chiappetta, M.S. Poet and author Ann’s award-winning poems, creative nonfiction, and essays have appeared internationally in literary journals, popular online blogs, and print anthologies. Her poems have been featured in The Avocet, the Pangolin Review, Plum Tree Tavern, Magnets and L...

Meet Julie Womack: mindfulmom808@gmail.com Julie is a mother and grandmother of one beautiful adult daughter and three precious grandsons, ages 3, 6, and 13. She became a single parent when her daughter was about 3. If it weren’t for her family, particularly her mom She was not sure how her daughter would’ve turned out. Other than having divorced parents her upbringing was full of love with no rea...

Episode Notes Get What You Need and Feel Good About It Episode 4: Do You Shame Complain Or Blame Yourself or Others? Strategies For Letting Go of This Habit Meet Dr. Lori Criswell. Lori was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania and raised in Allentown Pennsylvania. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from West Chester University and her Master of Physical Therapy at the University of Delaware....

Get What You Need and Feel Good About It Episode 3: Deepen Your Communication and Connection: Ask Questions and Ask for Clarification Again Featuring Amber Needham: Amber Needham is an International Best-Selling Author, long time entrepreneur and the founder and co-creator of the Tandem Ride for Sight, a fundraising initiative to raise awareness of LSCD, ( Limbal Stem-Cell Deficiency ) and funds f...

Get What You Need and Feel Good About It Episode 14: Respectful Communication Use These Strategies and Improve Your Outcomes and Enrich Your Relationships   Meet Joe Roan   Joe is a professional accessibility tester for web sites and applications. His employer is Geographic Solutions, Inc., serving over 38 States, Counties, and Municipalities with over 95 web sites with applications for Unemployme...

Get What You Need and Feel Good About It Season 2 Episode 1: Happiness is a Choice   Meet Amber Needham   Amber Needham is a visually impaired life long student of life itself .  Her unique journey has given her the fuel, passion, drive and experience to share her life’s adventure through her book, podcast, TV and radio interviews along with her public and on-line speaking engagements.   She write...