Hope Radio Podcast

What would you do if you had to raise yourself as a child? Imagine having parents addicted to drugs and nobody around to help you develop the skills necessary to navigate the real world. Brandy Brunson is no stranger to adversity. She was effectively on her own since the age of 13. She could have gotten stuck in life with every excuse to be angry, resentful and upset at the way she was effectively...

Matthew Grishman had it all...a beautiful wife and family, success, influence, recognition from his industry peers, a nice car and a beautiful house. In 2005 he had just received his largest monthly commission check ever...$50,000 and within a week it was GONE! It had not been stolen. It wasn't taken without his knowledge. In a single devastating morning, Matthew came face-to-face with his uncheck...

Caren Glasser was doing LIVE videos online before live videos online was even a thing! Her latest project...Once Upon A Story Time is the perfect solution for weary Mom's with cooped up kids during Covid-19. Imagine having a whole bunch of children's book authors coming online LIVE to read their latest books to kids! Now, throw in some additional resources such as downloadable coloring books and w...

From NFL player and successful business owner Marques Ogden shares his unbelievable story of life after losing everything. Marques was a successful NFL player turned entrepreneur that had it all. He was the owner and founder of a highly successful construction company that was generating millions in revenue a year. After trusting a general contractor that he was working with to cover him for out o...

He had a signed contract to play professional basketball in Portugal but a few weeks prior to leaving a career ending injury to his achilles tendon shattered his lifelong dream. Now what? Never on one to sit and wallow in his misery, Cornell Thomas took stock of his life and decided to focus on his future...whatever that might be. In todays episode of the Hope Radio Podcast, Jen and Shawn have an...

At first she struggled with the idea of being a mother as it was an unexpected pregnancy. Ultimately, with encouragement and support from her family, she found herself in a place were she was eagerly awaiting the birth of her first child. Unfortunately, at 7 months along, Andrea Pintozzi's baby was delivered stillborn. Her world came crashing down around her in an instant. How do you process a los...

An unexplained trauma event left Dr. Joyce Mikal Flynn clinically dead for 22 minutes. 30 years later and she is now doing incredible work with others survivors of trauma. Her trauma event was a catalyst for change in her own life, a mission to help and serve others and she believes it was part of her "purpose" in life. If you have experienced physical or emotional trauma, Dr. Joyce Mikal Flynn's...

Verbally and emotionally abused by her step-father. Her mother was killed by a two time underage drunk driver. She was emotionally abused and controlled by her first husband. Despite all of these significant life setbacks and challenges, Desiree Vargas is thriving! Her story is one of HOPE. Her story is one of RESILIENCE. Her story is one of FAITH. Her story is still being written and you get to h...

Surviving the Columbine High School shooting that claimed the lives of 12 students and one teacher in 1999, Bethany Jackman is no stranger to adversity. In this riveting interview, Shawn and Jen talk with Bethany about the shooting and the profound effect that it had on Bethany's life. Her story is one of LOVE, perseverance and ultimately FAITH in the face of uncertainty and adversity. How much go...

A bicycle accident left him with significant head trauma and a brain injury. He lost his retirement home and art studio in the Camp Fire of 2018. Learning how to think again, connect the dots literally and figuratively after life turns your world upside down is what our next guest had to do to move forward. In this interview, Jen and Shawn sit down with Matt Harline! Matt explains what he had to g...

Matt struggled with addiction for 10 years. Tormented with feelings of shame and insecurity, he decided to do an incredible amount of emotional, physical and self-reflective work to create the life that he always wanted to live. Now a published author and transformative coach, Matt Landsiedel is living his best life and in this podcast you will get the benefit of a lot that he has learned through...

Thrown into foster care at 14. Seven different high schools before he graduated. Homeless at 19. With every excuse available to head in the wrong direction, Nik Hughey has defied the odds to live an incredible life of optimism, hope and courage. This 22 year olds story will inspire you to shed all your excuses for not living the life you have always wanted to live! Well spoken, humble, authentic a...

How do you persevere when you are in the midst of adversity? Shawn and Jen talk about how they did it in their lives over 10 years ago! There will come a time when the Pandemic of 2020 will be a distant memory. However, right now, it seems like the weight of the world is on the shoulders of many families as they struggle to survive. There is HOPE! There will be positive that come out of this chall...

Imagine going from living in a hotel room to creating a movement that has impacted the lives of millions! How do you do that? One word...OOLA! Jen and Shawn sit down with he two guys that founded OOLA, OOLALIFE.COM, Oolapalooza and a dream tour throughout the USA. Troy Amdahl and Dave Braun are two men on a mission to change the world positively with just a word...OOLA. OOLA is about creating bala...

At 14 he lost his best friend to suicide. At 17 he had started a company to do something about suicide prevention and education. In Episode 9 of our Hope Radio Podcast, we interview and young man on a mission to help others. At 14 (in the 8th grade), Kaden Garcia lost his best friend to suicide. A few short years later, he lost another friend in high school to suicide. Around the same time his Dad...

10 Ways to be HAPPY! It is soul food for hopelessness! Please join Jen and Shawn as they discuss the steps to take to create a happy life! In Episode 8 of our Hope Radio Podcast, Shawn and Jen discuss Edwin Edebiri's "10 Ways to be Happy!" In the midst of a pandemic running rampant throughout the world, we thought a conscious effort on the art and skill of being HAPPY would be worthwhile. Jen is A...

Jen and Shawn discuss positive stories of people coming together during the pandemic to lift and inspire others. In Episode 7 of our Hope Radio Podcast, Jen and I profile some incredible stories of big and small gestures of people around the world coming together to help others. This is an unprecedented time of challenges for us all, however we can all do something to help one another! Whether it...

In times of need and hopelessness, what can you do? Maybe you can do two free concerts a day on Facebook to send money and support other musicians? In Episode 6 of our Hope Radio Podcast we talk with Shawn Eiferman. As a full time career musician in the entertainment capital of the world, Las Vegas, Shawn has seen how devastating the "stay at home" order has been on his fellow Vegas musicians. Nev...

Happiness can be taught and it is a skill you can learn. We are talking to the Chief Happiness Officer of the world...Edwin Edebiri as he explains how to be happy! Edwin Edebiri is a man on a mission to spread more happiness around the world! He is the founder of Happy Neighborhood Project (a registry for Happy Businesses) and the I am Happy Project, now in 64 cities in 19 countries with over 70,0...

Feeling overwhelmed? In this episode we talk with Alandrea Richards who needed some encouragement and ultimately became the encourager! In this 4th episode of our podcast Shawn and Jen talk with Alandrea Richards. Alandrea is a stay at home mother of two young children dealing with the difficult task of trying to explain to her 4 year old and 2 year old why they can't see their friends or their gr...

Worried about your finances during the Pandemic? We interview a couple that lost everything less than 10 years ago and it was a huge blessing in disguise! In this episode we talk with Craig and Stefanie Thayer! Their story is not without challenges and significant obstacles but they did overcome and triumph! Even though they experienced an 8 year legal setback and the loss of their dream home they...

What if this "stay at home" order actually had a huge positive benefit to your family? Here our guest, Todd Kinkade's positive take on being home. In this podcast we check in on an old friend that lives in Hawaii. We wanted to know how living with a pandemic is in Hawaii! Of all the places to be...it seems like there could be a lot worse places to shelter in place! Todd Kinkade has a unique and po...