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This episode is with Russ Solom whose goal is to have a committed to guiding heart driven parents of kids with special needs to deepen their connection to peace, create harmony at home, and ignite their children’s potential. Russ calls himself a parent wellness mentor. We do discuss his mental health, what was the motivation for why he does what he does, and we dove deep into who he is as a person...

This episode is about Tony, a man I met at a conference, and when I heard his voice, I knew I needed to become friends with him. He's a powerful, motivational speaker, a disability advocate, and a huge proponent of togetherness. We discussed advocacy, the condition that caused him to be in a wheelchair, disability with independence, and so much more. He's a perfect example of someone you never wan...

Latoya Maddox was somebody I met in person at a conference, and I was immediately impressed, and I loved her energy, and the fight that resided in her. She was born with a rare joint and muscle disorder that affects her mobility. She is a wheelchair user and also struggles with mental health.  She has a child with a disability who she loves dearly, and they have a strong bond. She actively advocat...

Our next episode is with Logan Hufford. Logan suffered from pornography and sex addiction, even though he had an amazing wife, he was constantly cheating, delving into porn, and just continuously going down a very dark path. We go more in-depth into those subjects, his newfound and strong bond with God, and his new mission today. His honesty is astonishing in the time we're in, and his love for hi...

This episode is with Zorina  Pritchett, a small business owner who has been through a lot. Zorina is a cum laude graduate from Austin Peay State University with a Bachelor of Science in Public Management. She is a caregiver and helps Veterans to obtain their disability benefits. She is a disabled veteran who struggles with severe mental health, she has a good days, and bad days, but she does all t...

This episode is with Jennifer Stevenson she is a  single mother over 50 who has dealt with a lifetime of pain, both emotional and physical. Along my journey, I learned how to overcome childhood sexual trauma, Abuse, and abandonment through to adulthood. She has struggled, and she has been knocked out, but she's here today to share something that has helped her and many others get through life, and...

In this episode, we have two guests, Meridith, the mom, and her daughter Schuyler. Their story pretty much starts when Meridith gets a phone call and her daughter has been crushed underneath a boulder while in another country, and she is told that she is unlikely to survive. Schuyler is alive and well, and thriving. We do discuss all the damage that the boulder did cause, and how her life is diffe...

Our next guest is Sara Freeman Smith, she's a delightful woman who has her method of dealing with life, and I'm always fascinated by how other people do it, even if it's not entirely for me, or maybe it is, but I'm just curious on what keeps them going, and what it is that they figured out for their survival and comfort. When she was in the peak of her career, and life was going really well for he...

Allison is our next guest, and I met her on TikTok, I reached out to her after watching one of her videos, and eventually, we became friends. I got to know her a little more, and I wanted to have her on to share her experiences and struggles with mental health, and her physical conditions.  She talks about discovering what suicide was, that she had those feelings at the very early age of nine year...

Born with Cerebral Palsy, Win Charles has defied the odds by becoming an author. Her memoir I, Win is an amazing story of how she remembers her life through the years of having a condition called “CP”. As a competitor in the Kona IronMan Triathlon and motivational speaker, Win Charles truly inspires many. Today Win Charles tours the country, speaking to schools and institutions to raise awareness...

Deb Comerford is our next guest, she has a crazy condition called atypical trigeminal neuralgia. She explains this condition and how it's affected her life for the last 15 years. She talks about the before, and the after of having this condition, and why she won't take the risk and get the surgery that could help. We also talk about what helps her, mitigate the pain, and using your good health day...

This episode is with Mindy Allen, she's a delightful person. I met on TikTok.  She talks about her struggles with depression and anxiety, being homeless, but keeping an upbeat attitude. We talked about how much animals, particularly her two cats mean to her, and how much they've gotten her through. She also has chronic inflammatory response syndrome or CIRS, which is the condition she feels is the...

Our next guest is Nico Morales, he is the perfect example of a person who overcame where he from, his past, and his demons. He was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was an athlete, an opiate user, and over-drunk alcohol. Now is an author, graduate, and business owner. Nico had adverse childhood experiences that he repressed, this mental unrest led to an exploration of substances, even...

This episode is with two delightful ladies named Dawn, and Ann. They are two women that are trying to inform the community about human trafficking, and to do their part to help save some of these women and children. We discussed what human trafficking is, the statistics, who is most vulnerable, and what the future holds if we do nothing. 

This episode is with my friend Tommy Grieco. We met at the new job that I now have, and we instantly connected. Even though he's a guy who struggles, he is solid and resilient, and he's just an overall nice person to be around, he's one of those people who inspires you simply on how he gets around, and how he does it with confidence. In the episode, we talk a lot about his accident, advocacy, fami...

This episode is with Dave, and his daughter, Paige. Both of them have a disability, Dave, being in a wheelchair, and Paige having epilepsy, but they are both really close, and they both meet each other very much. In this episode, we talk about the struggles of having a disability, the government, employment, caregiving, and much more. They are a fascinating duo who balance each other out, and prot...

This is our 200 episode, and boy I never thought we would get here, and I'm very proud that we have. I say we, because I could not do without anybody, listening, and anyone else participating as a guest on the show. This episode is like therapy time with me and my good friend Laura. we talk about our friendship, mental health, the death of her son, and the parallels between his suicide, and my lif...

This episode is with Ryan Gray. Ryan is an Overcomer of addiction, homelessness, and abuse. His story is harrowing and emotional, but he is still here today to tell his story, and I'm very proud that he is. He is self-supporting (financially and otherwise) despite severe schizophrenia, depression, ADHD, and anxiety. Ryan has been unusually close to his family since he got clean 15 years ago. He cr...

Mercedes Fernandez is the founder of Mouvement and lead Geriatric Physiotherapist. She holds a master’s degree in Kinesiology with an extensive pre-medical background in psychology, anatomy, and nutrition. She is a certified senior fitness instructor and authorized CPR/First Aid responder. Her expertise is grounded in adapted physical activity with skilled rehabilitation among stroke, cerebral pal...

Meagan Murray is a friend, a coworker, and just is an overall sweetheart of a person. We first met at work road to freedom, center for independent living. She has the condition cerebral palsy, but when you meet her, you instantly know that the condition does not hold her back, and that she thrives despite it. We discussed what she does for a living, her upbringing, her passion, for helping others,...

This episode is with a dear friend Joanne Hostrander. She was a registered nurse for over 40 years, she has taught at four different colleges, she's done recruiting, teaching, crisis, intervention, and much more. She's a very accomplished., and intelligent person, as you will come to find out, but one thing we don't prepare for is the unthinkable, she has been losing her sight for sometime, and it...

This episode is with Ryan Penley , he's such a unique, open, and strong guy, and he's one of those people that you feel like you have to root for. We talk a lot about his dark days with mental health and his Rocky Road with addiction. He took himself from rock bottom to a rockstar. Though he's in a better place, these days, he does not shy away from the darkest times in his life, he uses his story...

Phyllis is a very interesting woman, she had indoor, a lot of childhood abuse, and a molestation to which later in life, let her to be a psychotherapist for 30 years, an author to three books including the new one America in therapy. Her main goal is healing, to what she has helped children, young adults, and women try to address the things that they have had to endure, so that they could come bac...

Morgan McCarver really caught my attention not only with her story, but her sweet personality, and her strong determination to adapt to a life that there is no blueprint. When she was young, she was diagnosed with scoliosis which caused her to do a major spinal surgery which had extensive recovery time. She also had to learn how to walk again, and adjust to a new way of living. But while dealing w...

Rhonda Parker Taylor was such a delight, I enjoyed her upbeat, personality, her positiveness, and just her good overall energy that reverberates off of her. Rhonda Parker Taylor wanted to write a book to prove to herself that she could. For many, like Parker Taylor, writing is a difficult task. Growing up, she wasn’t a good student in English, reading or writing. She struggled with McGuffey Reader...