Overcomers Overcoming

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge discusses mental health from a certified mental health professional perspective. Mental health is too frequently stigmatized and misunderstood, resulting in undiagnosed and untreated symptoms that can easily be identified and treated. There is no stigma or weakness in asking for help. It is becoming easier to ask for help as we become more familiar with the symptoms. When...

Anna O'Connor is a certified Emotional Brain Training expert and a Christian Coach. We sometimes experience and carry chronic trauma from our past into our future life. Through awareness, we can learn the symptoms and the call to action to retrain our brain to be a "chain breaker" to avoid carrying our past into our future. Do not go alone. Courageous people ask for help, and everyone needs a safe...

Barby Ingle tells us about the positive benefits of listing "I am…" statements that reflect our God-designed attributes. Too many of us speak of things we do, such as our jobs, diplomas, certifications, etc. Those qualities are temporary, and our God-designed attributes are permanent. When affirmed often, the "I am…" statements become the foundation of our being such that we exude positivity and c...

Alicia Ober sees many people in various situations in her role working in an emergency room. COVID has caused many different problems where people have reacted in various ways. Some people became isolated from state and/or government mandates, while others lost their jobs. Some people turned to various forms of relief through drugs or alcohol. Some people enter depression or other conditions of de...

Frank Bryant chronicles his life of being raised in various economic conditions with multiple family members. Some of his life experiences are good, while others are ones he is choosing not to carry forward into his married life. Frank explains how he, through his relationship with God, was able to separate the good from what he did not want to carry forward without bringing forward any grudges fr...

Fred Rutman has experienced numerous near-death experiences because of heart anomalies that required several trial and error diagnoses through which medical professionals discovered a long-term solution. He was clinically obese at 340 pounds at one point, and he also had type 2 diabetes. He significantly reduced his need for medication through intermittent fasting while overcoming the diabetic con...

Jenny Toh is a certified coach through the International Coaching Federation. She helps introverted women find and maintain harmony between home and work life. Some women want a professional career while being effective parents. That harmony can be difficult to determine at times, and a certified coach can be the catalyst to help others determine that harmony. Jenny is a strong proponent of mental...

Shelly Houser is a congenital hemi amputee who was born without her right hip and leg. With this birth anomaly, she has endured different forms of scorn throughout her life from some people. Some people are helpful with their curious conversation, while some will shun people with these anomalies. Shelly wants everyone to know how to communicate with people like her effectively. She is passing on h...

Jenna Noelle Porter is in the process of recovering from multiple suicidal attempts. She experienced emotional abandonment, rejection, and isolation. Her therapist helped her discover some of her anxieties by documenting her innermost feelings. Her encouragement to others is to document your thoughts. She is being helped through the books "When the Body Keeps Score" and "When the Body Says No." En...

Dr. Danny Brfassell is an author, speaker, coach, and results leader who brings JOY back into the workplace. He believes leadership begins with motivation. He is a former inner-city teacher who is on a mission to restore joy to education and the workplace. He shows audiences how to make reading a life-long habit. He also trains teachers to communicate their messages through effective and inspirati...

Dr. Joe Sherman experienced burnout. He also experienced life revival through focused introspection. He is passing forward his life experiences to help others renew the experienced of having a fulfilled life purpose. What gave us fulfillment in the past will not necessarily carry us through our future. By introspectively determining our values, strengths, and what brings life satisfaction, everyon...

Dr. Debi Silber addresses betrayal from her life experience and doctoral studies. Some people live with the effects of betrayal that tend to erode us, similar to untreated cancer. Broken trust can take much longer to restore than the time to originally establish that trust. "I will never trust you again" is a familiar expression of betrayal. Dr. Silber and her husband's marriage ended because of b...

Crystal Baptiste chronicles a portion of her life where she wanted to know why she was treated the way she was at an early age. Nearly 35 years later, she gained a new perspective based on her indigenous parentage. A historical recounting of how things were for her Plains Cree enrolled tribal upbringing provided the perspective she needed to understand what her mother endured during her childhood....

Sammy Warrayat lives a life of choices as he pursues his life fulfillment. He transitioned out of corporate life and is pursuing other life options. He knows his strengths which have propelled him beyond life's setbacks. Not everything he has pursued resulted in achieving the original goals. However, he persisted through what might be considered shortcomings to advance himself to greater fulfillme...

Bryan Klein, Max Challenge Founder and CEO, chronicles his life story of gaining 100 pounds from the stress of not knowing if he might lose his wife and unborn child. The stress caused him to go into binge eating. Because he wanted to be an example to his children, he determined to learn how to lose weight while learning how the body reacts to various stimuli. By eating the right foods at the righ...

Ryan Horn joins Marty (my wife) to give their perspective of men being the rock of our respective families. God's design for a nurturing family is for the father to lead his family with love and care. This role includes the responsibility and accountability to provide monetarily, spiritually, and morally while caring for our family's total welfare. Marty adds a lady's perspective of the balance be...

Jamie Sherling chronicles her life of cancer diagnoses and treatments. At one point in her journey, she had reason to believe her cancer was in remission. However, a back pain she had encountered indicated the invasive ductal carcinoma cancer had metastasized to other parts of her body. Jaime is very upbeat despite the cancer diagnosis. She encourages those with a similar diagnosis to briefly with...

Ann Hince chronicles a portion of her life in which she discovered how to achieve inner peace from previous life trauma. She recognized she was too reactionary, which led to negative thinking. She was born with her right foot up against my right shin. She was adopted and was teased mercilessly as the first girl boarder at a boy's boarding school. She grew up with two adoptive alcoholic parents. Wh...

Allison Liberman describes some of the lesser-known aspects of postpartum anxiety. Many men do not know what a woman experiences following childbirth, and Allison discusses symptoms to increase our awareness of the hormonal changes ladies encounter from childbirth. Men need to become aware of these "data points"  to help their wives through a potentially difficult albeit temporary part of their po...

Florian "Flo" Horning decided to leave the paved road and start an adventure into the unknown. After living in a Berlin-based rooftop penthouse, he began an 8-month journey in a van that led him into the Sahara Desert for a 4-week solo food walk. After experiencing another way of life, he continued traveling to embrace the simple life. He constructed and supervised a lodge in Zanzibar near lions i...

Amy Nordhues chronicles a part of her past while passing forward how God is using her past to build a greater future. Despite her physical and sexual abuse as a child, she is assimulating positive information to benefit others. She is very transparent in describing the hurt she experienced. However, God has strengthened her through this to give others hope of overcoming a similar life experience....

Ryan Horn chronicles a portion of his life of financial stress resulting in living with his Aunt for a time. Through coaching and being a mentee, he overcame that, which caused him to pivot his life. Never go alone through life adversity. Work with a person who believes in you and sincerely wants for you to advance. Find that person who wants you to achieve your life purpose while working through...

Phil Cohen experienced the loss of his 14-year old son at sea in a boat due to an apparent storm. Very little in life can prepare us for the loss of our children. However, through this experience and God working with Phil's life, he overcame his extreme grief and is passing on his life experience to others through his Grief Continuum Ministry. Can something good happen from a devastating life trag...

Diana Indries and her husband devised an innovative and entertaining way of learning about a potential lifemate through a card game. We can learn about another person through a series of questions designed to stimulate conversation. Research shows that when values are aligned, people have a good chance of lasting and meaningful relationships. You can access the card game and app at www.bettertopic...

Diana Indries and her husband devised an innovative and entertaining way of learning about a potential lifemate through a card game. We can learn about another person through a series of questions designed to stimulate conversation. Research shows that when values are aligned, people have a good chance of lasting and meaningful relationships. You can access the card game and app at www.bettertopic...