Overcomers Overcoming

Stephanie Olson shares with us in Episode 3 how she developed the resilience to progress beyond sexual and physical abuse. Resilience is developed through a process that might require several years. A determined attitude can be a large part of taking the actions necessary to overcome the latent thoughts that keep us from performing at our full potential. While Stephanie has momentary setbacks, she...

Douglas Robbins experienced several years of his life of less than total fulfillment. After pursuing different ventures, he was left with the sense of "not that." After several years of writing, he experienced the satisfaction he sought. His wife helped him define and refine his life's fulfillment. You can follow Doug's life by explaining different pursuits and his process of learning and living h...

Scott Maderer knows limiting beliefs hold some of us from achieving life fulfillment. Some of these limiting beliefs result from our life experiences, statements made to or about us, or our view of the world. Limiting beliefs will frequently cause us to feel stuck in life, and they can hold us back from greater achievements. Overcoming life's limiting beliefs is a process of self-awareness by iden...

Stephanie Olson progresses her first episode with the next step of restoring her life. She acknowledges having held bitterness in her life for some time, and she first felt God speaking to her to seek forgiveness for her anger first with Him. His forgiveness equipped and empowered her to forgive those who had previously offended her. Stephanie acknowledges this forgiveness was a journey of perseve...

Phil Barth discovered the power of expressing gratitude and its effect on stress relief, positive attitudes, and physical recovery. As with many of us, we go through life at a hurried pace without regard to the health and well-being of ourselves and others. A life-altering experience sometimes adjusts and adds a helpful perspective to the greater good in our lives and the impact on others. Can we...

God worked providentially in James Newbie's and Jamal Hyman's lives to affect a reconciliation between the biological father and biological son. They each overcame a period of estrangement and abandoned feelings to allow God to work in James' life to allow him to overcome some family traditions. Jamal was a leading influence in James' life to help him let go of the past to live their current and f...

Scott Maderer is a servant leader who coaches others through times of self-doubt or low confidence. Many people do not know their life value, and some people live a life of masking their insecurities of limiting beliefs by living in silence. We need to discern these traits in others and interact with them to advance people to live their God-designed potential and calling. Achieving wholesome satis...

Nate Bailey experienced his life and marriage drifting from what he had wanted. Following a 15-month military deployment and the commensurate adjustments needed to pick up where they left off in their marriage, Nate became aware of how far he had drifted from the life he had envisioned. He now knows he was cavalier about the life adjustments he needed to make. He passes forward his life lessons le...

Stephanie Olson experienced several forms of trauma in her life that could have controlled her future. However, she overcame low self-worth and a feeling of low self-esteem through friends intervening in her life through whom she learned about God. Through the connected relationship of friends who genuinely cared about her while accepting Jesus as her Lord and Savior, she reconciled her past to li...

Dan Bleu overcame substance abuse and feeling abandoned because of his father's choices. However, he overcame his past through poignant moments that he chronicles in this podcast to become today's success. Close relationships of people while being intentional to express gratitude were turning points in his life. The birth of his daughter while not being at her bedside during her birth was also a d...

Joshua Washington overcame the "hood" culture of one of the poorest cities in the United States. He now passes forward the mindset required to develop the mentality to overcome any life encounter. His experience with a "Dead End" sign was a transformational moment in his life. Transforming the mentalities of today's men leads to building up great leaders that will restore the impact and value of f...

Maribel Ortega describes how she overcame low confidence by developing a healthy self-awareness. She advances women as a coach, podcaster, keynote speaker, and mentor. She inspires, empowers, and motivates professional women to uncover their worth and be confident to use their voice, speak up, take new opportunities and ultimately lead fulfilled lives. She has a special interest in emotional and c...

Candace Mae Gruber further develops a portion of her life story by describing life boundaries. This is a matter of discerning safe people through trusting relationships. God designed and created us to function best with connected relationships. After being deeply violated, we might tend to develop a wall with people, which can cause us to become what we are trying to avoid. Establishing personal b...

In this episode, Eric Coon, Financial Planner, discusses efficiency factors to develop the financial discipline to overcome procrastination. Financial discipline with consistency requires intentional action to determine your risk tolerance while considering the array of options to meet your long-term financial needs. The array of choices is overwhelming and bewildering for some, causing some peopl...

Maureen Ross Gemme chronicles her life lessons to make good, informed decisions. She lived the consequences of poor choices during ten defining years, and she has taken the best of those consequences and developed a process where others can make good decisions. She captures her life experiences through her course of imagination, intuition, memory/senses, reason/logic, perception, and willpower. Yo...

Paul Henderson chronicles several adversities in his life for which he overcame through mentoring and positive relationships. The most significant relationship is with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Through others who patterned their lives after Jesus, he established relationships that manifested themselves as genuinely caring. He passes life's lessons to help others live their full, God-desig...

Candace Mae Gruber describes some of the hurt and pain she carried in her life from some of the traumas she experienced during her earlier life and how she gained relief through forgiveness. Achieving forgiveness does not pardon those who do others wrong. Forgiveness frees the person who was done wrong from the stress and anxiety of bearing the burden of the thoughts that sometimes dominate a pers...

Rollins Walker chronicles a portion of his life in the "hood" and the positive he gained from that. He articulates the need for being a role model. Being a role model (or mentor) sometimes requires overcoming the past and looking for the positive for our future. Having a relationship with those socioeconomically where we want to be in life can inspire us to achieve the best for ourselves and other...

Laurie Weiss has experienced being "pigeonholed" through stereotypes. There was a period of her life where she functioned below her potential because of the limits others placed on her. Through her determination and relationship with others of similar gravitas, she discovered her strengths and advanced with others who believed in her. She earned her doctorate degree when she was 54 years old. You...

Erin Coon emphasizes the efficiency of money as it relates to wealth accumulation and personal financial needs. Long-term gains are realized through disciplined spending and saving/investing. This podcast focuses on investing and the benefits of interest compounding. Every financial plan should be developed around your needs and risk tolerance. Consult Eric Coon at (443) 975-7522 or ecoon@lefinanc...

A very successful businessman, Brian Kreeger expresses our profound need for meaningful relationships from his heart. We sometimes mask insecurities through our persona that keep some people from knowing how to relate to others effectively. Through our inaction, we can cause others to feel isolated. Brian empowers everyone to "just do something." You can read more about his passion in his book, "T...

Rollins Walker continues his life story about finding the positive even in many negative life encounters. Relationships played a huge role in his demeanor as he learned through others. His adopted parents had a major, positive impact on his life to help him develop a positive mindset to get through many difficult life experiences. He chose not to react to anything spontaneously. Rather, he careful...

Sara Im chronicles a portion of her earlier life when the Cambodian Khmer Rouge regime held her captive for four years. She walked many miles barefooted at night to gain her freedom. She escaped that oppression through God's help that gave her perseverance while being inspired by a kindred relationship of a sisterhood of like-minded friends. Her heart desires to inspire others to overcome any life...

Dominic Pedrotty experienced a brain aneurysm while driving, resulting in a severe accident with a fatality on May 31, 2018. His Mom and Dad learned of the accident while being eight hours away. His memory, walking, and speech are returning to normal as his brain experiences a transformational recovery. You can join a team of prayer warriors by going to https://www.caringbridge.org/public/dominicp...