Overcomers Overcoming

Dr. Jeremy Weisz founded multiple businesses, ranging from a health supplement business to a chiropractic and massage business, and now runs a successful digital agency that helps companies build life-changing relationships. He has featured top entrepreneurs in video interviews on www. InspiredInsider.com since 2008, including founders and CEOs of Pixar, P90X, Atari, Einstein Bagels, Mattel, Kettl...

Lisa Richer has devoted more than 20 years to supporting parents, educators, and professionals who face challenges navigating neurodiversity, both as a consultant and through her own lived experience raising neurodiverse sons. Lisa is the Executive Board Chair at By With & For Autistic Adults, Neurodiversity Advisory Chair at The Mandala School, and Advisory Board Member for Parents Alliance for I...

Jonathan Todd Schwartz, once a towering figure in Hollywood's elite financial circles, lived a life that many could only dream of. As a power entertainment business manager at GSO Business Management, Schwartz was entrusted with managing the wealth of some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry, including Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Alanis Morissette, Linkin Park, Halsey, and Gwyneth Paltro...

Paul Voss is a father of eight children. In 2022, our youngest daughter was diagnosed with autism. Like many families, we were thrust into a world of sleepless nights, constant stress, and the feeling that we were doing everything right yet getting nowhere. There were long stretches when sleep felt impossible, hope felt thin, and the future felt overwhelming. Out of that chaos, Paul wrote my first...

Joyce's supervisor suggested appealing to baby boomers about social media. Near the end of her sales career, when she was 61, her boss pointed out, "You've got a real knack for helping our clients understand social media." He then asked whether she had ever thought of helping others in her age group understand social media. She had to contemplate that possibility for a while, but she decided to st...

Angie Weinberger is an inclusive entrepreneur based in Zurich, Switzerland. She combines executive coaching with expertise in global mobility. She is an interculturalist, a certified Master Coach with a background in systemic consulting and the VERMEULEN® method, and a transactional analysis practitioner.   Weinberger also serves as a workshop facilitator, intercultural trainer, guest lecturer, sp...

Leah Ellis is self-professed and diagnosed as neurodiverse. She is an entrepreneur. When working with her and other neurodiverse children, she understands that children can also be entrepreneurs. It's about discovering and nurturing their talents.   Leah founded The Society of Child Entrepreneurs after seeing how much kids can surprise us with their bravery, ideas, and grit, especially when they'r...

Jim Anderson recovered from losing a very profitable information technology business he had started. Through his business failure, he also lost his wife and business partner. That was because he now realizes his business was profitable on paper, but only in the short term. He was unaware of what negative cash flow was, which led to his business's collapse. However,   Do you want to know if your bu...

Jaime Hrobar is an autism advocate, a woman in recovery, and an author whose journey of rebuilding her life after addiction is rooted in radical honesty and faith. Jaime uniquely navigates trauma, motherhood, and personal growth without glossing over the hardships. As a mother to two sons with autism (one with severe needs, one high-functioning), she offers a compassionate and straightforward view...

Andrew Elliman started his career in global mobility in 1986, long before relocation programs became as advanced as they are today. Nearly forty years later, he has helped shape the development of an industry that moves people, families, businesses, and futures across borders.   Throughout his career, he has collaborated with HR teams and mobility leaders worldwide to develop strategic relocation...

Michelle Choairy is the mother to her "complex kid." Since his birth, she navigated her way around developmental delays such as autism, ADHD, and special education services, along with other life happenings. Michelle devoted nearly 10 years to searching for a way to help her son through his developmental issues. He is now diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called TBR1, which only 170 kids worl...

Barb Nangle is a boundaries coach, speaker, author, and podcaster. After nearly 40 years of therapy and personal development, Barb found her way to 12-step recovery at age 52. What began as a journey to address codependence soon expanded to include recovery from intergenerational dysfunction, childhood trauma, and compulsive overeating—issues she hadn't initially recognized in herself, and decades...

Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds completed one of the world's most grueling athletic challenges—Ironman Florida—feeling invincible. Six months later, he received a cancer diagnosis via text while stopped at a traffic light. Then, just as he beat that cancer, he was diagnosed with a second, more aggressive one. The same mental training that got him through 140.6-mile races became his survival toolkit for beati...

Anissa Hudak empowers women who have experienced sexual trauma to heal through advanced mind-body modalities and to reclaim their inner strength. Anissa founded and serves as Director of the Phoenix Women Healing Institute, where she draws on her experiences as the daughter of a Vietnam Veteran and a two-time rape survivor. Anissa has dedicated her career to helping others overcome trauma without...

Karen has a story of quiet strength, having led teams for years at a Fortune 50 company. She realized how deeply burnout had shaped her life and the lives of those she worked with. Instead of settling into old patterns, she turned her focus to somatic tools and nervous system regulation, helping leaders and teams transform how they handle stress together. Her hands-on work isn't just theory. It yi...

Rob René describes his journey from gifted athlete to health innovator. In this episode, Rob expounds on the four pillars (light, frequency, nutrition, and faith) of his research over the past five years. Rob encapsulates the essence of resilience, faith, and the quest for natural healing. After a life-altering accident ended his dream of becoming a professional runner, Rob faced years of struggle...

Ray Martin left the corporate world in 2005 to take what he planned as a six-month sabbatical backpacking through Asia. A series of unexpected events transformed that trip into something very different from what he had imagined. Shattered by divorce and the loss of his father, Ray relinquished his role as a successful business leader to embark on a journey of reinvention. However, life had a diffe...

John Beyer shares his extraordinary journey from a troubled childhood and struggles with addiction to becoming a successful entrepreneur and devoted parent, offering an inspiring story of perseverance, transformation, and hope. "When you pack up all your personal belongings and move to a new place, you're not just changing locations. You're changing yourself." – John Beyer. John Beyer is the found...

Kevin Brewer is a Navy veteran with more than 20 years of experience in the Intelligence Community and law enforcement. His career focused on mastering leadership, management, all-source analysis, and small-group training. After 13 years of misdiagnosed and mismanaged health issues, he battled many demons throughout his life. That journey included many health challenges that almost ended his life....

Matthew "Dr. Matt" Zakreski, PsyD, is a high-energy, creative clinical psychologist and professional speaker who utilizes an eclectic approach to meet the specific needs of his neurodivergent clients. He is proud to serve the Gifted community as a consultant, a professor, an author, and a researcher. He has spoken over 400 times worldwide about supporting neurodivergent people. Dr. Zakreski gradua...

Matthew "Dr. Matt" Zakreski, PsyD, is a high-energy, creative clinical psychologist and professional speaker who utilizes an eclectic approach to meet the specific needs of his neurodivergent clients. He is proud to serve the Gifted community as a consultant, a professor, an author, and a researcher. He has spoken over 400 times worldwide about supporting neurodivergent people. Dr. Zakreski gradua...

Matthew "Dr. Matt" Zakreski, PsyD, is a high-energy, creative clinical psychologist and professional speaker who utilizes an eclectic approach to meet the specific needs of his neurodivergent clients. He is proud to serve the Gifted community as a consultant, a professor, an author, and a researcher. He has spoken over 400 times worldwide about supporting neurodivergent people. Dr. Zakreski gradua...

Dr. Christopher Scott Wyatt is an autistic self-advocate and father of two neurodiverse daughters. He earned a doctorate researching online education and writing instruction for students with autism spectrum disorders. His experiences living with physical and neurological differences shape his parenting. Dr. Scott consults with schools, businesses, and non-profit organizations on issues of autism,...

Nothing made sense in Micah Marshall's life until he discovered he was on the spectrum when he was 22 years old. You might relate to that if you have been diagnosed late as well. Several tests were done when he was three due to some behavioral symptoms without explanation. Micah's mission is to help everyone know they are deeply valued and discover their potential through personal growth and succe...

Dr. Christopher Scott Wyatt is an autistic self-advocate and father of two neurodiverse daughters. He earned a doctorate researching online education and writing instruction for students with autism spectrum disorders. His experiences living with physical and neurological differences shape his parenting. Dr. Scott consults with schools, businesses, and non-profit organizations on issues of autism,...