Persistence U with Lizbeth

Whether you're coupled, newly divorced, widowed, or a serial single person, loneliness is part of life. The avoidance of it can lead to destructive habits or relationships. Maureen Scanlon's dog's unconditional love for her not only helped her through hard times, but aided in shaping two books and a coaching practice. Today, she teaches others the art of how to be their own best fri...

It's the end of summer and the end of season 3. As one who struggles with change, it's come with blue moods and a sense of dread, despite so many lovely things in my world. The podcast will resume on 9/13. Enjoy the backlist of more than 130 episodes, please. Want to learn what's new on Persistence U?Connect with me at lameredith.com and hop on my email list! You will learn:Toxic po...

Few of us have the time to walk a near 500-mile pilgrimage, least of all, mom of six Hollee Brock.   But after a lifetime of happily raising a busy family, she knew she had to do it. What happened next became the subject of her podcast Along the Camino, and a point of transformation. You will learn:A pilgrimage is a journey with a purpose or intention. In a society focused on goals, it's easy...

Composer Tina Davidson knew she'd been adopted, and had enjoyed life in a bustling family of five children who'd lived internationally. She discovered later her birth father was a world-famous scientist. Yet something didn't feel right. Today, Tina Davidson is a well known composer and author of Let Your Heart Be Broken. Connect with Davidson's Tedx Talk and learn more about he...

When Kim Peacock's children were nearly grown, she revisited the partially healed trauma of losing one of her daughters while on a family vacation years before. Kim shares her journey of faith and healing, and how she turned it into work helping others deal with grief. Connect with Kim Peacock HERE and learn more about her work and writing. You will learn:Everyone experiences loss, and the on...

Debbie Russell had a thriving career as a prosecutor. She'd worked hard for her career, and found that she was addicted to the adrenalin rush it provided, and the fact it offered a pension. Somehow, she'd  known even then that she wanted to retire with some time left in life for creative pursuits. And finding old family letters focused Debbie's attention on both knowing more and wri...

Rebecca Chandler is  no stranger to challenges. As a writer and producer, she'd enjoyed traveling to far-flung locations and living out of a suitcase.(Connect with Rebecca at rebeccaechandler.com and find out about her books and work.)And then, one day, she felt a crack. She would later be diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), attributed to early childhood sexual abuse. You wil...

Lizbeth’s links Support the podcast and Lizbeth's writing for $2 or $5 a month on Patreon HEREOR Buy Lizbeth a Coffee Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime, now streaming on Roku, Vudu, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to...

Mary Giuliani was a successful life and business coach who'd maintained a 160 pound weight loss by the time she read a book that changed her life. Through the information inside The Body Keeps the Score (Bessel van der Kolk), Mary learned that things that had happened in her childhood were still impacting her, now late in her fifties.          To connect with Mary and learn more about her wor...

He was known as a football player.  Troy Ismir had what looked like a promising future in sport, until one injury ended it all. Bouncing back from that setback wasn't easy. But Troy leaned on his faith, habits, and desire to live his purpose before deciding to leave his comfortable job in pharmaceutical sales in order to become a coach helping men integrate spirit, mind, and body to live thei...

Melody Warnick is no stranger to feeling like an outsider. The author of If I Could Live Anywhere and This is Where You Belong, Melody found herself moving around the country to follow her husband's career while she freelanced for magazines like The New York Times, Washington Post,  and Woman's Day. When she moved a final time to a town she didn't love, Melody knew the problem was h...

Who has ever accomplished big goals without experiencing failures along the way? Paul Padmore was on a sure-path to success when he was laid off work a few years ago.  Like all of us who face setbacks of that nature, he was equal parts humbled and horrified.  Unlike most of us, he decided to normalize the conversation about failures. Today, Paul Padmore is the head of customer engagement at Innova...

What if you could transform your life while brightening the lives of others...for free? That's the gift Nancy Davis Kho gave herself for her 50th birthday when she decided to write 50 people, some she knew, some she did not, who'd made a contribution to her world.(Connect with her HERE and learn about her book, podcast called The Midlife Mixed Tape, and other work).The results of that gi...

Victoria Pelletier has vivid memories of the day her biological mother relinquished care of her to a family to be fostered and adopted. She credits a supportive adoptive family and a drive for more that led her to be a COO at the age of 24, and the reason diversity, equity, and inclusion are key values to her today. Connect with Victoria at Victoria-Pelletier.com. You will learn:Overachieving is s...

Back when Deborah Covell Fletcher was pregnant, she was considered "geriatric" at age 37. To her delight, she learned she was carrying twins. But not long after their births, one was found to have a traumatic brain injury from birth that would change everything.(Connect with Deborah HERE.)You will learn:Grief and joy can coexist peacefully if we allow it. Sometimes what looks like the wo...

Steve Wilson's bipolar disorder was diagnosed in the 1950's, but he'd suffered with long bouts of highs and lows beginning at 9 after he was sexually assaulted. More than four decades later, after numerous tries with the correct dosages of medications, therapy, and even peer support, he reached an equilibrium that allowed for a successful personal and  professional life. Today, in h...

When Angela Howard was pregnant with her second child, she experienced the ultimate betrayal with her husband. She believed that rather than spiral into feeling victimized, she chose to autopsy her personal and family history to see if there were factors needing to be looked at. Angela decided go to the Omega Institute and learn about somatic healing. Today, Angela is a the founder of Wildheartexp...

Dr. Debi Silber didn't set out to become an expert on healing from betrayal. But when life handed her one too many opportunities, she decided to re-tool, go back to school, and did research on healing from it. Today, she's the founder of the Post-Betrayal Institute and the host of From Breakthrough to Betrayal Podcast.(Connect with Dr. Debi Silber at the PBT Institute or From Betrayal to...

Chris Lalomia had a fancy job in banking with all the perks. But after several years, he realized he wanted more. He wanted to be an entrepreneur. Connect with Chris at his podcast The Small Business Safari HERE or learn more about his company The Trusted Toolbox and his book HERE.With a business education, a banking background, and his trusty business blueprint in hand, he opened a handyman busin...

Most of us won't talk to our ailing loved one about their impending death. It was something that bothered David Richman when his beloved sister was dying of cancer. So David took action. He'd already transformed his life, giving up smoking, shedding excess weight, and leaving an abusive relationship. Now, he worked to normalize tough conversations and give voice to 15 different cancer su...

Amber Furhiman's father thought she should be a lawyer. She thought it was a ridiculous idea. Then, unexpectedly, he died. Amber worked toward her law degree with renewed interest. Once she achieved both it and the financial benchmarks she set for herself, she felt empty. Connect with Amber on The Success Entrepreneur Podcast or by clicking HEREYou will learn:Living life, telling ourselves th...

When we don't take time to grieve and feel our tough emotions, the pain  often resurfaces. That's what Sharon Hughes found after a lifetime of "bootstrapping," skimming over big issues in her life like trauma in her childhood, an assault as a teen, and a later, divorce. Today, she's a confidence coach who helps faith-based women give themselves permission to pursue their d...

Eleanor Andrews made a huge change. A young wife in the 60's, she moved from her home in Compton, California to Fairbanks, Alaska and began life in the Last Frontier. She was one of a few Black women living there at the time. And though her husband died young, leaving her to face frigid  temperatures and parenting two children alone, she opened her mind to opportunity. And those opportunities...

Imagine a time when your ability to get a raise was not based on merit, but on whether your importance to your family merited it.  That's what Heather Flynn faced early in her career, as did countless other women who did the same work as their male counterparts but were told they would be paid less money since they weren't the head of the household. You will learn:Sometimes, it's th...

Maria Henson was a young journalist based in Lexington, Kentucky in the early 90's when she found a problem that needed solving. Too many victims of family violence were not being protected when they called the police, or when they filed for a protective order before judges. With a dynamic team of writers and editors behind her at the Lexington Harald-Leader, she spotlighted stories of justic...