Soraya -Be Convinced! Sharing Lifechanging Stories of Hope

What do you do when you suffer a lot of personal loss such as when your parent dies, you go through a divorce, or lose your business?  My guest is author Chip Nightingale who did not give up and encourages you not to either.  He is a husband, father, pastor, businessman, author, coach, and motivational speaker who will definitely inspire you.  He shares with us his struggles with the many losses i...

Are you stuck in a daily grind and want to leave all that behind and move forward toward more possibilities and growth?  My guest Marnye Moore coaches and mentors those who need assistance in setting and achieving goals that will enable them to get unstuck and accomplish their hearts’ desires.  She knows all too well how it feels to be stuck and then decide to make changes as she went through that...

My guest Holly Frances is the survivor of a rare illness who turned her recovery into advocacy and is now a writer, speaker, and fitness trainer. What happened and how did she recover?  At 26 years old, she gave birth to her beautiful daughter Casey.  Within a few weeks, tragedy hit, and Holly was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder known as Guillain-Barre Syndrome.  Through the dedicated as...

Are you an entrepreneur or career professional who often finds the workings of social media daunting, but you know that you must use it? Meet my guest Shaily Hakimian, a 31-year-old social media whiz who has been using social media to her advantage since high school.  During her school years when she was taunted and bullied, it was social media that helped her safely connect with others. Now, she...

Are you looking for ways to build and promote your own special brand?  Then this is definitely the inspiring episode for you.  My guest Vinnie Potestivo is passionate about helping to build personal brands.  He is an Emmy Award-winning media advisor, who has over 25 years of experience with defining, creating, and distributing his clients’ stories in various forms of media and content.  He shares...

My guest Carrie Schmidt is a transformational thought leader, consultant, coach, and author.  She is passionate about teaching a system of transformation that has proven to be effective and impactful in her life and the lives of many others.  She shares about her personal struggles growing up and as a young adult, and how she could have allowed those struggles to define and limit her dreams and ac...

My guest is Dr. Adjoa Smalls-Mantey, a physician, scientist and writer whose passion is to empower people by sharing information about health, wellness and mental illness.  Dr. Smalls, as she likes to be called for short, knew that she wanted to be a scientist and study infectious diseases from when she was young.  She accomplished her dream of becoming a scientist and then went on to medical scho...

Are you dealing with medical debt and health insurance issues?  My guest Dr. Virgie Bright Ellington is not only a physician but also a dedicated patient advocate who is a medical billing expert too. She shares how her professional work in the medical and insurance fields gave her special insight into the billing practices of the healthcare system and how she got involved with helping people who f...

Did you know that being steadfast in your decisions and achieving your goals requires a lifestyle committed to improvement?  My guests Jake and Whitney Roehl are master Christian life coaches who provide elite mindset coaching based on Christian values.  They share their personal stories that are filled with challenges from alcoholism to instability to financial lack to children and blended famili...

Are you wondering what happened to the joy and laughter in your life?  Are you stressed, overwhelmed, or drained by the many demands on you? Then this is the podcast for you!  My guest Kim McIntyre is passionate about helping you to regain joy and bring back hope into your life! She shares how she faced a medical challenge involving a facial tumor that left her feeling overwhelmed and extremely st...

My guest Laura DeSisto will certainly inspire you to explore what your passions are and then do them!  Laura is a wife, mother, and author who like many mothers, lost herself in raising her children.  When they left home, she went through a period of depression. With the encouragement of friends, she decided to do something she always wanted to do, learn to dive and regain her love for the ocean. ...

Are you tired of your children being glued to their digital devices from the minute they wake up until they go to bed? Do you feel powerless to do anything about it? Join me and my guest author Molly DeFrank as we discuss her new book Digital Detox – The Two-Week Tech Reset for Kids. Molly is a wife and devoted mother of 6 children (natural, adopted, and fostered).   One day, as she arrived home,...

My guest Liam Naden is a teacher, coach, speaker, writer, and researcher from New Zeeland.  He developed a fascinating process for rebalancing the parts of your brain to help you take control of your life and have the joy and long-lasting success that you dream of. He shares how his life was a rollercoaster -he went from rags to riches to rags and to riches again. Through his journey, he studied a...

My guest Madonna Hanna is a bold 69-year-old and much sought-after inspirational speaker who loves to use her personal experiences, talents, and skills to encourage people of all ages.  She shares her story of growing up being bullied while in school and then in the work environment, even as an executive in the corporate world.   Her personal experiences, professional work experience in the cut-th...

My 73-year-old guest Kathleen Israel is a daring woman, but she doesn’t think so.  I think that you will agree with me though when you hear her inspiring story.  She is a mother of 5 and a grandmother of 11.  She shares how she cared for her husband Ron for 17 years as he struggled with Parkinson’s disease.  At the age of 69 and after her husband’s passing, she did a pilgrimage walk of 500 miles k...

Meet Kyle Gillette, a mindset coach who works primarily with business owners to help them gain clarity, build confidence, and generate clientele.  His business is named Sage Mindset, where he created a 4-part framework to help you achieve big goals and dreams – it is self-awareness; accountability; growth; and empowerment.  Kyle knows all too well about the importance of our mindset as he struggle...

My guest Amanda Elise Love is a 32-year-old registered holistic nutritionist and a podcast host who is on a life mission to teach others how to eat and cook allergy-friendly, nutritious food and lead a happy holistic life. She shares her long struggle with fibromyalgia, which is a debilitating disorder where a person suffers from muscle pain and tenderness throughout the body, and causes fatigue,...

Have you ever heard of a dream pollinator?  Meet my guest Debby Kruszewski, or Debby Krusz for short.  Debby is a certified dream coach, business consultant, and author.   When we are talking about dreams, we are not referring to the ones we have at night but the aspirations that God has put in our hearts.  Debby concentrated in business studies in college and graduate school, focusing on business...

My guest Cici Castelli has had a very successful career, especially in the technology field, and is now a productivity coach, eager to assist you in unlocking your ultimate competitive advantage.  Cici is originally from Venezuela and came to the U.S. as a teenage exchange student.  She shares her challenges of staying in the U.S., against her parents’ wishes and despite the many obstacles she had...

Dave Edwards is an author and consultant who wants to help you become the captain of your own life through building the important foundation of personal motivation.  He was the first person in his family to attend college and worked at a job that paid just $3 an hour to support himself through school.  After working for many years in the integrative healthcare field, he realized that personal moti...

Ryan Lindner is an author and personal-development specialist who has been a behavioral coach for individual clients and top organizations all over the world.  What I find is so impressive is not only Ryan’s ability to successfully cope with many personal challenges, including anorexia, anxiety, and two cardiac arrests, but also his educational background and wealth of professional experience.  He...

Brenden Kumarasamy is 26-year-old and has already founded a company named Master Talk. His passion is helping persons of all ages to become better communicators.  His main question for all of us is “How would your life change if you were a better communicator?” He also has many free trainings via YouTube and on his website rockstarcommunicator.com.  Please do not let his age fool you!  He has been...

Cara Tuttle Bell is an author, lawyer, speaker, and activist-educator who has significant professional experience on important women’s issues, such as assertiveness as well as sexual harassment and assault.  She shares her years of growing up in a home where domestic violence took place and understands the dynamics of aggressiveness and power in relationships.  Through her book Drowning in Timidit...

My guest Tim Dunn is a husband and father as well as a very successful insurance executive.  His role as a father is what we will primarily discuss. Despite the fact that he had good role models of fatherhood in his life, he found himself struggling to be a better dad and balancing his professional, personal, and family lives. During the Covid pandemic, he sat down and wrote Dad on Purpose: The Bu...

Author Sherrie Barch has a very accomplished professional resume in the areas of leadership and team development.  Born and raised in Illinois, she earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in communication and has been the CEO of two Forbes’ ranked top executive search firms and leadership consulting companies.  Our focus will be on her children’s book titled Heaven’s Bell, which is a fictional story about th...