Strong Single and Human

This week's guest survived a rough childhood, torn between a narcissist of a father and an unfeeling and emotionally neglectful mother, she learned that she was the only one she could depend on and always felt like 'the black sheep' and found it hard to trust anyone. In her teens, her lack of control led to anorexia and binge eating disorders. her weight was about all she could truly take charge o...

This week’s guest is Asher Cloran the director of The Life Rocks Foundation, an interactive earth science platform designed to help children lead healthier, happier and productive lives through becoming connected to nature. Asher is an expert in human health, development and education and provides quality information to parents and teachers to help improve parenting, teaching and childhood develop...

This week’s guest Sarah Kenny is a certified coach, mentor, and positive role model for adolescent girls. She believes empowering girls with confidence and courage will change the world for the better, and it's her personal mission to help girls thrive in adolescence and transform into powerful leaders while also supporting parents in raising RAD (Resilient - Audacious - Daring) girls. Sarah - who...

This week’s guest Lisa Espinoza is a writer and speaker who is passionate about coming alongside others who desire to take steps toward their most fulfilling, abundant life. She is an expert in grief and loss and is able to help others move through places of loss in a way that honors the loved ones they have lost as well as their own lives. On December 15, 2018, my youngest son, Chandler, was hit...

This week’s guest Nicky Billou was a single father with two sons and has his own business.   He is a top thought leader in the areas of entrepreneurship, branding, and sales and has been called the Napoleon Hill of the 21st century, interviewing over 300 of the world's top thought leaders, like Jack Canfield, John Maxwell, and many more. Not only has he made over 1000 media appearances, but he has...

This week’s guest Laura Reardon teaches parents about how to respond to their kids' big emotions and challenging behaviors in a way that creates more peace rather than more conflict in their homes. She was graced with 2 children, a boy, and a girl, although not a single parent...and yet…In their growing-up years, she felt frustrated, worried, and unsure how to respond to their big emotions and cha...

This week’s guest believes the next Elon Musk is a 7-year-old girl who can't afford a communication coach, so it's his duty to help her succeed with his free resources. Brenden Kumarasamy is the founder of MasterTalk, a coaching business he started when he was in college to help ambitious executives & business owners become the TOP 1% of communicators in their industries so that they can accelerat...

This week’s guest I have interviewed before and is the grandfather of Baby Sign Language, one of the world’s leading experts in the baby sign language revolution. In his highly acclaimed books Toddler Talk (1994) and SIGN with your BABY (1999), Dr. Garcia explores the miracle of how young babies are able to communicate with their parents using signing, sometimes before 6 months of age. He’s worked...

This week’s guest obtained her bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1987 from the University of Maryland and her master’s degree in Social Work in 1993 and has been a clinical social worker for 30 years In addition to this, she decided to join the Army at the age of 42 because she wanted to be part of something bigger than herself and have a bigger impact and during her time served in Afghanistan, f...

This week's guest since she was 8 years old, has studied people’s behaviors.   It was not intentional but necessary for her survival.   She lived in a warzone. Of course, you wouldn’t necessarily know that by walking past her house, but you did if you knew her family. She also never knew when the war battles would occur. Therefore, she always had to be prepared. One way she prepared was by studyin...

This week's guest is Jim White. He is an author, coach, podcaster, and founder of the Family Enrichment Academy. He has spent the last 40 years studying the topics of personal development, marriage, and parenting. More importantly, he has also spent those 40 years applying these lessons as a father to 6 children and a grandfather to 12. Where to find Jim https://www.familyenrichmentacademy.com/ ht...

Scott Graham is an author of 15 books and counting, a career coach, and a business coach in Boston, Massachusetts. Scott coaches clients to identify the true focus of their life — something that speaks individually to them. It means recognizing the forces that push their lives off course and adjusting to them, so you get where you want to go. It means that when you are 90 years old and you look ba...

This week's guest survived a rough childhood, torn between a narcissist of a father and an unfeeling and emotionally neglectful mother, she learned that she was the only one she could depend on and always felt like 'the black sheep' and found it hard to trust anyone. In her teens, her lack of control led to anorexia and binge eating disorders. her weight was about all she could truly take charge o...

This week’s guest Kasey Edwards spent over a decade climbing the corporate ladder as a management consultant until she woke up one morning and realized she didn’t want to go to work. Ever again. This inspired her to write her first book Thirty Something and Over It . After it become an international bestseller she decided to continue writing. She has now published seven books. She mixes humor, irr...

This week’s guest Diane Windsor has been a single mom twice and has been thru 2 divorces… she has been in marriage counseling for more years than she was married  She is passionate about helping mothers (especially single mothers) tell their stories. She was a leader of the single-parent support group for 8 years until covid and during her journey, she has become an accomplished author; her work f...

This week’s guest is a survivor of narcissist abuse, the author of Empath and The Narcissist, Raven Scott's mission is to bring relatable connections and inspiration to everyone’s spiritual journey whether you are healing from a narcissist in your life or finding your spark and purpose during a difficult transit.  She is passionate about empowering people to break ancestral trauma, healing childho...

Rosemarie is a divorced mom of 3 adult sons. She’s the creator of two podcasts: SoloMoms! Talk and Tools of the Podcast Trade. She began her broadcasting journey in 2014 when she started an online radio station to encourage single moms to find the answers to their questions. She considers herself a mindset maven who believes mindset is everything. And things only happen when we have the courage to...

Kelly Murtagh is a single mom, Louisiana native, and an award-winning actress, writer, producer, singer, and children’s book author who works in film, television, and theatre. She has received multiple awards including the Best Actress Award at Festival South, and the Best Actress Award at the 48 Independent Short Film Festival. Kelly wrote the feature-length film Shapeless , telling of her person...

This week’s guest is a psychologist, inspirational speaker, author, and researcher from Montreal. Her expertise is working with parents who have intellectual disabilities. In 2012, she sustained a spinal cord injury in a car accident. Mother to a 16-month-old at the time, the accident and subsequent injury gave her an interesting perspective on parenting and disability. Marjorie believes that focu...

This week’s guest is a Canadian educator, parent, and coach, residing in Fukuoka, Japan. During a rich career in education spanning four decades, she has been dedicated to empowering children, parents and teachers to be their best and do their best.   A self-confessed nomad, she has experienced a variety of countries and cultures, both as a teacher and a school leader, and her perspective of the c...

This week guest has a coaching business, a communications facilitator and leadership mentor Leaving school with no qualifications – a result of severe dyslexia & bullying – he very quickly excelled his way in adult life and a career by cultivating the art of listening, watching & reading human behaviour to figure out what makes people tick. Being one of the first leading drag artists & only male c...

This week’s guest is a Husband, Father, Marine Veteran, Entrepreneur, Teacher, and Political Activist. His mission is to help people find happiness through community and purpose, often by overcoming bad policy decisions in government. He was the 2018 Libertarian New York State Gubernatorial candidate and garnered about 100,000 votes—more than any previous Libertarian candidate. He has appeared on...

Scott Graham is an author of 15 books and counting, a career coach, and a business coach in Boston, Massachusetts. Scott coaches’ clients to identify the true focus of their life — something that speaks individually to them. It means recognizing the forces that push their lives off course and adjusting to them, so you get where you want to go. It means that when you are 90 years old and you look b...

This week’s guest is an award-winning professional declutter’er, life & end of life organizer, author, and certified life coach. She is passionate about supporting people in clearing clutter in all areas of their lives; preparing for death to live life more fully; getting organized and becoming more mindful and aware. When children are taught to declutter and organize, they are more likely to find...

She was raised in a poor neighbourhood Southeast of Brazil, in a family of heavy drinkers. When she was 4 years old, her father had a heart attack and died. She had a rough childhood with lots of struggle and violence, sexual, physical, and mental abuse, that brought a lot of pain and fear into her life. She started drinking heavily to numb the pain and hopelessness when she was around 12 years ol...