THE ONES WHO DARED

Send us Fan Mail If you are feeling burnt out this episode is for you! In this episode Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith goes over the seven types of rest we all need to live our best life. She shares how rest or lack of it impacts all areas of our lives, and also small steps we can take to fill the different buckets of rest. To find out the type of rest you may be lacking take a free quiz online on RestQu...

Send us Fan Mail Kimberly Stuart is the author of eight published novels, not including one that is buried under a tree in her backyard .   She is a heartfelt public speaker who will make you cry and laugh all at once. Kimberly is a podcast host of the For Real show with Kimberly Stuart where she invites listeners to eavesdrop on conversations with folks who live and love well, create beautiful th...

Send us Fan Mail Erin Cuccio  who shares her journey of grief. How loosing her son became the reason for her unraveling and healing the broken pieces. Led her to writing a book called Unraveled- Finding the Lovely When Life Comes Undone We question whether grief can be a gift? Healthy ways to grieve?  What not so say to those who are grieving?  Erin Cuccio is a writer, speaker, and podcast host. S...

Send us Fan Mail What can we learn from a woman who walked around the world? Polly Letofsky traveled across 4 continents, 22 countries, walking over 14,000 miles – by foot in five years. Raising awareness for breast cancer. What was once a faraway dream in a little girl's heart became a reality. But it was not an easy road. Polly struggled with various challenges, including earthquakes, muggi...

Send us Fan Mail Jyoti Thottam is a Senior Opinion editor of New York Times. She was also a reporter, editor, and foreign correspondent. Born in India & Grew up in Texas, USA. Jyoti Graduated from Yale University and Columbia University. Jyoti became curious about her mom's story as a nurse in the hospital run by nuns, which led her to 20 years of extensive research on her book Sisters Of...

Send us Fan Mail Don't miss this episode with Britnie Turner.  Britnie shares her story as well as practical steps anyone can take to advance their life toward success by writing a eulogy and living with intention. Glamour magazine, "Inspiring Women of The Year From Around America" Fortune Magazine , "Leading Women in Business" Forbes 6th Fastest-Growing Women-Owned and Wo...

Send us Fan Mail This is the last episode of 74-93 yr old Best Advice, Life Regrets & more series is a unique compilation of interviews that were done in a retirement community.  The guests were given an opportunity to volunteer to be interviewed on THE ONES WHO DARED podcast, the goal was not to have any background information on them until they were in the chair face to face. The purpose was...

Send us Fan Mail 74-93 yr old Best Advice, Life Regrets & more series is a unique compilation of interviews that were done in a retirement community.  The guests were given an opportunity to volunteer to be interviewed on THE ONES WHO DARED podcast, the goal was not to have any background information on them until they were in the chair face to face. The purpose was to get to know the generati...

Send us Fan Mail 74-93 yr old Best Advice, Life Regrets & more series is a unique compilation of interviews that were done in a retirement community.  The guests were given an opportunity to volunteer to be interviewed on THE ONES WHO DARED podcast, the goal was not to have any background information on them until they were in the chair face to face. The purpose was to get to know the generati...

Send us Fan Mail 74-93 yr old Best Advice, Life Regrets & more series is a unique compilation of interviews that were done in a retirement community.  The guests were given an opportunity to volunteer to be interviewed on THE ONES WHO DARED podcast, the goal was not to have any background information on them until they were in the chair face to face. The purpose was to get to know the generati...

Send us Fan Mail 74-93 yr old Best Advice, Life Regrets & more series is a unique compilation of interviews that were done in a retirement community.  The guests were given an opportunity to volunteer to be interviewed on THE ONES WHO DARED podcast, the goal was not to have any background information on them until they were in the chair face to face. The purpose was to get to know the generati...

Send us Fan Mail Abandoned as a toddler in Nazi Germany, American-born Eleanor Isaacson survived bombings, starvation, Russian occupation, and a stint as a child smuggler—all before reaching her teens. Escaping just as the Iron Curtain clashed shut, Eleanor soon discovered that “the land of the free” held as much pain and rejection as the life she’d escaped. Deafness and solitude would become the...

Send us Fan Mail This is a bonus episode to recap the best advice given by our guests from 2022. The guests who are on this episode are: Bob Goff from How to live a life of Courage Aleta Serrano from Persevering  for the Benefit of Others Kristi McElwee from Battling Cancer & Infertility Anthony Izear from Outlier: From the Streets of St. Louis to a Self-Made Millionaire  Georgia Thomson from...

Send us Fan Mail Fox and Rob Richardson, of the Academy Award nominated documentary called  TIME , available on Amazon. This episode is a powerful story of love, redemption and beating all odds. You will hear how in desperate times, they made a choice to Rob a bank which led to incarceration, and a sentence for rob of 60 years in prison. Robs wife Fox, resolved that she will see her family togethe...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode, we have a special guest, Lois Lowry, who is a prolific writer, having written over 50 books in her writing career; she is most recognized as the author of the giver, which won several awards and became a motion picture it also raised a lot of controversies, which you will hear on our talk about as well. Lowry has won two Newbery Medals for The Giver and Number...

Send us Fan Mail Candid Conversation with Katie Horst about how our culture tends to idolize people with platforms as if their lives are making a greater impact than the lives of others. We talk about comparison, influence and embracing the here and now moments. Katie Horst is a writer, speaker, chef and mother of four.  Her writings fuse together humor and spiritual truth in the context of life,...

Send us Fan Mail Allison Fallon is an award winning author, sought after public speaker, and nationally recognized writing coach. She has coached hundreds of thousands of writers - from NYT Bestselling authors to total beginners to help them finally get their books written and on shelves.  Her most recent book The Power of Writing It Down walks anyone - even those who swear they aren't "...

Send us Fan Mail Elizabeth Melendez Fisher Good is the Founder and CEO of the Foundation United which has evolved into a catalytic platform to end sexual exploitation and trafficking through systemic change. Elizabeth is an Author, sought after speaker and has a Master’s Degree in Psychology, she has been a passionate pioneer in the anti-sex trafficking movement for more than a decade and has help...

Send us Fan Mail "As a story begins,  the protagonist is living a life that's more or less in balance. Then...an event occurs that radically upsets [that ] balance..." -Robert McKee  On this solo episode, I share what has been on my heart in the last couple yearsas well as what led me to writing a book. Support the show -Links- https://www.svetkapopov.com/ https://www.instagram.com/...

Send us Fan Mail Fi Lusby is an author of a book called And Then We Danced with her husband Mike Lusby. "The foundation of a marriage forms long before two people stand at the front of a church and say, "I do." The foundation of a marriage forms in a little boy's heart, when his alcoholic father tells him, "You'll never amount to anything." The foundation of a ma...

Send us Fan Mail In his 32 years as a coroner, Graham Hetrick from the hit Discovery ID show (now on amazon prime ) "The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead" has witnessed dramatic changes in the way we die. This episode is part TWO of the conversation: listen to episode 6 for the first portion prior to this episode. Graham says, "If we look at how people die, then we can better understan...

Send us Fan Mail In his 32 years as a coroner, Graham Hetrick from the hit Discovery ID show (now on amazon prime ) "The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead" has witnessed dramatic changes in the way we die. Graham says, "If we look at how people die, then we can better understand how we are living, or how we should be living." In this episode, you will learn: How did Graham become a...

Send us Fan Mail "Thanks to the unrelenting efforts of Memorial, the Ostarbeiter are no longer forgotten victims. OST is a valuable and important history; it is, moreover, a testament to revealing and recording uncomfortable truths, at a time when the myth of Russia is once again being remade, and attacks on those who would deny that myth increase." - TLS Georgia Thomson joins us from Lo...

Send us Fan Mail Anthony Izear's story may seem like a rags-to-riches plot. But there is so much more to it.  For one, he is an incredible human, husband, father, and friend. If you met him, you would know his heart is kind, and he wants the best for those around him.  Yet, none of this came easy. Teachers told his mom he would be dead by the time he was seventeen. Anthony was born in St. Lou...

Send us Fan Mail Kristi McElwee is a DJ for WJTL Radio, where she hosts the Praise & Worship Program, Praise & Worship Podcast, and Worship Song of the Day. Her favorite encouragement for listeners is to sing through the storms of life.  Kristi and her husband, Sam, are both cancer survivors and infertility overcomers. In these trials and her experience with ADHD, Kristi recognizes God’s p...