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Catalyst for Change Stories

62 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -

Stories and tools for resiliency

Mental Health Health & Fitness
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Episode #12 Nicole Burgess life coach, LMFT offers tools for life happiness

August 05, 2020 07:00 - 23 minutes - 9.08 MB

We are doing things a little different this week and will hear from a professional who helps women with challenging events that they may be facing. Nicole Burgess is a life coach, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and podcast host of Soul Filled Sisterhood and Launching Your Daughter. She will share tools she has learned to help us through challenging times. You can find her on social media at  Facebook: @NicoleBurgessCoaching https://nicoleburgesscoaching.com/nicolelifecoach/  to re...

Episode #11 Jeni Wren Stottrup TBI survivor family member, advocate for mental health, change maker

July 29, 2020 07:00 - 33 minutes - 19.5 MB

Topics covered in the episode:  Sensitive topics such as sexual assault, traumatic brain injury, mental health, PTSD, ADHD, EMDR In her professional life Jeni Wren Stottrup is an audio producer, musician, storyteller, vocalist and podcast advocate based in Portland, Oregon. She is the host of narrative music podcast and XRAY.FM show, Gritty Birds, founder of Podcast Portland and owner of Gritty Birds Podcasting. As a podcast coach and producer Jeni is passionate about supporting businesses...

Episode #10 Dr. Robert Rinck cancer survivor, advocate, public health leader

July 22, 2020 07:00 - 35 minutes - 13.9 MB

Robert M Rinck, PhD, MPH is the Fieldwork Coordinator for the MPH Program at San Jose State University (SJSU) and Chapter President of the Northern California Society of Public Health Education Chapter (NC-SOPHE). He has worked with a variety of communities such as a Native Americans Diabetes Project in Oakland, California, on a Refugee Soccer Program in Sydney, Australia as well as working with immigrant families at McKinley Elementary School on health promotion and education activities and...

Episode #9 Chad Muncy on redefining the path to success & building resiliency & passion

July 15, 2020 07:00 - 33 minutes - 20.2 MB

 Chad Muncy began his entrepreneurial journey at 12 years old when he and his brother Cliff sold car washes around their neighborhood and started a mobile auto washing service called Sud Bucket. Chad quickly learned that his passion wasn’t in washing cars, instead, he loved talking to people and making a sale. In high school, Chad learned as much about entrepreneurship and business as he could. Even though Chad had a mindset of making a life for himself as a business owner, upon graduating h...

Episode #8 Samira Saffarzadeh journey of healing to helping others

July 08, 2020 07:00 - 33 minutes - 13.1 MB

Samira is a leader in the utility industry and a Diversity and Inclusion champion and mental health advocate.  She has used her passion for people and their well being to establish groups within her organization that drive deeper cultural understanding and open dialogue.  Samira also co-hosts a podcast called We're Not So Different where she and her co-host counter cultural ignorance through engagement and candid repartee.  You can connect with Samira via social media @wnsdifferent and wnsdi...

Episode #7 The Palmer's and their unparalleled journey loving foster children

July 01, 2020 07:00 - 31 minutes - 17.6 MB

Jason and Amanda have been together for over 20 years. In that time they have raised kinship placements, Bio-kids, Adopted kids, and roughly 20 foster kids. Their journey has taken them through the joy of gaining several children and the grief of losing their oldest child. https://fostercarenation.com/ to reach the host: https://www.facebook.com/catalystforchangestories [email protected] YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWXiilXqrHS4YhmkVc8hBg/

Episode #6 Horse and Heart the power of being in relationship with horses to help with healing

June 24, 2020 12:00 - 33 minutes - 18.7 MB

Lori Halliday, owner of Horse and Heart Ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains, has over 20 years in Natural Horsemanship and has been a certified Equine Experiential Learning trainer for over 10 years. Her training in these techniques is underpinned by a formal education in the behavioral sciences —psychology, sociology, criminology, cultural anthropology and art.  Drawing on this rich background, Lori has created in Horse & Heart, a beautiful, tranquil and safe place for others to study, learn...

Episode# 5 Heather Wilde from young entrepreneur to making a larger change in the world

June 17, 2020 08:00 - 25 minutes - 14 MB

Heather Wilde was the eighth employee of Evernote and is known as “The Unicorn Whisperer”. She's published games for Disney, the WWE and Paramount, trained Fortune 500 brands, advised hundreds of startups, and managed nonprofit programs for Alcon, Starbucks, Patagonia, and others.   Wilde has received commendations for her work from the US Government, as well as Awards for Mentor, Coach, Female Executive, Entrepreneur and CTO of the Year, and been named Top Writer on Quora. She writes for Fo...

Episode #4 Batsheva Frankel exponential growth after heartbreak

June 10, 2020 12:00 - 21 minutes - 8.45 MB

Batsheva Frankel, the producer and host of the podcast, Overthrowing Education, has a Master of Arts in Teaching and is a veteran educator of over 25 years.  As an educational consultant, she has given workshops for universities, conferences, schools and other organizations across the US and the UK. Batsheva, a long-time Arete Preparatory Academy teacher and administrator, is also the director of The Arete Institute.  In 2017, Behrman House published her book, The Jewish Educator’s Companion...

Episode #3 Jessica Neideffer from Crohn’s dis-ease to healing on a deeper level

June 03, 2020 16:00 - 20 minutes - 11.2 MB

Jessica Neideffer became aware that there was more to her than just a physical body at a very young age. She experienced many health issues during childhood and almost died when she was fifteen from complications of Crohn’s dis-ease. After many years of doctors treating the symptoms with western medicine, she knew there had to be another way of being healed and healthy. After a profound experience at the age of 31, she realized there was a different way and that she was meant to support hers...

Episode #2 McCall Bennett Lawrence - finding Waldo

May 27, 2020 21:11 - 21 minutes - 8.25 MB

You can find McCall at https://www.facebook.com/unboxinggod.wall www.unboxinggodpodcast.com  [email protected]  Check our her podcast Unboxing God [email protected] https://www.unboxinggodpodcast.com/ McCall Bennett-Lawrence has been on a spiritual journey for most of her life. Her search has led her through explorations of various major world religions, but ultimately she landed on a higher power of her understanding named Waldo. She is married with two children and lives in ...

Episode #1 Cameron Asher: story of resilience and post traumatic growth after brain injury

May 20, 2020 03:38 - 23 minutes - 13 MB

In 2016 Cameron Asher got in a car accident which resulted in a severe brain injury and the death of a friend after a driver ran a light while texting and driving. Three months and several medical procedures later, he started University of Kentucky with a determination to help others and not take his second chance at life for granted. He is a recent college graduate from the University of Kentucky where he majored in business management with the goal of someday going into health care entrepr...

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