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#DefineYourself Podcast

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The #DefineYourself Podcast empowers YOU in the disabled community to overcome YOUR COALS: challenges, obstacles, adversities, limitations and setbacks while equipping and empowering YOU to achieve YOUR GOALS for success in YOUR professional, academic and personal lives

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Life After, pornography, gangs, and crime with Mickey Royal

July 15, 2021 05:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MB

Mickey Royal is a former gangster, drug dealer, legendary pimp, paid enforcer, pornographer and now the bestselling author of the book The Pimp Game: Instructional Guide, a book that has been used for the past 11 years as a textbook for FBI agents to get into the minds and inner workings of Human Trafficker. Mickey shares his stories of the 2 times in his life he came close to being charged with attempted murder – the first at the age of 5. Mickey shares what inspired him to get out of the...

Writer, speaker and Dance event boss and survivor of Bell’s Palsy Barbie Wharton

July 08, 2021 05:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MB

Writer, speaker, and dance event boos Barbie Wharton has overcome Anxiety, Depression, a concussion, and Bell’s Palsy to build a successful career for herself. Barbie talks about dealing with depression including how medicine has helped her and can help others.  Barbie also discuss the importance of therapy with battling depression. Barbie explains Bell’s Palsy from a layman’s perspective including how it affected her and how it affects others and how some recovers from it and others do no...

Rebuilding a Life After Abuse and Depression with Brian Tellor

July 01, 2021 05:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MB

Brian Tellor youth was impacted by abuses -both physically, verbally, and emotionally by his single mother’s boyfriend, and bullied by others.    As a young adult Brian had a run in with the law.  That experience and seeing his so called “friends” go to prison for armed robbery, quickly encouraged him that a life of crime was not for him. Unfortunately, Brian went on to a marriage which ended because he was unfaithful, and his life was plagued with mental health issues including, depressio...

Freelance Writing Despite MS with Sylvia Longmire

June 24, 2021 05:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MB

More than sixteen years ago, Sylvia Longmire’s life started to become turned upside down with a medical diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis.  The diagnosis caused her to receive medial retirement form the Air Force.  Instead of giving up, Sylvia pivoted and is now a freelance travel writer, a professional voice actor and the author of “What Happened To You”, a collection of stories of what actually happened to Sylvia during her travels. Sylvia will share with you her story of how she is living ...

The Blind Non-Profit Founder and Law School Graduate Daniel Hodges

June 17, 2021 05:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MB

Daniel Hodges, the founder of Peaces of Me Foundation, a 501c non-profit and is a recent graduate from law school and although that is impressive in itself, Daniel has built his success despite being legally blind and Connected Tissue Disorder. Daniel shares his disability journey and how he has faced every challenge and found ways to overcome them to build the success he desired and deserved in his professional and personal life. LINKS FROM THE EPISODE ·        https://peacesofme.org/ ·...

Jay Shifman: an Accomplished Speaker and Recovering Substance Misuser

June 10, 2021 05:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MB

Jay Shifman’s story of how he has become an accomplished speaker and storyteller is one of triumph over a mental health misdiagnosis and addictions. Jay touches upon how a medical misdiagnosis combined with prescription he did not need, contributed to his substance misuse. Jay shares how he hit rock bottom and attempted suicide (unsuccessfully) twice and how he decided to turn his life around. Jay also discussed the lengthy process he endured to become a recovering substance misuser and h...

Helping Others Through Anxiety and PTSD with Joanne Williams

June 03, 2021 05:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MB

Joanne Williams is a LCSW (licensed clinical social worker) and a survivor of anxiety and PTSD, caused by both verbal and physical abuse, shares her journey as escaped the abuse and how she lives with the anxiety and PTSD.   Joanne also talks about how emotional support animals can help those who live with either anxiety or PTSD and how she helps people get their pers certified as a emotional support animal. Joanne explains the laws about traveling with emotional support animals and debunk...

Writing a Book While Battling Cancer with Ben Cooper

May 27, 2021 05:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MB

Ben Cooper is Christian, an author of a self-published multi-awarding winning devotional book, and a survivor of cancer – twice! Ben shares how he has leaned on his father as a ma of God and used writing to help him beat adenocarcinoma and prostrate cancer. LINKS FROM THE EPISODE ·         [email protected] OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION The producer and host of the #DefineYourself Podcast is an inspirational and motivational author, writer, blogger, speaker and podcaster. Chris,...

John Helton: STOP YOUR WHINING: Legally Blind with 20/20 Vision

May 20, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MB

John Helton is a Certified Professional Coach, Certified Relationship Coach, Certified Bereavement Coach and a Christian Inspirational and Motivational Speaker John was called to the speaking ministry to tell his story of surviving an infection in the brain that caused him to become legally blind, the loss of his first wife, competing in the American Blind Bowling Association national tournament. John is the host a Christian “entertainment” talk show on Zoom called, “The Psalm 150 Talk Sho...

Musician and Backpacker Eric Allen is Legally Blind

May 13, 2021 05:00 - 47 minutes - 32.3 MB

Eric Allen is law school graduate, has backpacked through East Africa, the Middle East, and Asia and is a musician who writes and performs Americana blues and outlaw folk music. Eric shares his amazing story of growing up legally blind and discusses international traveling and living for disabled. Eric shares a sample of his song, 40 Years off his first full length album “Eric Allen”. The album is available on Spotify and iTunes. LINKS FROM THE EPISODE ·        https://ericallenmusic.ba...

Overcoming Blindness with Kevin Lowe

May 06, 2021 05:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MB

Kevin Lowe has been completely blind since he was a junior in high school.  His blindness was the result of surgery to remove a brain tumor that if it was not removed immediately, he was given less than 6 months to live. Kevin believes that when he awoke from the surgery for his brain tumor to discover he was completely blind, that was the moment his second life began. Kevin credits his successful fight through the sadness, the loss, the devastation to his Faith in Jesus and his amazing fa...

Overcoming blindness, divorce, and loss of a loved one with Michaela Cox

April 29, 2021 05:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MB

Michaela Cox is a six-time author with an interesting story of a journey through life.  Michaela has been legally blind all of her life.  he first marriage ended in divorce and her second marriage ended when her husband died. Michaela has overcome it all to be a single parent and shares what she has learned through it all. LINKS FROM THE EPISODE ·       https://www.myheartfeltmeditations.com/ ·       https://youtu.be/5XtE5_1Irk8 OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION The producer and host of the ...

Overcoming Dyslexia with Abigail Griebelbauer

April 22, 2021 05:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MB

Abigail Griebelbauer was diagnosed with dyslexia in 2nd grade and really struggled during grade school. In high school Abigail started to figure out tricks that worked for her. Abigail graduated from college with a duel degree in Special Education and Elementary Education.  Abigail wrote the children's book "D is for Darcy Not Dyslexia"  LINKS FROM THE EPISODE ·       https://thepassagepress.com/ OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION The producer and host of the #DefineYourself Podcast is an inspi...

Coping with Depression by Randi-Lee Bowslaugh

April 15, 2021 05:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MB

Randi-Lee Bowslaugh is an author and outspoken advocate for mental health sharing her true story of her battle of depression with honesty Randi-Lee's struggled with depression most of her life and has started to share her coping mechanisms with others. I have published two non-fiction books and have another one launching in March as well as writing short horror stories and kids stories. As well as helping my youngest (who has autism) start their business as an artist.  Randi-Lee's books, T...

Overcoming stroke and amputation with Lafiro A. Gómez III

April 08, 2021 05:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MB

Lafiro A. Gómez is survived a stroke that left him a hemiplegic.  Over time he had to endure an amputation of a foot. Lafiro is a self-published author of 2 books: Parachute Island, a YA novel about children in the afterlife and The Valiants, a high epic fantasy and is currently working on his third book. Lafiro writes all of his books using only his iPhone and his thumb on his right hand. LINKS FROM THE EPISODE ·        https://imaginationfactorycreations.com OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATIO...

Living with Autism as an adult with Becca Lory Hector

April 01, 2021 05:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MB

Becca Lory Hector is an autism and neurodiversity consultant, author, speaker, mentor and was diagnosed on the autism spectrum scale at the age of 36. She has dedicated herself to the adult autism community.  She has designed a virtual personal development course for Autistic Adults to help them go from surviving to thriving.  Becca writes a monthly newsletter, “Monthly Musings”; two weekly YouTube livestreams; and being an Assistant Editor/Feature Writer for Spectrum Women Magazine. Becc...

Overcoming abuse and a sports hernia with Krystal Holm

March 25, 2021 05:00 - 58 minutes - 40 MB

Krystal Holm grew up with a lot of physical, mental, and emotional abuse.  Krystal was always told she would never amount to anything more than a 50's housewife.  In 2016 Krystal suffered a work comp injury that left her unable to walk or work and was basically left to fend for herself. Facing the rest of her life in a wheelchair, Krystal began doing yoga every day to heal her body and get her life back. Krystal used her knowledge of feng shui to intentionally create a self-care space that...

Fearlessly Facing Terminal Illness with Terry Tucker

March 18, 2021 05:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MB

Terry Tucker, thttps://www.amazon.com/Sustainable-Excellence-Principles-Uncommon-Extraordinary/dp/1951129512/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Sustainable+Excellence&qid=1615920153&sr=8-1 he author of Sustainable Excellence, Ten Principles to Leading Your Uncommon and Extraordinary Life, started his battle with cancer in 2012 when he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Acral Lentiginous Melanoma.  Tucker’s cancer is so rare that only about 6,500 people are diagnosed with this form of ...

Meet Marissa Lelogeais of Merry Rockers

March 11, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MB

Marissa Lelogeais is the lead vocalist and songwriter of the Merry Rockers and is a super fan of reggae music. Marissa, or as she prefers to be called, Mar, has overcome many life challenges including Cerebral Palsy and low vision to graduate from Berklee college of music,  Mar shares how she has not allowed either alter-ability, as she called them, of CP or low vision stand between where she is and the goals she wants to accomplish in life. Mar shares her music and her accomplishments in...

Stomping on CP with Tylia Flores

March 04, 2021 06:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MB

Tylia Flores mission in life is to stomp out CP and live her life on her terms, not on the terms set by her physical disability of Cerebral Palsy. Tylia shares some of her adventures she has had in life.  Flores also talkdd about  LINKS FROM THE EPISODE ·        https://tyliaflores.com ·        https://www.challengeair.com/ OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION The producer and host of the #DefineYourself Podcast is an inspirational and motivational author, writer, blogger, speaker and podcaster...

Overcoming Aphasia with Avi Golden

February 25, 2021 06:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MB

While undergoing surgery for av valve prolapse, Avi surviving a stroke that resulted in aphasia. Avi may have had to leave his job as a critical care flight paramedic in New York city at first, but today he volunteers with the EMT and speaks about aphasia to first responders and medical professionals around the world – just to name a few things that Avi is involved with. Avi shares what he has had gone through to regain the ability to speak and how he helps other understand aphasia.    LI...

Writing with a vision impairment with Will Dowd

February 18, 2021 06:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MB

William Dowd is a writer with binocular vision disorder, a vision disorder that interferes with a person being able to coordinate their eyes together.   William shares with us what the diagnosis means and how he realized he had binocular vision disorder. William shares what he has done to battle his visual struggles and how he uses assistive technology to thrive as an avid reader and successful writer. William also shares how he has succeeded as a writer including a few humorous experienc...

Disabled and Dating conversation with Tamar Outmzeguine

February 11, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MB

Tamar Outmzeguine, an administrator for the web site, Dating4Disabled.com shares her insights and advice for anyone who is disabled, or as Chris says “differently-abled” who wishes to find love. Chris and Tamar discuss openly some of the hang-ups and stigmas disabled people face when they start thinking about dating and how to overcome them and how to date virtually in a COVID world. Tamar shares great advice for anyone (differently abled or not) about dating.  Tamar also shares some succe...

Overcoming Learning Disability and more with Lorna Rose

February 04, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MB

Growing up Lorna Rose had a learning disability and a father, a verbally and emotionally abusive man, instead of helping her with her learning disability he would call her stupid along with other names. Lorna has overcome those challenges and her past and has become a mother of two wonderful special children.  Loran is a writer and has written a memoir that she is hopes to have published in the coming future. Lorna shares here journey through life including serving in AmeriCorps in Alaska ...

Nothing stops Sarah Willey from her passion in life

January 28, 2021 06:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MB

When Sarah Willey was in her senior year of undergraduate school, she started struggling with breathing.  She didn’t even think it was asthma related until two to three years later when an observer told Sarah she was having trouble with her asthma because her cough sounded like their child, who has asthma, cough. At the age of 29, Willey started experiencing neck pain that came and went for months.  When it got to the point, she could not lift her right arm, Willey visited a doctor where sh...

Tiffany Yu of Diversability

January 21, 2021 06:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MB

At the age of nine, Tiffany Yu lost her father in a car accident that left her with a brachial plexus injury and a paralyzed arm.  Yu spent three weeks in hospital and four months in a wheelchair.   Yu went on to professional success, graduating with honors from Georgetown University, earning a master’s degree from the London School of Economics, and working for companies like Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs Yu is the founder of Diversability, a community-driven organization seeking to rebrand...

Thriving Beyond Blindness with Michael Hingson

January 14, 2021 06:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MB

Despite being blind since almost birth, Michael Hingson has not allowed his lack of sight be a liability – in fact he sees being sighted as being a liability. As a child Mike attended the same public schools as his sighted peers.   Mike eenr rode a bicycle to and from school! Mike completed college with a degree in physics.  After college Mike worked almost his entire adult life, most in sales. On this episode of the #DefineYourself Podcast Mike shares his journey, his views on blindness ...

Bankruptcy and beyond with Daniel Massimino

January 07, 2021 06:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MB

Daniel Massimino has always been a go getter.  At the age of 15 he started his own cell phone repair business.  He had success in that business until he was forced into filing a business bankruptcy. The bankruptcy, along with addictions, lead Dan to the brink of suicide. With the hard days in his rear view mirror of life, Dan has a new mission of helping people break out of the paradigm of mediocrity and dissatisfaction through the use of my own life as an example and a new business design...

Five keys to Greatness with Ari Gunzburg

December 17, 2020 06:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MB

At the young age of ten, during a school outing, Ari and his classmates experienced a very traumatic event for their young age – they witnessed their rabbi dying on a rail in a forest.  This even start Ari on an adventure that helped make him the man he is today. Although there wee times that were difficult, and at times Ari was placed in to situations many of us will never experience Ari does not regret what he has lived through because as Ari would say, it has helped mold him into the per...

Caring for your mental health during a pandemic with Michelle Dickinson

December 10, 2020 06:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MB

Michelle Dickinson was introduced to the world of menta; health at the young age of 4 when she became a caregiver to her manic depressive/bipolar mother. Michell shares what it was like growing up as a caregiver of an adult with mental health issues and how it impacted her life and talks about her book, “Breaking into my life“ that is  all about her experience being her mother’s mental health caregiver. Dickinson also discusses the toll mental health problems takes on first responders and ...

Different ways to grieve with Alison Pena aka Bad Widow

December 03, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MB

Alison Pena cared for her loving husband until he passed from pancreatic cancer in 2016.  Her husband left her hundreds of paintings, a mother in law and an emptiness in her life.  At first Alison struggled with this drastic change in her life and the grieving process that others expected her to experience.  Then she found her own way through the loss and is now using her experiences to help others.  Alison, aka the Bad Widow, a NYC consultant on resilience after loss shares with others ho...

Overcoming Addiction to Pornography with Joshua Shea

November 13, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB

Joshua Shea is a recovering pornography addict and the author of three books on the subject. Joshua and Chris discuss the 24 years Shea was addicted to pornography, During the conversation She shares the causes of addiction in Gretna and to pornography specifically. Shea shares openly how it affected his life including his marriage and his family, and how his arrest for his addiction was the beginning of his sobriety. LINKS FROM THE EPISODE https://recoveringpornaddict.com/ OTHER IMPORT...

Conquering Multiple Sclerosis and Lupus with Tammy Durden

November 12, 2020 11:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MB

Tammy Durden is an amazing woman who had taken lemons and turned them into lemonade.  When Multiple Sclerosis and Lupus forced her out of working in corporate America, Tammy found a way to work from home around her disabilities,  Tammy has started 2 successful businesses: both with a mission to help other disabled professionals work as well as parents of disabled children who must stay at home to take care of their children. LINKS FROM THE EPISODE http://tammysoffices.com tammy@tammysoff...

Cerebral Palsy and Martial Arts with Matt Marcinek

November 05, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MB

It seems like fighting, in one way or another, has always been a part of Matt Marcinek’s life. From being diagnosed with cerebral palsy at nine months old and battling against a neurologist’s bleak outlook for his life, to combating people’s perception of him, or as an athlete in the sports of Brazilian Jiu-Jitu and judo and finally overcoming a ten year losing streak, it always seems like there’s an “opponent” trying impede his progress; but Matt just keeps fighting. As a grappling and me...

Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis with Kim Curry

October 29, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MB

Kim Curry, better known as Kidd Curry, worked in radio for nearly 32 years until Multiple Sclerosis forced him to change his path in life. Since his diagnosis, Curry has written “Come Get Me Mother, I’m Finished” and “The Death of Fairness” Chris and Kim discuss his diagnosis, how it changed his life, Kim’s book and their respective experiences working in broadcast radio. LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Website: https://www.krcurry.com/ OTHER IMPORTANT LINKS Learn more about Chris Mitchell at h...

Nicole Neer, host of the Spooniepreneur podcast

October 22, 2020 05:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

Nicole Neer CEO of Bloom Administrative Services and host of the Spooniepreneur podcast discusses how she has built a successful virtual assistant business despite living with and battling fibromyalgia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Bipolar Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder LINKS FROM THE EPISODE https://www.resilientbusinesstoolkit.com/ OTHER IMPORTANT LINKS Watch this episode on our YouTube channel – https://youtu.be/JcehwXoJDZI Learn more about #DefineYourself by visiting http:/...

Carina Ho of Onikho Music

October 15, 2020 05:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MB

Carina Ho survived a car accident that took the life of her mother and left her a paraplegic in a wheelchair with a spinal cord injury.  The injury may have altered her life, but it did not change her belief that she had a bight future ahead of her. Carina continued her pursuit of music under the name of Onikho.  Through her music and her life she is showing the world that a spinal cord injury does not mean your life is over. LINKS FROM THE EPISODE ·       https://onikhomusic.com/ OTHER ...

Katie Rodriguez Banister of Access-4-All

October 08, 2020 10:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MB

February 11th, 1990, Katie Rodriguez Banister survived an auto accident that left her a quadriplegic, paralyzed from the chest down and placed her in a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Banister did not let her limitations limit her ability to live life to the fullest. Since her injury Katie has served as Ms. Wheelchair Missouri.  She has been recognized as a St. Louis Woman of Achievement.  In 1993 she was recognized by the Missouri Governor’s Council on Disability as their Advocate of...

Ashley Lyn Olson and Wheelchairtraveling.com

October 01, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MB

At the age of fourteen, Ashley was traveling in the family car on a highway when the skies suddenly became dark and before anyone know it, a monsoon poured down.  As the road become dangerous to drive on, Ashley’s mom told her and her younger sister that she had a bad feeling and they should put on their seatbelts. Before putting on her seat belt, Ashley reached down onto the floor to pick something up. that is when the car slid off the road into a ravine while ejecting Ashely through the ...

Batting through serious mental illness with Amanda Webster

September 24, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MB

Amanda Webster stood on the balcony of a hotel in Canada ready to jump to her death when a song outside of her room stopped her. A few weeks later, Amanda, who has been diagnosed with Borderline personality Disorder. Manic depressive, bipolar, along with a history of self-harm, drug use and anxiety, was considered to have a serious mental illness – a diagnosis that she was told would never change – has been reclassified as not having a serious mental illness. Hear her amazing story of batt...

Overcoming overeating with Renėe Jones

September 17, 2020 11:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MB

Renėe Jones struggles with weight started when she started grade school.  The battle has gone on for over forty years. During the battle, Jones discovered that her problem was that she was eating to satisfy her emotions instead of her hunger.  Renėe shares her insights into this phenomenon and gives tips on how to discover why you are eating and tricks to start losing weight.  LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Book -What’s Really Eating You?: Overcome the Triggers of Comfort Eating - https://amzn.t...

A conversation about suicide with David Woods Bartley

September 10, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MB

Every 12 minutes there is a suicide death in the United States and David Woods Bartley was moments away from being one of the of those death on August 31st. 2011. Bartley, who is diagnosed with Bipolar II, was prepared to jump off a bridge in Northern California when a bystander acted on a hunch that something was wrong and called for help. Today Barley, who still struggles with what he called “mental wellness”, is on a mission to spread his story and advocate for suicide prevention.  Lis...

How Cayla Brooke regained her music

September 03, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MB

Cayla Brooke, a self-proclaimed jazz rock singer  singer shares the “behind the scenes” story of her not so perfect childhood and life: a life full trauma and abuse, both sexual and verbal, depression, suicidal thoughts and the loss of her family, her marriage and her children. Brooke also shares with us how she got thorough it all and the direction her life is taking now: including signing and helping others. LINKS FROM THE EPISODE https://bit.ly/MyChairWorkshop   https://www.caylabrook...

Breast Cancer warrior Lori Marini helping others face cancer

August 27, 2020 11:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MB

Lori Marini, the founder of Lori Marini Coaching and a life coach, share her story of being diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer, how she reacted to the news, her struggles, what got her through it and how she has turned that difficult season of her life into a business where she helps others battle cancer along with other life challenges. Marini also discusses how she can help women design a life they love beyond their circumstances – regardless if that is cancer or anything other challeng...

Coming out of divorce stronger with Rev. Dr. Marisha Stewart

August 20, 2020 11:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MB

One morning, a little over 1 year into her marriage, the Reverend Doctor Mariah Stewart husband told her that he did not want to be married anymore. The proclamation, although it was not a complete surprise to her, did change her life from being a married woman to a divorcee raising her son. As a single mom who battled anxiety, depression and some thoughts of suicide, she drew upon her faith to raise her son not to hate his father while making sure she could financially provide for the bot...

Growing Up Black in White with Kevin Hofmann

August 13, 2020 11:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MB

Kevin Hofmann has lived an interesting life.  His mom wanted to abort him as he was conceived via an interracial affair – fortunately, she changed her mind and he was born in Detroit weeks of after the Detroit riots of 1967, also known as the 12rth street riots. At the age of three months, Hofmann was adopted by a white minster and his white wife into their family in Detroit where he grew up with three older white siblings. Despite a cross being burnt on his yard at a very young age, his w...

How to share your story with Cindy Kolbe

August 06, 2020 11:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MB

Cindy Kolbe, author of Struggling with Serendipity, discusses how she shared her and her daughters’ story of a lifechanging car accident, in her book and in speaking opportunities. Although this episode is not about her book and her experience form the car accent, Kolbe uses her book as a springboard to share how you can share your story in written form (book or articles) or when speaking to groups on as a guest on a podcast. Kolbe shares great tips on different ways to share emotions and ...

My Steps to Sobriety with Stephan Neff

July 30, 2020 11:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MB

Our guest is Stephan Neff from New Zealand, an anaesthetist, author and alcoholic in recovery.  Over the last 7 years he has made every day a little bit better than the day before. Stephan will discuss his experiences as a alcoholic and his book "My steps to Sobriety".   DID YOU KNOW? Alcoholism is the most serious form of problem drinking, and describes a strong, often uncontrollable, desire to drink. Sufferers of alcoholism will often place drinking above all other obligations, including...

Meet Chris Mitchell

July 25, 2020 11:00 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MB

ABOUT THE EPISODE DID YOU KNOW? This is the first episode of the #DefineYourself Podcast, a weekly podcast committed to empowering you to overcome your COALS: challenges, obstacles, adversities, limitations and setbacks while enabling you to achieve your GOALS for success in your professional and personal lives by sharing resources and stories of others who have done the same. ABOUT OUR GUEST: Chris Mitchell is the founder of #DefineYourself and the host of the #DefineYourself Podcast wi...

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