56: Joshua Coburn, Motivational Speaker, Author, Wellraiser Radio, The Relief: Your Rescue Story

Joshua Coburn is a nationally-recognized motivational speaker, author, podcaster, and YouTube artist. He speaks at schools and other organizations with his Manners & Motivation tour, aimed at students and adults. He reaches out to people who may suffer from depression, self-esteem issues, eating disorders, bullying, and thoughts of suicide. Joshua lives in Iowa with his wife and two children, and has a background in body modification, as you can see from his photos. In today’s episode, Joshua shares about his journey to becoming a motivational speaker and talks about his rescued cats, Willie (aka Sir William or One-Eyed Willie) and Peanut.

Website http://www.joshuacoburn.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/authorjoshuacoburn/ Podcast http://www.joshuacoburn.com/wellraisers-society/#wellraiser-radio YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ8D3lS46hc_m4oziMih8LA His latest book is entitled, Inspiration on Demand Amazon

Joshua’s Five Points of Empowerment

Vulnerability Taking Chances Fail Forward Overcoming Challenges Communication

Find more here about the Five Points of Empowerment

http://www.joshuacoburn.com/relief/#resource

 Thanks to Aaron ‘Static’ Render, host of the Uncontained podcast, for connecting me with Joshua.

Aaron’s Podcast https://soundcloud.com/uncontained-23113766 Aaron's interview with Joshua Soundcloud

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