Becoming Parents Podcast

Mel lost her Mom to breast cancer when she was only 17 and then waited for her own diagnosis. She has also started her own publishing company and is an author twice.

IN HER WORDS: I am a breast cancer survivor and philanthropist. My motto is that life can really suck - but it's up to me not to let it suck the life out of me.

Mel Greenberg is the married mother of two sons in their early twenties. She worked as a copywriter and producer in radio and television before having children and making the decision to stay at home with them full-time. Once she became an empty nester, Mel struggled to find her voice and direction.

Ultimately, it was her passion for writing and the discovery that she was not alone that led her to write “Running With Our Eyes Closed.” It is the first installment of a series exploring her characters’ struggle to redefine the next years of their lives. In addition to writing the next book in the Empty Nested series, Mel is working on several projects, ghostwriting and producing. When she's not visiting her boys, and traveling the world, she enjoys life in the Southwest with her husband Dean, her beloved English Bulldog Stella, and German Shepherd

https://www.melmediallc.com

Gina Roda is a coach with the extraordinary ability to understand relationship dynamics and is able to easily identify positive solutions. I loved talking with her and how she was called to a mission and a purpose. She is a wealth of knowledge and so inspiring!

[email protected] 

Learn more @https://www.yelp.com/biz/gina-roda- the-art-of-conscious-coaching-los-angeles

Gina Roda is a coach with the extraordinary ability to understand relationship dynamics and is able to easily identify positive solutions. I loved talking with her and how she was called to a mission and a purpose. She is a wealth of knowledge and so inspiring!

[email protected] 

Learn more @https://www.yelp.com/biz/gina-roda- the-art-of-conscious-coaching-los-angeles

Foojan and I discuss being raised by a famous Mom with a father not in the pictures much and being passed around to people to take care of her. The good news is she received love from everywhere, the bad news is she was molested. With therapy, awareness integration, resilience she got through her past. She was first a child in rage, ran away at age 11, moved to the USA at the age of 12 on her own, attended ASU at 15 years old and used her past as her passion to become a therapist.

IN HER WORDS:

I am originally from Iran. I was sexually molested from age 3-8, come from a divorced family, came to the U.S. at age 12 1/2 alone, graduated from High School at age 15, went to ASU as an international student, the revolution happened and my parents could not support me, so I started working 3 jobs at age 17 to survive, had to quit school since as an international students the cost was extremely high. I worked and put my self through school and graduate school while I paid fully with no loan. Today I am a known psychotherapist with 30 years of experience who has originated a psychological model to minimize depression and anxiety and raise self-esteem and confidence. I am an author and speaker and host my own radio program on KMET 1490 AM an ABC radio.

Foojan and I discuss being raised by a famous Mom with a father not in the pictures much and being passed around to people to take care of her. The good news is she received love from everywhere, the bad news is she was molested. With therapy, awareness integration, resilience she got through her past. She was first a child in rage, ran away at age 11, moved to the USA at the age of 12 on her own, attended ASU at 15 years old and used her past as her passion to become a therapist.

IN HER WORDS:

I am originally from Iran. I was sexually molested from age 3-8, come from a divorced family, came to the U.S. at age 12 1/2 alone, graduated from High School at age 15, went to ASU as an international student, the revolution happened and my parents could not support me, so I started working 3 jobs at age 17 to survive, had to quit school since as an international students the cost was extremely high. I worked and put my self through school and graduate school while I paid fully with no loan. Today I am a known psychotherapist with 30 years of experience who has originated a psychological model to minimize depression and anxiety and raise self-esteem and confidence. I am an author and speaker and host my own radio program on KMET 1490 AM an ABC radio.

Glenda-Ray and I discussed being in the hospital and nearly dying, "we have to feel it to heal it", working with animals, energy healing as an intuitive, having multi-dimensional journeys, talking to animals, being silent and the cost of not speaking up. A published author twice, with a YouTube channel and meditation

IN HER WORDS:

Amber and I discuss  starting a business, fighting depression, living abroad, getting married, being a lesbian, getting divorced and living her truth.

IN AMBERS WORDS

I went to Cal State University, Long Beach for my undergraduate degree. I developed an intense attraction to my first roommate in college but didn’t know what it meant. I admitted in my journal all of the feelings I was experiencing and even wrote “I might be a lesbian” but somehow talked myself out of that crazy idea. I decided I wanted a family and kids and didn’t see how that could be possible. 

I studied abroad in Granada Spain for a year. I learned Spanish as well as how to be on my own in a foreign country. I got through depression and home-sickness the first couple months through intensive journaling and embracing Spanish culture and language. I got married and had a child and then the realization that I wasn't living my truth hit me.

Now,  I have a four-year-old daughter and am a full-time portrait and wedding photographer. I started photographing families and weddings when I was staying at home with our daughter when she was an infant. The last couple of years have been a crazy quest to live my truth. I finally admitted to myself that I am gay and could not continue to stay married to a man. 

I decided to go full-time with my business that I hadn't had the time to nurture over the last couple years. I feel now I am finally living congruent to who I am in every way. I have given into who I am. I am a gay woman. I am a Photographer. I am a Mother. I am a Creative. I am an Entrepreneur. 

FIND HER HERE:

Amber and I discuss  starting a business, fighting depression, living abroad, getting married, being a lesbian, getting divorced and living her truth.

IN AMBERS WORDS

I went to Cal State University, Long Beach for my undergraduate degree. I developed an intense attraction to my first roommate in college but didn’t know what it meant. I admitted in my journal all of the feelings I was experiencing and even wrote “I might be a lesbian” but somehow talked myself out of that crazy idea. I decided I wanted a family and kids and didn’t see how that could be possible. 

I studied abroad in Granada Spain for a year. I learned Spanish as well as how to be on my own in a foreign country. I got through depression and home-sickness the first couple months through intensive journaling and embracing Spanish culture and language. I got married and had a child and then the realization that I wasn't living my truth hit me.

Now,  I have a four-year-old daughter and am a full-time portrait and wedding photographer. I started photographing families and weddings when I was staying at home with our daughter when she was an infant. The last couple of years have been a crazy quest to live my truth. I finally admitted to myself that I am gay and could not continue to stay married to a man. 

I decided to go full-time with my business that I hadn't had the time to nurture over the last couple years. I feel now I am finally living congruent to who I am in every way. I have given into who I am. I am a gay woman. I am a Photographer. I am a Mother. I am a Creative. I am an Entrepreneur. 

FIND HER HERE:

Talking with Kimberly is a wild ride and her story is outstanding. Not many us us can talk about having a gun to our head and watching two people die. Here are bullet points of what we discuss: A traumatic event at 10 that altered her life.  Mom at 18 From Wisconsin, Lives in Florida.  Has 3 boys 15, 21, 28 and two grandbabies 4, 3 yrs.  Primary financier For family.  Type A, crazy enough to do the impossible, may be the PTS? Left six-figure job, got divorced, trying to be a grown-up. Left comfort for purpose and advocacy for mental health, all in!!  Produced an award-winning film with team about lifting the stigma of mental illness and educating about PTSD. Her children got involved with advocacy and journey. She had a theatrical premiere and event with 400 influencers of change and advocacy November 2019.

Produced a film about PTSD www.litdfilm.com

IN HER WORDS:

KIMBERLY IS A CREATIVE AND DRIVING FORCE BEHIND CONSCIOUS CONTENT WHILE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE, SHE MAJORED IN MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS WHICH LED HER TO CREATE AND EVENTUALLY SELL A SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY. BY AGE 25, SHE FOLLOWED HER HEART INTO THE UNLIKELY REALM OF FINANCE AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS EDUCATION, DEVELOPING AND LEADING TRAUMA RECOVERY WELLNESS RETREATS IN 9 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. IN 2013, KIMBERLY RETURNED TO AMERICA TO WORK FOR A FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS LEADING THEIR MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENTS. SOON AFTER, KIMBERLY DEVELOPED THE IDEA FOR THE AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY, LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS. SHE PRODUCED THE FILM AFTER BUILDING A STRONG CREATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH SHAMAN MOTION PICTURES. KIMBERLY INTRODUCED THE FILM AND THE PRINCIPALS OF SHAMAN TO BRIAN, WHO, UPON RECOGNIZING THE EXCEPTIONAL CONTENT AND QUALITY OF PRODUCTION, BEGAN TO FORMULATE THE VISION FOR CONSCIOUS CONTENT. WITH HER EDUCATIONAL AND EXPERIENTIAL BACKGROUNDS COMING TOGETHER, SHE DEVELOPED AND LAUNCHED THE COMPANY WITH A VISION OF BECOMING “HUMANITY’S MEDIA COMPANY”, GIVING A POWERFUL AND COMPASSIONATE VOICE TO THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY. KIMBERLY OVERSEES ALL OPERATIONS, MARKETING, DISTRIBUTION, AND FINANCES AND WORKS IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH PARTNERS AND INVESTORS. SHE IS THE PROUD MOTHER OF THREE AMAZING SONS