Life Coach and Health Coach Institute student, Angela Bennett, joins Hannah Duncan on the Better Than Ever podcast to talk about her journey to becoming a life coach. Angela was a young, single mother who found herself in several abusive relationships that forced her to work in the sex industry inorder to provide for her five children. Tune in to hear how she found the courage to belive in herself and discover a different life for her and her family as a Life Coach who helps empower other women in abusive relationships.

*This story contains sensitive, graphic material that could be triggering for some and not sutable for young ears.

Happy New Year BTE Podcasters! Carey Peters joins the Better Than Ever Podcast to talk about her Body Empowerment Speech at HCI Live. Join her as she talks about her journey with eating disorders, postpartum depression, recovery, and learning how to love herself and ENJOY THE VIEW!

Want to see her LIVE on stage? Go to www.HCILive.com and sign up today!

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Recovering From Postpartum Depression .01% At A Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmU8KZAYeTs&t=190s

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Better Than Ever Relationship-Body: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-than-ever-relationship-body/id1201868588?i=1000413733393

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Mike Birbiglia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VplF60-o0Qk

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Photographer: https://www.theatelierchicago.com

For an extra special holiday treat we are releasing an exclusive peek into HCI Live. CEO Eric Neuner takes the HCI Live stage to inspire our community to 'own their magic' and step into the truest version of themselves using all of their gifts to help others.

Interested in joining us for HCI Live? Head over to HCILive.com to learn more about this amazing 3 day event!

Personal Development Coach and 10K in 10 Weeks Finalist Dom Campbell turned his life around after suddenly losing his father and being laid off from his long time job at Toy-R-US. After taking a chance on the Become a Health Coach he was able to shift his career in 10 months to be a full time Health Coach. Hear about his incredible journey on the 10K stage and listen in on an interview he did with Hannah Duncan.

HCI graduates Alyx Coble-Frakes and Sunny Sink partnered together to create *The Agenda. Period* a product to help women understand that their cycles hold the secret to a powerful business in line with their goals, values, and desires and to help them use this knowledge to increase productivity, sales, and overall happiness in their careers.

To learn more go to www.theagendaperiod.com.

Dr. Sean Stephenson was one of the most inspirational people we've ever known. We chose Sean to be our speaker for several years at our live events, and he became part of our HCI family. Sean's mission was to rid the world of insecurity. He walked his talk so thoroughly, being so purely himself through and through to be the example he wished for the world. Today we have a special episode featuring his most recent speech at HCI Live.

This episode is dedicated to all of inspired by this incredible man.

Hannah Duncan is joined today by former nurse turned Life Coach Aligra Rainy. Rainy was the first winner of the HCI Cleanse Challenge. During the cleanse she lost 45 pounds. Her goal is to help health practitioners live better lives using what she learned in Become a Health Coach.

This week we are featuring HCI student, First responder, and Health, Wellness & Life Coach, Allan Dignard. After an injury Allan was depressed and unmotivated, his turning point was waking up drunk one morning to his young daughter running around unsupervised. At that moment he knew he needed to make a change. Flash forward to now he helps other first responders develop healthy relationships with their body and mind. His goal is to give other the tools to avoid falling into depression, PTSD, and other unhealthy habits that many resort to in his line of work.

10k and 10 Weeks WINNER and Intutive Eating and Body Positive Coach, Julie Ohlemacher, Joins the Better than Ever Podcast today to share her story about overcoming negative body image and hear about how she helps women do the same. Tune in to listen to the speech that helped her WIN the 10K Challenge!

Join Lilia Navarette as she discusses how she broke the pattern of struggle in her family and built a six-figure business after quitting her corporate job. She began living the life that she wanted instead of waiting for it to begin.