Between The Before & After (The Stories that Shape Us)

JM Ryerson has been fortunate enough to build 4 companies in his professional career. But, in this image-driven world, we miss the real behind-the-scenes stories of how someone has become successful. He has made a ton of mistakes, learned a lot, and enjoyed every minute of it. Let's Go Win is his "Legacy" company and truly is his purpose in life. The company exists to inspire people to live their best lives by taking care of three major areas of life and doing it in the most simple way possible.

Jolene shares her story of learning to cope with anger as a young girl after her parent's divorce and later with anxiety as she pursued higher education in earth sciences.

When Olivia was 15, she was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder called PANS, a condition that occurs suddenly after a virus gets into the brain and causes the immune system to attack the brain. Couch-bound for years, Olivia had a painful sensitivity to common sounds, lights, and touch, and she would have episodes where she would shake involuntarily, not being able to speak or think coherently until she ran out of stamina. Despite this crippling and terrifying condition, Olivia did not give up hope, and thanks to a very new, cutting edge therapy, she has been able to not only get her life back, but is now helping others to do the same!

Ryan Cote (co-tay) is the Founder of Morning Upgrade, a business dedicated to raising the awareness of personal development and morning routines. He is also co-owner in Ballantine (Bal-en-tine), his family's marketing agency and roofing company...and he's also a real estate investor. Ryan lives in New Jersey with his wife and 3 daughters.

Hollywood Capone suddenly lost his best friend with no warning. In the midst of his grief, Hollywood takes to writing "The Ashes", a fictional yet autobiographical novella about his best friend's death, in order to make sense of what happened.

For more than the first half of his life, Kevin Kepple did everything "his way". Kevin was great at his career, but internally he was struggling with low self esteem, comparison, and imposter syndrome. Kevin was addicted to alcohol and always felt the need to be right, but today he is 14 years sober and working with people who inspire him daily.

Despite having a wonderful family, Sarah Peyton still had something eating away at her inside. Emotionally unstable and laceratingly cruel to herself, Sarah began to believe she must be defective or crazy. But what she didn't know was just how much the trauma of her family's past had affected her. After finding a newspaper clipping of her grandmother's divorce trial from the 1930s, Sarah began her discovery of relational neuroscience and transgenerational trauma. This knowledge sent her on a journey to uncovering how she had taken on the patterns of her family's past and how to leave them behind.Sarah's story goes from emotional confusion to redemption, healing, and love. This is Sarah's story.

"The Epitome of Kimmy: Accept & Embrace It All" is Kimberly's story of finding hope from a painful past.

Kimberly's journey goes from being abandoned by her biological parents at a tender young age to enduring emotional, physical and sexual abuse, to overcoming these devastating experiences on the path to adulthood.

Kimmy had to find self-love and acceptance within in order to heal from her trauma.

This is Kimmy's Story.

Gemma Bailey is an international speaker, author, Youtuber, and a director for a non-profit organisation called Superheroes, as well as director for 3 companies specializing in NLP, Hypnotherapy and Personal Development.

Relentless positivity. That's where Joe is today, as the owner of the (very originally named) Joe Martin Fitness LLC, based out of Huntsville, Alabama. A far cry from overweight, on probation, depressed, and suicidal. At one point, Joe thought his life was worthless and the world did not need him taking up space and wasting oxygen. How did he go from that to being voted Huntsville’s Healthiest Trainer and a bestselling author? This is Joe's story.