David Branderhorst’s life was cruising along with a successful business endeavor when a series of adverse events came at him rapid fire.

In the midst of the Covid crisis his mother became sick and lost her life, his wife lost her job and his long-time business partnership dissolved suddenly and painfully threatening his very livelihood.

How David Branderhorst survived and thrived beyond this series of adverse events is the story that Dr. Brad Miller unpacks on Episode number 139 of The Beyond Adversity Podcast.

David Branderhorst describes for Dr. Brad how this series of adverse events was a gut check time for him personally and for his family and how he had to choose whether to collapse and give up under the pressure (as he had seen many others do) or to see the series of adversities as an opportunity for tremendous growth and an opportunity to redefine his life.

David described to Dr. Brad his love of the true nature of business itself which is to solve problems and serve people.

He talked about the four words from God which guided him in this transformation…” I Am Your Source” and then proceeded to share with Dr. Brad his process of creating a new business of coaching others who similarly are looking to become the person God created them to be.

He outlined a process based on a profound belief in calling, being persistent in your pursuit, and defining your outcome as keys to developing a God-honoring business.

He calls this process “Design, Launch and Grow” which he details at https://davidbranderhorst.com/.

This is a great comeback story that will serve well those facing adverse conditions in their business life.

The Beyond Adversity Podcast is produced weekly by Dr. Brad Miller with the purpose of helping people navigate debilitating adverse life events (Death, Debt, Disease, Divorce, Depression) and emerge to a renewed life of peace, prosperity, and purpose.

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Fatima Oliver the author of “The Prescription is In The Dirt” is Dr. Brad Miller’s guest on Episode 138 of The Beyond Adversity Podcast.

Fatima shares her incredible story of facing abandonment, abuse, depression and anxiety in her childhood and young adulthood which devastated her life.

She desperately wanted to change here pathway in life.

She chose to do so by committing to deep introspection emotionally and spiritually to achieve healing. This is the process Fatima calls upon when she speaks of seeking a prescription for healing by digging deep into the dirt of her life.

She found her path through a 63 day process of deep connection to her Christians faith and through the people who joined her in the process. Now she is dedicated to helping others to did deep into the inner of workings of their life to achieve peace and healing. In short Fatima calls on folks to commitment over comfort as a pathway to completeness in ones battle get beyond adversity.

This is an important episode for those facing depression and anxiety and need to example of a woman of deep and abiding Christian faith to guide them.

The purpose of The Beyond Adversity Podcast is to help people facing debilitating adverse life events to emerge into peace, prosperity and purpose.

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February 2021

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137. From Playboy Photographer to Protecting Kids From Porn. The Story of Emily Gaudreau author of “How to Raise a Maverick ”

On Episode 137 of The Beyond Adversity Podcast with Dr. Brad Miller a former Playboy photographer turned passionate advocate of protecting children from porn is Dr. Brad's guest.

Emily Gaudreau is the author of “How to Raise a Maverick” and blogs at www.HowtoRaiseaMaverick.com.

Emily describes herself and being obsessed with teaching parents and caregivers how to keep their kids safe from sexual abuse without having to become a dreaded helicopter parent!

In Episode 137 she shares with Dr. Brad her story of how in 2008 her professional photography career hit rock bottom when she was put on assignment by Playboy.com to shoot their "party school of the year" celebration. When she finished the shoot, she put her camera in a box and swore it would never come out again.

That day Emily chose to become a Maverick and aligned with my real purpose: to protect the beautiful, physical expression of love from being used as a tool to manipulate, profit from, and cause pain.

Emily’s mission is to help you gently lead your kids to a place where they love themselves, respect others, and protect each other from those that don’t!

She shares her story and how she can be helpful to parents on Episode 137 of The Beyond Adversity Podcast with Dr. Brad Miller.

The mission of The Beyond Adversity Podcast is to provide the guide for people to navigate through adverse life events (depression, death, debt, disease, divorce) and emerge to a place of peace prosperity, and purpose.

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February 2021

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ALISON PENA aka “Bad Widow” is Dr Brad Miller’s guest on Episode 136 of The Beyond Adversity Podcast. Alison took on the moniker “Bad Widow” when she experienced the cancer diagnosis of her husband of 25 years and his subsequent death. The expectation and her initial reaction were to dissolve into “drowning in a seemingly endless landscape of grief and despair.”

In this gripping episode, Alison shares with Dr Brad how she chose to deal with her grief by reclaiming her resilience after the loss. The conversation revolves around the quality of life strategies revolving around art, proactive use of time and entrepreneurship which Alison employed during the time she had with her husband and in her time of grief and recovery.

Alison Pena the “Bad Widow” gives wonderful life advice to anyone looking to deal with the profound adversity of a loss in their life in a healthy way.

Alison Pena blogs at www.badwidow.com

The Beyond Adversity Podcast is published by Dr. Brad Miller to help people navigate adverse life events and emerge with a promised life of peace, prosperity, and purpose.

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February 2021

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136.Alison Pena-Interview Note: the transcript was created with AI software and there are mistakes and typos. Please excuse. RBM

On Episode 135 of the Beyond Adversity Podcast Dr Brad Miller talks with the worldwide leader in creating rapid change for life's difficult problems Wendi Friesen. Since 1994 her site at Wendi.com has influenced the lives of millions worldwide and brought insight, wisdom and spiritual growth to people in need.

Wendi is often described by her colleagues as a powerful healer, teacher and a creative marketing expert, and they tell me I am one of the most loved transformational trainers in the world.

As a flat broke single mother of two, with no resources, money, help or partners, I created a transformation business for devoted followers who seek real change.

Her work caught the attention of the media and she quickly became an authority on how to make rapid and massive change in your mind, body and spiritual life.

Wendi.com grew to experience millions in sales in a short time, reaching the hearts and minds of people who understood how her sincerity and passion could transform their lives.

Wendi has created over 300 programs on audio and Video that will teach you how to really use your brain! The programs lead you through a process of changing your brain's neural networks, the chemicals of depression, and the habitual and compulsive thoughts that prevent them from being happy.

Her work with the medical hypnosis has freed people from chronic pain, ended debilitating phobias, released the effects of PTSD, ended the torture of relentless migraines, and cured many so called incurable conditions.

It is remarkable what the mind can do when given the right stuff. Her recorded programs use powerful therapy that rewires the neural pathways in the brain

and results in amazing outcomes. Wendi is committed to breaking new ground in the treatment of addiction. After numerous frustrating attempts to help my son with years of addiction,

She created a powerful program that is based on the new science of how the brain can be changed through meditation, hypnosis, NLP and energetic methods.

Everything that you experience affects your ability to be effective, happy, motivated and successful. Life is full of ups and downs and how you manage your experiences will determine how you react to new experiences in your life. You can be devastated by an event or empowered and determined.

Wendi’s experience with hypnosis has taught people how to shift the way the brain reacts and how to respond to life’s experiences.

Wendi Friesen's Web Site

The Beyond Adversity Podcast with Dr. Brad Miller exists to assist people facing debilitating adverse life events (depression, diseases, death, debt, divorce) and navigate beyond adversity to arrive at their promised life of peace prosperity and purpose.

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The author of “Born to Do It: Becoming the Leader of a Business Niche Using Powerful Spiritual Techniques” Dr. Rebekah Louisa Smith is Dr. Brad Miller’s guest on Episode 134 of The Beyond Adversity Podcast.

In Episode 134 Dr. Smith responds to the questions many ask:

• What do I really want to do with my life?
• What is my dream job?
• Why am I not enjoying what I do?

A student of filmmaking Dr. Smith had accomplished her goal of earning a PhD in Film studies and was on track to a career in academics when she discovered her true love lied in working with creating and promoting film festivals. This led her to creating a new career in a new niche if film festival promotion.

One of the factors which has led to her success is the blending of both practical business skills and spiritual techniques that infused new life into her company’s growth. She decided to record her hard-won knowledge in her new book Born to Do It: Becoming the Leader of a Business Niche Using Powerful Spiritual Techniques to help others who are pondering the leap into entrepreneurship or are already on the journey, but yearning for more success and profitability.

Episode 134 of Beyond Adversity is for the person looking to pivot into entrepreneurship and succeed by blending great business skill with spiritual techniques.

The Beyond Adversity Podcast is created to help people navigate adverse life events and emerge with a life of peace, prosperity and purpose.

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January 2021

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Nancy McKay from Amazing Outlook Coaching is Dr Brad Miller's guest on Episode 133 of The Beyond Adversity Podcast.

Here are Nancy McKay's words on the mission of Amazing Outlook Coaching.

I want to help women globally transform their lives by really examining their thoughts and beliefs. Many women are conditioned to believe things that are simply not true.

My clients become aware of how their thoughts affect their lives. If we're not conscious of our negative thoughts, we are imprisoned by them.

Is drinking or some other coping tool (food, drugs, gambling, Netflix)…

preventing you from showing up in your life fully?

numbing out your feelings instead of allowing yourself to “feel all the feels?”

reducing your flexibility and adaptability?

If so, you're in the right place. Let the power of the dragonfly inspire your transformation!

Because of all the challenges and changes that I've been through, you can see why the dragonfly resonates with me so significantly.

Out of Pain, Comes My Purpose

My experience with alcohol and cancer, together with the valuable training I've received, gives me the expertise, compassion and skill to guide my clients on their journey of exploration and empowerment.

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Aaron McCormick the author of "Unbounded: Journey To Your Within" is Dr. Brad Miller’s guest on Episode 132 of the Beyond Adversity Podcast.

Aaron McCormick is an author, artist, entrepreneur and inspirational speaker whose path to success and fulfillment defies societal norms and expectations in nearly every way.

Raised by a single mom on the South Side of Chicago, McCormick, since the age of 23 was one of the world’s leading technology business transformation sales executives, earning millions and receiving numerous awards and distinctions. He has been honored as “Best of IBM,” an award bestowed upon the top 1% of 400,000 employees, founded several companies and earned an MBA from a top business school with the rare precedent of having no prior undergraduate college degree. McCormick courageously stood up to and escaped the fundamentalist Christian cult in which he was raised, resulting in loss of his universe of friends and family.

With the combination of deep empathy, wisdom, and self-made success in the face of adversity, McCormick ignites the innate ability we all have within to decode our own answers for maximum clarity and self-actualization. Aaron has helped countless people of all backgrounds realize greater fulfillment and success in areas of career, personal power, love & relationships, sales, entrepreneurship and leadership. 

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Brad Miller 0:00  

Our author today, Aaron McCormick, he grew up in a very difficult circumstance which we will share, talk to him about in a minute. And he rose into success in the corporate ranks as a salesperson, without the benefits of some advantages some other folks had earning a great deal of money and rising up the corporate ranks. But he found it wasn't quite enough for him to have true success and fulfillment in his life. And he knew that he had to break free of what was binding him up, and to move forward with something else. That is more fulfilling for him. That's what we're going to talk about today. The name of his book, his unbounded journey to your within or author guest today. Is there a McCormick Aaron, welcome to the podcast today.

Aaron McCormick 0:46  

Thank you, Brad. Pleasure to be here. Thanks for having me.

Brad Miller 0:49  

Awesome. Awesome. Well, Aaron, the name of your book is unbounded journey to your within. And so that tells me if you became unbounded, then prior to that something bound you up. So what was it some of the things that bound you up? Or what were some of the challenges that you face, I'd like to hear a little bit about your story.

Aaron McCormick 1:13  

Sure, well, the title on bounded, a lot of people might assume that unbounded is the wrong form of unbound, but unbounded actually means to be limitless, or is unbounded is exactly as you mentioned, to lose a specific set of binding or a binding. And what I've realized throughout all of our lives is that we all absorb a bunch of binders, which I consider things that are foreign to our actual essence, if you will. In other words, if you think about when you were born, when I was born, all of us, we have a certain energy, a personality, a spirit, a disposition that nobody ever taught us. But then through the years, it's it starts to morph a bit based upon the energy in our household, our family, heritage expectations of our sex or race, the area we live in, TV, pop culture, just all sorts of things. And we gradually suppress or divert from things that really are what we prefer what brings us joy, what makes us tick. And so we kind of...

From Aspirations to Realizations is the theme of Dallen Reber the creator of the Self-Mastery Journal and Habit Tracker Journal. He is Dr. Brad Miller's guest on Episode 131 of The Beyond Adversity Podcast. 

DISCOVER YOUR PURPOSE: Live your life with purpose. Each page includes a journal prompt designed to discover what gives you energy. The more you understand the life you desire to create the more you understand who you need to be today.

LIVE WITH PASSION & WAKE UP FULL OF ENERGY: You deserve to create a life that excites you. Purposeful goals will lead you to a life of passion and energy every day. Stay focused on what matters (today) and your dream life is inevitable.

HABITS THAT MATTER: Included in this bundle is Habit-Tracker Mastery. Your weekly planner to establish weekly goals and habits to make progress inevitable. Tear the page out and place it where you will see it, or use it as a bookmark in your Self-Mastery Journal!

MADE EASY: There are too many complicated journals/planners out there. We simplified them into a journal that flows with ease, making it easy for you to master each moment.

LIVE STRESS & ANXIETY FREE: Journaling makes you happier. Beginning the day with gratitude creates a happy mindset. Making progress on your goals provides a sense of purpose. This bundle assures that you don't allow stress and anxiety to get the best of you.

Dallen Reber the Creator of the Self-Mastery Journal & Habit-Tracker Journal is here to help you conquer overwhelm and confusion & discover your path to productivity and happiness.

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Transcript of the Interview (note that the transcript was generated by AI software and there may be some typos)

Brad Miller 0:00  

Dr. Brad Miller here with you on beyond adversity the podcast, where we feature helpful tips, opportunities and guidance from teachers to help you to overcome adverse conditions in your life and to achieve peace of mind, prosperity and purpose in your life. Our guest today is involved with something that is close to my heart, and that is journaling. journaling is a practice that I have used off and on in my life for since my teenage years and found to be very helpful in processing things personally and spiritually and decision making processes. And his name is dallin raber. And he is with us today he is developed something. He has processes called from aspirations to realizations. And he has a realization self mastery bundle, which is the place the intersection of gratitude and gratitude meeting productivity. It's available on Amazon now and you could find more about him at Dellen raver.com Welcome to Beyond adversity. delen.

Dallen.Reber 1:13  

Hey, Brad, appreciate you having me. I'm excited about this podcast. Love your message. And I'm excited to speak with you today.

Brad Miller 1:19  

Well, I'm so glad that you're with us today. As I mentioned, in our introductory comments, that journaling is something that I'm involved with, and, and enjoy doing. And sometimes I go and streaks where I go for a long time. And sometimes I miss for a while. But it is always important to have that discipline to doing that. And a part of what I like to teach is disciplines in life. And I'd like for us to for you to unpack a little bit how you got into this process in the first place. What I just believe that almost everybody has kind of some event happened to them or some something's going on in their life that caused them to make a change to do something as important as journaling. Tell us your story. What were some transition points for you or some some obstacles that you needed to? To deal...

Dr. Brad Miller resets the former Power of Promise Podcast for 2021 as the Beyond Adversity Podcast. Here he shares the renewed mission of the podcast and blog to help people to navigate beyond adverse life events to achieve a promised life of peace, prosperity and purpose