Changing the Perspective Podcast

This is a fun and deep interview that surrounds finding the real you after hiding in the dark for awhile. Loss of his first son, excessive partying and alcohol use, questioning everything he grew up knowing and deciding to make some changes is what we discuss in this interview with Zachary Motes.  He lost his first son at only 9 days old.  He spiraled into a dark place that had him questioning everything he thought he knew in religion and spending a lot of time in bars.  He was a drummer in a band and that ultimately helped him stay numb and in the bar scene.  As he started to realize he needed to make some changes, he also decided to really question what he wanted out of spirituality and how to find some inner peace.    He has written 2 books so far and the links are listed below.  

Resources: livingselfpodcast.com  

https://www.amazon.com/Living-Self-En... 

https://www.amazon.com/Living-Self-Em... 

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Have you experienced multiple struggles in your life and each one had the ability to take you all the way down but you rallied anyway?  Tereson had that story.  She has several struggles that she could have drown from in life but got up from the bottom and made a better life for herself.  It not always about status in life, sometimes it is just about having peace.   

Catch out her blog and website: https://refusingtodrown.com/ 

Catch Tereson on her own podcast link below: https://anchor.fm/refusingtodrown 

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Kris talks about her years of struggling with depression, anxiety and lack of self esteem.  She discusses having suicidal thoughts at certain times.  She also talks about how she is taking control of those things in 2021.  She is finding gratitude in the daily things of life now.  She has had some major struggles but has had so many amazing victories in life as well.  I am so excited she decided to share this story with everyone. The resources she listed in this video:  Andy Stanley has great messages that have helped me greatly, his app is called Your Move by Andy Stanley. I have watched every one of his episodes.   Also Craig Groeschel's Leadership podcast.   

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When you grow up in religion you are taught that anything other than just the gender you were born in is the only option for right or wrong.  You are taught that it is about a man and a woman and the rest is wrong.  This is what Sue had to settle in when her child came to her about told her that they identified different then they were born.   It caused riffs in her parent/child relationship as well as in her support system around her.  She started researching what transgender really was and how she could help her child as a parent and find satisfaction in the religious world she grew up in.  After doing her research she started finding ways to support her child with some major life decisions and still be filled in her spiritual world.  Her child has now fully transitioned and is living an incredible happy life compared to where they were as a teenager.  She wants to bring awareness to others out there struggling with this identity transition.  The resourced discussed in the interview are listed below:

www.suevizcarra.com

Church  Affirming Christian Denominations (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT-af...​  Gay Church https://www.gaychurch.org/affirming-d...​  Christian Denominational Positions on Homosexuality (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...​

Social Support PFLAG http://www.pflag.org/​ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides an opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity. LGBTQ Community Centers Directory http://www.lgbtcenters.org/Centers/fi...​

Advocacy / Education

Gender Spectrum

www.genderspectrum.org

National Listing of LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges & Universities

www.campusprideindex.org

Have you every thought about Hypnotherapy but weren't quite sure about it? Listen to this interview with Stacie Johnson.  She is a certified hypnotherapist and mindset coach that explains what hypnotherapy is and talks about the myths she hears people say about it. You can treat an incredible amount of issues in your head and your body with the hypnotherapy sessions she offers.  

Check her out at:  https://www.iamstacie.com/​ 

https://www.facebook.com/iamstaciej​ 

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From high level athletics to high level coaching, bad decisions with alcohol and choices that needed to be made in relationships all led to an amazing book.  In this interview, I talk with Author Ryan Stock on how our relationship with athletics, vices and life choices all lead us down a path that isn't always pretty.  We talk about how his book came to be based on him making the choice to give up alcohol, find some inner peace by working on self love and becoming aware of the part he was playing in his personal relationships.  He manages an app for athletes to help them with mindfulness and meditation in both athletics and in life.  He coaches people in sports or connected to sports how to be mindful of the emotions that are involved in the sport they play and the life they live.  You can get in touch with Ryan or follow him on the resources below:

mymindsport.com 

[email protected] 

amryanstock.com 

www.instagram.com/mymindsport 

www.instagram.com/amryanstock 

www.facebook.com/ryan.stock.585

Grab his new book One Last Drop with this link  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/173...​ 

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Bella has had over 10 concussions due to different sports she played.  She discusses all the effects those concussions have had on her everyday life and how she has set up accommodations to live what everyone would consider a "normal" life.   She has set up several organizations and support groups to help people who are dealing with the after effects of a concussion.  She discusses several reasons including her pages that she runs which are listed below.

Links

https://postconcussioninc.com(https://instragram.com/postconcussion...(https://facebook.com/postconcussioninc/Twitter: @hostbellapaige Facebook

Group: Post Concussion Syndrome Support Group Local Brain Injury Awareness: Canada:https://braininjurycanada.ca/en/node/3USA: https://www.biausa.org/find-bio

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Sara Bradford is a wife of someone on the autism spectrum and has 2 children on the spectrum as well.  She has taken the lessons she has learned from her life of research and living with her autistic family, and wrote books made for children about those lessons.  She specifically talks about subjects that a "neuro-typical" person would see as a disability.  She wants children to have a fun way to learn about the differences in other individuals and find amazing qualities in those differences.    

In our interview we talk about her husband and children and some of the situations they have had to deal with and modify in their world to make sure each of them life their own life in the best way possible.  She also discusses the benefits of support groups and tells us how to specifically find her groups that she offers for anyone that wants to learn more or be supported due to Autism.  

Find all of her resources below:  

https://sjchildsbooks.wordpress.com/​ 

https://www.facebook.com/ALL4KIDSBOOKS​ 

https://www.instagram.com/sjchildsbooks/​ 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0iN...​ 

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A survivor of 23+ years of domestic violence has taught Laura the good, bad and UGLY of life.  She has come out of her marriage with an abuser and is making her life better for her and her children and knows the things to not take for granted anymore.  Through her recovery she has decided to start a support site and podcast to help others who are in or have been in an abusive relationship know they are not alone.  Her favorite quote is "Find a way or make one". She started a Facebook page and a blog both listed below along with some resources to help people that are in her situation.  

Resources: 

www.facebook.com/dvwalkingwounded 

www.dvwalkingwounded.wordpress.com 

Find a Domestic violence advocate in your area 

Find a good couselor Lean on the police or local law enforcement if necessary  

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Doug talks about what life really looks like when you are in the middle of addiction.  He was homeless and addicted to lots of different vices in the middle of his life.  The toll it takes not only on the addict but the family is not good.  He got rescued by the grace of God by turning himself in when the time was right.  He went from a life of addiction, lies and homelessness to a life of success.  His story is fantastic and one I hope can reach just the right person.   

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