Dream to Rise

When you have gone through so much in life, what do you focus

I want you to listen to our guest speaker, Lee Krywko.  He is a person whom I admire so much with

Lee was born in 1971.  He actively explored drugs and alcohol since he was 10 years old.  He studied addictions since 1986.  He discovered a personal transformation in 1997 and eventually life hit hard in 2019 with the loss of his oldest son.

However, that didn’t stop him from finding his purpose and

He is currently the Founder and CEO of two companies: 

1. Bill’s Best Pancakes, Healthy Gourmet Pancake Mix that tastes great.            

I am truly excited to share with you his life’s journey, how he hit his rock bottom, was saved and now became wild as an entrepreneur.  Why and how did he do it? What is it that keeps him wild?  Please make sure you listen from beginning till end as you will discover how this wild

Let us listen to our guest, Lee Krywko.

I am sure you’ve had countless times in your life when you wanted God to speak to you, but you almost went deaf from His silence. And I wouldn’t be surprised if you’ve blown your top in frustration more than once, waiting for a response that never seems to come.

Maybe you’re there now. Praying for clear direction—a vision, dream, or word—so you can know exactly what to do. And waiting, waiting, waiting for an answer that doesn’t come.

Unfortunately, you may wait forever. Because God often doesn’t respond the way you want or expect. So, you miss Him altogether, then wrongly think you're not special to God and He’s ignoring you. Or maybe God is trying to get your attention, but you keep missing

Let us listen to our guest, Penny Ann Watson, a published author, who will share with us how God communicated with her.  It took her several years and had to go through some health issues which made her focus on Him, built that relationship and now doing what she felt was God’s message for her.  She is now living so much joy spreading God’s message through her books:  Peddlers, Dream Spellers and Havana.

I am sure you’ve had countless times in your life when you wanted God to speak to you, but you

Maybe you’re there now.

Praying for clear direction—a vision, dream, or word—so you can know exactly what to do. And waiting, waiting, waiting for an answer that

Unfortunately, you may wait forever. Because God often doesn’t respond the way you want or expect. So, you

Or maybe God is trying to get your attention, but you keep missing

Let us listen to our guest, Penny Ann Watson, a published author, who will share with us how God communicated with her.  It took her several years and had to go through some health issues which made her focus on Him, built that relationship and now doing what she felt was God’s message for her.  She is now living so much joy spreading God’s message through her books:  Peddlers, Dream Spellers and Havana.

How do you see yourself? Do you see yourself as just a follower because you are unsure if you’ll be able to achieve what is expected from you? Are you doubting yourself?  Are you having difficulty changing your self-image?

Self-image is how we picture ourselves of what we want to become. So how can we change that? Try visualization. Hold the image of the person of what you want to be. Look at yourself in the mirror.

Whenever I am asked to do something new which I am uncomfortable and feel that I am being challenged, I usually go to the mirror to see who that Cynthia is. When fear and self-doubt come into the picture, I see myself like a cat. A cat who would just hide and stay in one spot and be comfortable. But when I tried visualizing myself like a lion which shows courage, confidence and with a stronger personality, I begin to change how I see myself. Accompany that vision by talking to yourself aloud that “I am going to be the best person I am today because I know there is one person who needs my help.”

Your self-image is not permanent. It will vary as you grow, evolve, and as the way you view yourself, it changes. So don't allow yourself to get stuck living with a negative self-image.

Have you been in a situation wherein you were scared to speak the truth because you are scared of your life or someone else’s life?

Most of the time, we would just keep quiet and turn into habits which in the long run would destroy our well-being and our life completely.

Research shows that trauma survivors suffer more illnesses. For example, the Adverse Childhood Experience Study found that survivors of childhood trauma are some 5,000 percent more likely to use drugs, attempt suicide, and suffer an eating disorder.

Trauma has such a severe impact because of the way it affects, and ultimately, rewires the brain. When the brain goes into stress or is stuck in stress, it leads to physical changes and a complicated ripple of life-altering symptoms.

Let us listen to our guest, Jacqueline Williams. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, grew up in Amityville, Long Island and attended Long Island University and George Washington University, attaining a B.A. in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Education and Human Development. Now retired from her career, she worked as a Special Educator and Advocate for children diagnosed with chronic and terminal illness.  She published a book, which is a memoir of her survival of childhood trauma. It is designed to show readers that they are not alone in their fight and can act as a stimulus for conversations that will encourage others to open up about their experiences and help them heal as a result.

Let’s listen to her inspiring story.

Have you been in a situation wherein you were scared to speak the truth because you are scared of your life or someone else’s life?

Most of the time, we would just keep quiet and turn into habits which in the long run would destroy our well-being and our life completely.

Research shows that trauma survivors suffer more illnesses. For example, the Adverse Childhood Experience Study found that survivors of childhood trauma are some 5,000 percent more likely to use drugs, attempt suicide, and suffer an eating disorder.

Trauma has such a severe impact because of the way it affects, and ultimately, rewires the brain. When the brain goes into stress or is stuck in stress, it leads to physical changes and a complicated ripple of life-altering symptoms.

Let us listen to our guest, Jacqueline Williams. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, grew up in Amityville, Long Island and attended Long Island University and George Washington University, attaining a B.A. in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Education and Human Development. Now retired from her career, she worked as a Special Educator and Advocate for children diagnosed with chronic and terminal illness.  She published a book, which is a memoir of her survival of childhood trauma. It is designed to show readers that they are not alone in their fight and can act as a stimulus for conversations that will encourage others to open up about their experiences and help them heal as a result.

Let’s listen to her powerful and inspiring story.

There was a time when I’ve been feeling very low, and very lost. It feels like every time I’m nearly a new decade of life, I suddenly go into a state of confusion and find myself asking what the point is to it all. I kept asking why do I have to experience this? I found myself feeling very low, unmotivated, and uninspired by life in general.

I would like to share with you how I was able to work on this and overcome the issue. Well, it was hard to apply this, but with consistent practice, I made it!

Let’s check this out.

Based on the study conducted by AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving, they found that 43.5 million Americans provided unpaid care for a relative or friend during the prior 12-month period. That’s more than 13% of the population — a lot of caregivers. And numbers are growing.

But how does it feel to become one? I have heard a lot of caregivers, especially taking care of their elders, felt totally alone. They were overwhelmed by emotions—anger, guilt, despair, sorrow, confusion, anxiety, then later on fell into a depression.

Let us listen to Debbie Compton, who will share with us her experience of taking care her parents and how she was able to cope up with the obstacles and now have become a caregiver consultant and advocate.

What happens when you think you have lost your purpose?

While we were still young, for sure, we have always created our dreams and some even have discovered their purpose. All their life, they have visualized themselves already living their dream. What happens when suddenly your dream is starting to show uncertainty?

When your passion gets tough, your entire life — your choices, your values, your very sense of self — can suddenly take a hit. And unlike a typical job, a passion is much harder to compartmentalize, and even harder to give up.

So how do you keep going when your purpose starts to pull away? What do you do when the one thing that gives you meaning also makes you miserable?

Listen to our guest, Nini Veloso, who volunteers doing outreach program whom she founded, the Sunshine Club and works as the Corp Secretary of KALFI, a foundation providing integral formation to high school and university female students in the Philippines.

She visualized her dream by being a mother before she got married but was not given that opportunity. However, with God’s overflowing love and blessings, she was able to manifest her dream in a different way of being a mother.

Everyone goes through adversities. However, not everyone grows through them. In the face of adversity, growth is not an exclusive experience for the strong-willed. It is not an issue of how strong or how weak a person is, but about how willing they are to grow stronger or to outgrow their own weaknesses.

When I asked someone going through struggles, I asked him these two questions: “How do you feel?” and “What are you going to do about it?”

While the former question helps us assess our current condition, the latter encourages action and points us to our desired destination.

I would like to call it “the shift”—the transition from where we are to where we want to be.

So how do we make the shift? Let us listen to our guest speaker, Randy Brown, who is an inspirational speaker, author, and transformation coach.

He is known as “That Rebound Guy” based on his history with adversity, comebacks, and the art of rebounding. His message, “The Rebound Effect,” unveils a dramatic plunge to the depths of depression, two daughter's deaths, depression, addiction, divorce, prison, and a career lost forever. His goal is to help others realize that their best life comes through the storm. His transparency allows others to learn from his poor decisions which keeps them free of the drastic consequences he witnessed. In his own unique inspirational way, Randy brings hope, second chances, and a road that leads to an amazing life.

Let's listen to his powerful and inspiring story.