May is Mental Health Awareness Month. According to the National Alliance of Mental Illness, "Each year millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental illness." 

Episode four brings light to the painful and heartbreaking effects of untreated mental health issues within a family. Listen to Marci Brockman as she shares her powerful story about pain, anger, love, forgiveness, and how she'd turned into writing to find peace and empower others. It is a story about a mother and daughter relationship, difficult choices, self-realization, grief, and letting go, ultimately leading to forgiveness and love. 

Listen to Empowering Stories With Jenn as Marci Brockman brings you "Permission to Heal."

Empowering Stories with Jenn brings you an iconoclast from Sydney, Australia, a loving husband, father as well as a coach and mentor. Jason shares his empowering story on how he'd started adding value to himself so he can add value to others. Jason's personal growth journey was influenced by a great leader, author, and mentor, John Maxwell. He is a member of the John Maxwell Team who trains and empowers individuals to become great leaders in their companies and communities. Jason also believes in exposing our children to personal growth and leadership early in life. He gives us his personal growth advice, "Consider the seed and the soil; both are important. Both, or one of those get's neglected." Jason lives by the mantra "Know Yourself To Grow Yourself" by John C. Maxwell.