Have you heard the one about;

The drug-addicted actor who starts his own interior design company while living with 2 ex-boyfriends and is diagnosed with a rare head & neck cancer which gives him facial paralysis so he decides to deal with it by partying on crystal meth while still in radiation and on top of all that gets a new boyfriend but becomes financially, morally and spiritually bankrupt so attempts suicide...

No? You haven't? Well then, fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride...but don't worry, there is a happy ending ;-)

This podcast episode "F%#! Cancer" is from FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS, my creative memoir.

Have you heard the one about;

The drug-addicted actor who starts his own interior design company while living with 2 ex-boyfriends and is diagnosed with a rare head & neck cancer which gives him facial paralysis so he decides to deal with it by partying on crystal meth while still in radiation and on top of all that gets a new boyfriend but becomes financially, morally and spiritually bankrupt so attempts suicide...

No? You haven't? Well then, fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride...but don't worry, there is a happy ending ;-)

On today’s episode, Jon shares his story of survival; he was robbed, abducted, shot at close range and left to die. Several key factors led to him being alive today. He’s eternally grateful and here to share with us everything that happened.

*The title refers to the first thing he said when he called 911 and the dispatcher answered his call

Warning: Today’s episode includes content that is sexual and traumatic in nature and may be upsetting for some listeners. Please be advised.

On today’s episode, “Taking Back My Life”, Nathan shares about a very sensitive and serious subject; his experience years ago as a teenager being groomed, coerced, manipulated and sexually assaulted over a period of time by a teacher at his school. Thankfully he’s been able to work through it and is here today to share about it.

My guest today, Marla Lukofsky, is an all around entertainer; she’s a pioneer female stand-up comedian, has many tv, film and radio credits, is a character voice-over artist (most notably on Care Bears and Alf Tales) and has a lounge act where she sings jazz and American standards.

However, on today’s episode, “I’m Still Here...And So Is My Hair”, she’s here to share about surviving breast cancer not once but twice. 

She discusses her grueling ordeal of having a lumpectomy, aggressive chemotherapy regimen and radiation. She lost all her hair, had lymphedema and went through chemically induced menopause as a result. 

She ended up writing about her experience in a memoir titled “I’m Still Here...And So Is My Hair” and became a keynote speaker and published writer then was invited to give two Ted talks. 

Marla’s tough, candid and very funny.

On today’s episode “Pheonix Rising”, Gayle talks about being stuck in an unhappy marriage with a job that didn’t pay very well and in a career that seemed to lead nowhere all while battling clinical depression.

On today’s episode, COOL RUNNINGS ISRAEL: ARMY OF ONE, David tells all about being called out of the blue at the last minute to compete as a member of Israel’s bobsleigh team. He became a founding member and the following year they qualified for the World Championships. David thought he was done but was called upon again, this time to the administrative side. He helped the Israeli team get all the way to the 2018 Winter Olympics where he had the privilege of walking in the Parade of Nations . David is now the President of the Israeli Olympic Bobsleigh Skeleton Federation. There were a lot of struggles along the way and more to the story so I'll let David tell it...

Warning: Today’s episode includes content that is graphic in nature and may be upsetting for some listeners. Please be advised.

On today’s episode, “My Crazy Labor”, Arielle shares about her recent harrowing experience giving birth that includes; being 10 days overdue, actively pushing for 9 hours, having a 5 hour surgery for a rectovaginal fistula, a 3rd degree perineal tear, post-partum depression and more.

She feels it's important to tell her story as it may contain valuable information for other women and expectant mothers to hear.

I have to warn you as well; she never expected to see the humor in the craziness of it all and laugh so much while telling her story. She’s definitely gotten through it and is in a much better place now.