I Am Refocused Radio

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Students are struggling to make healthy choices when dealing with pain and adversity. As a result, they make unhealthy decisions that do not solve their problems and are more likely to make them worse. This can lead to mental health challenges, including addiction, anxiety, and depression. Unfortunately, many youths believe they deserve what they are experiencing and, without help, will continue further down their darkened paths.

I help students and student-athletes understand how making better life decisions now leads to a more fulfilling life. Through stories and examples, the students and athletes learn how they can immediately change the course of their own lives and the lives of others.

In our conversation, I include real-life experiences, including having witnessed my younger brother make poor decisions that ultimately led to his death. Of course, we also discuss people who have turned their lives around through making positive choices.

If your audience includes students, student-athletes, or their teachers and parents, I would enjoy the opportunity to show them how the decisions they make every day can have long-term consequences on their lives.

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ABOUT PAULA FARIS AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO CARRY IT ALL

EMMY AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST PAULA FARIS CHAMPIONS MILLIONS OF OVERWHELMED AND DEPLETED WORKING MOMS IN UPCOMING BOOK YOU DON'T HAVE TO CARRY IT ALL: DITCH THE MOM GUILT AND FIND A BETTER WAY FORWARD RELEASES MARCH 7, 2023, AVAILABLE NOW FOR PREORDER

In Faris's Most Important Reporting Yet, She Explores What It Would Look Like To Give Working Moms The Support They So Desperately Need And Deserve

"THIS is the book working moms have been waiting for!"- Jenna Bush Hager, co-host of TODAY with Hoda and Jenna, bestselling author, and journalist

Paula Faris, Emmy Award-winning journalist as ABC News co-anchor of "Good Morning America Weekend" and "The View," announces the release of her latest book, You Don't Have to Carry It All: Ditch the Mom Guilt and Find a Better Way Forward. Featuring insightful and practical steps for better working, momming, and living, the upcoming title allows readers to learn through Faris' unique lens as a successful journalist and mom-of-three as she reveals what it would look like to give moms the support they need and deserve. The new title releases on March 7, 2023 via Worthy Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, and is available now for preorder.

Says Faris, "Working moms carry more than their fair share. They're raising children, tackling a mountain of household tasks, and building successful careers. But they're doing it without the support they so desperately need and deserve."

Like so many mothers who were forced out of their jobs during the pandemic, Faris lost hers at ABC News in 2020. It was then she knew she wanted to create a better way forward for working moms. Moms who are tired of the constant conflict between working and momming; of feeling that they're failing everyone, everywhere; of facing the gender disparities in workplaces that treat mothers like risks instead of assets; and of dealing with the exhaustion of trying to carry it all. Faris, a self-described "advocate for moms," launched CARRY Media in 2022 to champion working moms through resources, content and storytelling.

In You Don't Have to Carry It All, Faris gathers groundbreaking research, inspirational wisdom and a vision that will not only make being a working mom "work" but will reveal how and why society needs to value mothers first by:

• Recognizing the history of working moms in America and its lasting impact today

• Showing how motherhood has scientifically improved the minds and capabilities of women

• Encouraging moms to link arms, not only with each other, but also with men

• Proving why corporate America is better with moms at the helm

"Full of empathy, wisdom, and humor, You Don't Have to Carry it All is a knowing look from your best friend, a hug, a helping hand, a word of hope and encouragement just when you need it most," says Daisy Blackwell, VP & Publisher of Worthy Publishing. "Readers will feel seen, heard, and understood and will be equipped to create positive change in their own lives and in the lives of other working moms."

Adds Faris, "I've spent 25+ years reporting on a myriad of stories, and I believe THIS is my most important reporting yet. After interviewing countless experts, thought leaders and mothers, I'm hopeful that we'll be able to create a path forward to ditch the mom guilt, end burnout and finally give working moms the support they so desperately need! Besides, we've got moms on this job, and there are literally no hands more capable than theirs!"

ABOUT PAULA FARIS

Paula Faris is the founder and leader of CARRY MediaT, an organization that champions, advocates, and celebrates working mothers through content, resources, and storytelling. She is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, speaker, bestselling author of Called Out, and host of The Paula Faris Podcast. With over two decades in broadcast television, Paula started her career with TV affiliates in Chicago, Cincinnati, and Dayton. She then worked almost a decade at ABC News, where she co-anchored Good Morning America Weekend, co-hosted The View, and launched the podcast Journeys of Faith with Paula Faris. She has reported on everything from politics, news, and entertainment to sports and faith, interviewing the likes of Reese Witherspoon, Tiger Woods, Kellyanne Conway, and now-president Joe Biden. Paula runs CARRY Media from South Carolina where she resides with her husband, John, and their three children.

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ABOUT JO PIAZZA AND SHE WANTS MORE Are more women having affairs? Or are they finally just talking about it? Throughout history, women have been stigmatized, ostracized, and so much worse for committing adultery-while men have too often been given a pass. But the truth is that women have the same wants, needs and desires as men despite cultural assumptions. Hosted by journalist Jo Piazza, this groundbreaking podcast series features real women of different ages and backgrounds telling the stories of their affairs, many for the first time. After five years of reporting on marriage in the wildly popular Committed podcast, Jo is now uncovering the other side of monogamy and finding some surprising answers about the motivations behind female infidelity - from sex, to empowerment, to self-esteem, and even love.

In She Wants More, Jo explores the double standard of cheating, unpacking the guilt, shame, and the expectations placed on women. She has candid conversations with women about the affairs that have either strengthened or broken their marriages that will make you feel like you're eavesdropping on an intimate conversation between two friends. These stories will make you question everything you thought you knew about desire, monogamy, and marriage. She Wants More was inspired by the book A Passion for More by Susan Shapiro Barash.

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Jo Piazza is the national and international bestselling author of many critically acclaimed novels and nonfiction books including We Are Not Like Them, Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win, The Knockoff and How to Be Married. Her work has been published in ten languages in twelve countries and four of her books have been optioned for film and television. She is the creator, host and executive producer of the Committed podcast, Fierce, Under the Influence and Philly Under Fire.

A former editor, columnist and travel writer with Yahoo, Current TV and the New York Daily News, her work has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, New York Magazine, Glamour, Elle, Time, Marie Claire, Daily Beast, and Slate. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania in economics and communication, a master's in journalism from Columbia University, and a master's in religious studies from New York University.

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LUCK OF THE DRAW: MEMOIR BY WWII AIRMAN FRANK MURPHY - CHARACTER IN APPLE+ "MASTERS OF THE AIR"

CNN Correspondent Chloe Melas, Her Mother, and Her Grandmother Band Together to Honor His Legacy

Murphy was a member of the 100th Bomb Group, aka "The Bloody Hundredth"

"In the pursuit of authenticity, of accurate history and undeniable courage, no words matter more than 'I was there.' Read LUCK OF THE DRAW and the life of Frank Murphy and ponder this: How did those boys do such things?"-Tom Hanks

Chloe Melas is a much-recognized CNN Entertainment correspondent by day, but she has a passion that bridges her chosen field with the legacy of her late grandfather, Frank Murphy.

Last year, Melas and her family visited the set of Masters of the Air, the Playtone (Tom Hanks)/Amblin Entertainment (Stephen Spielberg) Apple+ series coming in early 2023. Her grandfather is the basis of the character featured in the series and planed by Jonas Moore.

Now, along with her mother and grandmother, she has shepherded the reissue of Murphy's 2001 memoir, LUCK OF THE DRAW: My Story of the Air War in Europe (St. Martin's Press Griffin; on sale February 28, 2023; $18.99 USD) to coincide with the premiere of the series.

"My grandfather once told me he spent the rest of the life walking with ghosts but looking back with pride,"Melas writes in the foreword she co-wrote with her mother, Elizabeth Murphy and with the support of her grandmother, Ann Murphy. "Our family's goal is to keep Frank's memory and that of his fellow men alive and pass on the greatness to the next generation."

Murphy was a member of the 100th Bomb Group, one of five B-17 bomb groups sent to England in the spring of 1043 to form the new 4th Bomber Wing. He landed in England in June and by the time his plane was shot down in October, her served 126 hours in combat over Europe, experiencing some of the bloodiest fighting of the war.

In 2001, Murphy wrote about his combat tour, "It lasted only four months - four months, however, in which were compressed many of the most exciting, and all of the most frightening and life-threatening, experiences I have known in my entire life."

Given today's technology, stepping into a WWII vintage B-17 is akin to entering a tin can - one that flies and is manned by a crew of ten. Four of the crew members were officers in the front, the pilot, co-pilot, bombardier, and the navigator - the position held by Murphy. The navigator, Murphy wrote, "climbed aboard lugging a briefcase crammed with maps, Mercator charts, books, paper, pencils, drawing instruments, a hand-held calculator, and strange looking optical instruments. He was invariably hunched over his narrow shelf-like table in front of which was a repeater set of basic flight instruments and radio controls. He looked at his watch constantly, drew lines, and scrobbled notes to himself on the papers, maps, and charts in front of him, much like Scrooge's wretched drudge, Bob Cratchet, in Dicken's classic tale, A Christmas Carol."

In typical self-deprecating style, Murphy neglected to mention that he also led them to their target and got them home safely.

The six sergeants in the rear were aerial gunners and a radio technician. "No fighting men in military service anywhere, anytime, would be more deserving of respect," Murphy wrote. "The risks they took were all out of proportion to their military ratings or pay. Their job was difficult mentally and physically, and fraught with the danger of injury or death, almost always deep in enemy territory."

The 100th Bomber Group lost forty-five aircrafts together with their crews in less than 4 months of combat operations. Because of its heavy losses at Regensburg, Bremen, and Muster in August and October 1043, they became known throughout the Army's Eighth Air Force as The Bloody Hundredth.

LUCK OF THE DRAW features Murphy's harrowing descriptions of the battles, including the "suicide mission" that he and his fellow crewmen survived deep over enemy territory in Regensburg, and their final battle over Muster during what came to be known as Black Week (October 8-14, 1943), what Murphy describes as "a staccato succession of trials of fire on a scale unprecedented in aerial warfare."

Shot down over enemy territory, Murphy and the other surviving crew members were arrested by the German police. With the same eye for detail and storytelling ability that serves his combat writing, Murphy shares the highs and lows of his internment in the infamousStalag Luft III, later made famous by the Hollywood feature, The Great Escape. The men survived freezing conditions, near starvation and a last-minute forced march as the Russian Army approached. He was liberated on April 29, 1945.

Although he is not here to further describe those 22 months himself, his granddaughter Chloe Melas is available to share the stories learned at her grandfather's knee.

Among the items she could discuss are:

*The ragtag group of twenty-somethings, hailing from cities and small towns across the U.S. that made up the crew of Murphy's plane, The Bastard's Bungalow.

*Early flight technology described in minute detail by Murphy in the book.

*Bombing strategies that were only just taking shape as the war started, and the heroism involved in flying over fortified enemy territory.

*Conditions in the World War II POW camps, and how The Great Escape and Hogan's heroes barely scratched the surface.

*The trip forty years after the war that nudged Murphy to talk about his WWII experienced, and the camaraderie that developed among the survivors over the years.

*Why it is so important to share stories like this with a new generation.

In a tribute to his comrades, Murphy made this observation: "There was no single reason why men who looked death in the face over Europe in 1943 went back into battle day after day. The airmen of the Eighth were amateurs, not professional soldiers. We had no idea whether we were good soldiers or not, but we had not collapsed in the face of a difficult enemy. Duty, honor, country played their part, certainly, but not because these precepts were drilled into us by the Army. It was just the way we were. In my view, however, the single driving force that kept us going was the bond one felt with the men who stood steadfastly beside him when all their lives were at stake."

PRAISE FOR LUCK OF THE DRAW

"Murphy describes some of the bloodiest air battles of the war as only a person who was actually there can. Luck of the Draw is a riveting and often harrowing must-read for anyone interested in military aviation, the second world war, or just plain real-life adventure."- John Orloff, writer, HBO's Band of Brothers and Apple+'s Masters of the Air

"Navigator Frank Murphy's propulsive account of the American bomber war against Nazi Germany is also a powerful and poignant memoir of survival in a German POW compound. The books' heart-stopping account of the brutal Winter March of the captured Allied airmen across the heart of Hitler's dying Reich placed it with Twelve O'Clock High as a classic of World War II literature." -Donald L. Miller, author of Masters of the Air: The Greatest Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

"A gripping, inspirational account of incredible bravery, resilience, and sheer will to survive. Frank Murphy was a true American hero who served courageously in the skies over Europe during WWII and who then demonstrated extraordinary fortitude and determination in the face of unimaginable challenges as a prisoner of war. A truly extraordinary story!"- General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), former Commander of the Surge in Iraq, US Central Command, and NATO and US Forces in Afghanistan, and former Director of the CIA

"Ever wonder if you had what it took to stare death in the face and push it aside and go forth into the unknown? That is what these young airmen of the 8th Army Air Force accomplished every time they leaded up for another mission. Frank Murphy has eloquently described the harrowing experiences of a B-17 crew from the loss of crewmembers, confronting his own mortality and ultimately the trauma of incarceration as a prisoner of war. This account is partly to honor his noble brothers of the air but also a reminder to future generations of the heroic young men of the Bomber Command."-Rick Perry, son of B-17 tail gunner BG, 14th Governor of Texas, and 7th Secretary of Energy

"Every generation needs a spokesman for it endeavors. In this respect Murphy does the young men of VIII Bomber command proud."-Roger A. Freeman, author and Eighth Air force historian

ABOUT FRANK MURPHY AND CHLOE MELAS

Frank D. Murphy survived months in a German POW camp after being shot out of his B-17 Flying Fortress. He withstood a harrowing death march in sub-zero temperatures - and his bravery earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart, and the Air Medal. The incredible stories of Frank Murphy and his 8th Air force's 100th Bomb Group - nicknamed The Bloody Hundredth - will be featured in the upcoming Stephen Spielberg and Tom Hanks Apple+ TV Series, Masters of the Air.

Chloe Melas is an entertainment reporter for CNN, covering breaking celebrity news, industry analysis and in-depth investigations. She currently resides in New York with her husband and their two sons.

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Hi there, I’m Philip Robison, founder of Saving Brothers, and I want you to know one thing: you are not alone, my brother." I know the fear of a cancer diagnosis and treatment, I have felt the emotional and financial pain of divorce and family separation, and I have experienced the devastating loss of lifelong friends to suicide.

Each took its toll on me, and I felt alone, and I didn't want anyone else on the planet to feel like this.
That's where the mission of Keep 5 Alive started - with our goal to teach 5 men to help 5 men. Sounds simple, but when those 5 men tell another 5 men, and those 5 men tell another 5 men... that's 244 million men whose lives will have been impacted in just 11 layers of pledges.

I have built Saving Brothers from the ground up because this brotherhood is what I was missing from my journey. In building Saving Brothers my goal has been to create a Global Community and resource for men that serves to meet men wherever they are in life, with a focus on empowering men to gain control over their Health, Self and Wealth by creating connection and better communication not only for men but for the women that love and support them.










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Marie Jones, British Writer has been writing and telling stories since she was a young child. Perhaps it was inevitable that she would call grappling with words and language a career—and loving every moment. She feels privileged to share her work with a large and welcoming audience. Get in touch to discover more about her work, writing process and future endeavours.

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Serial entrepreneur, realtor, podcast host, and social media expert, John Mendez, is deeply passionate about helping other like-minded individuals achieve a life of abundance. Through the power of the mind and social media, John Mendez is empowering others to obtain financial freedom and build the lives they’ve always dreamed of living.

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Pastor Vera McEwen is incredibly excited to give an open welcome to all at Love God Ministries! An online community where all truly are welcome, Pastor Vera embodies the Love of Christ through witness and discipleship. She founded Love God Ministries because conversations with people revealed a need for a community of believers where it does not matter how you look but recognize that you are a child of God.

Pastor Vera has been teaching and preaching the Good News of Jesus Christ and the Word of God for over 30 years. Her primary emphasis is spreading God's Love by providing pastoral care, preaching God's Loving Word, teaching God's Light-Filled Word, and implementing God's Living relational group architecture via in home communities.

She is currently reviewing the prospects of a doctorate in religious studies with an emphasis on Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic as encouraged by her professors at seminary. In addition to her vocation as Pastor she ministers as a certified professional and personal coach.

With God's help, she implements 1 Thessalonians 5.11, motivating people to be and do their very best by building one another up. Pastor Vera is a joyous, ever singing sister in Christ who after years of being pursued by God, stopped running and answered the call, halleluiah, הַלְלוּיָה

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Rhonda Stoppe is a Christian author and speaker who is dedicated to helping women live life with no regrets, with over 30 years of experience as a pastor’s wife, mom coach, marriage mentor, homeschool keynote, mother of four – and grandmother of 15. The highly anticipated 10th Anniversary Edition of her beloved book Moms Raising Sons to Be Men will be available on March 7, 2023. For more information visit noregretswoman.com

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A CDC report revealed, “of the roughly 930,000 abortions performed in 2020, about 39% were performed on Black women….over the course of a year, more than 350,000 Black babies, or almost 1,000 per day, are aborted.”

Rev. Dean Nelson VP of Government RelationsBased in the Washington, D.C. area, Dean Nelson is responsible for advancing the Culture of Life in the political sphere, by building bridges, coalitions, and partnerships. He brings to Human Coalition more than 20 years of demonstrated success directing nonprofit organizations, with an emphasis on urban strategies, grassroots organization, and national leadership training. Before taking the role as executive director of Human Coalition Action, Rev. Nelson faithfully served Human Coalition as the church outreach director for five years.

Rev. Nelson was recently appointed by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to serve on the congressional Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission whose mission is to honor the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass. Rev. Nelson has worked for other major pro-life and Christian organizations, including Global Outreach Campus Ministries and Care Net, where he managed an annual budget of more than $1 million. As part of Wellington Boone Ministries’ senior strategic planning team, Rev. Nelson helped plant ministries in capital cities such as Richmond, Virginia; Atlanta, Georgia; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Washington, D.C. And United Way recognized him for his work in bringing people together for a common cause.

Rev. Nelson serves as the chairman of the board for the Douglass Leadership Institute. He is a sought-after speaker, giving frequent interviews on ABC and NBC affiliate networks in Washington, D.C. He’s appeared on the 700 Club, CBN News, and MSNBC, as well. And he is a frequent guest on Christian radio programs, including the Bott Radio Network and American Family Radio. Rev. Nelson is a licensed minister from Salem Baptist Church in Marshall, Virginia, and an ordained pastor with Wellington Boone Ministries. He holds a BA in Rhetoric and Communication from the University of Virginia, and he completed post-graduate work at Coverdell Leadership Institute and Leadership Institute Campaign School.

He and his wife Julia have three children and live in Maryland.

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