In Her Words

Diamond’s mom in South Chicago fought for her daughter at one pivotal moment in a huge, life-changing way. Diamond is still grateful and amazed, especially now that she’s a mom herself!

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Pam wasn’t eager to talk about race for the @ManListening #podcast— and that was nine months and a lifetime ago. But off-mic she and I talk about race all the time — and Jesus, and sex, and White (House) supremacists and the Pittsburgh Steelers. All the things we should avoid. She made it clear - she is not your “white people whisperer.” Now, she gave permission for us to air this but she says she wouldn’t do it today: “I’m a different person. As a black woman, I’m tired of talking.” I may not want to hear this, but I need it.

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“Tell your little girl goodbye.” That’s what the doctors were telling Robin. Her eyes, her skin were the color of mustard. She needed a liver to survive but she didn’t qualify. Then…something remarkable happened.

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Nancy Haynes solved the mystery of her father’s identity through an Ancestry.com DNA test. She was surprised to learn he was a well-known North Carolina lawyer. 

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Jess was recommended to me as a gifted medium, teacher and intuitive healer. So I booked an appointment. It took three months just to find an opening! When I heard a little of her story, I knew I had to share it. Riveting!

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Julie Sigmon was making mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving when the gun fired. She fell to the floor and screamed, "I've been hit." She could have died. The best part? The meaning she made of near-tragedy. 

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Nikki B. was in love with a woman who broke her heart, then married a man,  and had kind of a nervous breakdown. Now she’s in love with a good woman who loves her right back

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Anne was always the “good Catholic girl.” A kind nun pointed her to nursing school. Then one day she took an opioid for a toothache, and her life was never the same.

Anne owns all of it: the lying, cheating and stealing, and because she does, she’s helped thousands of others get clean and sober.

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Stacie Towe spent years healing from a sex assault with the help of good therapists. Now thanks to AN ANSWER Scholarship, she is going to grad school to follow a calling to heal others. 

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Bethlehem is Stuart’s favorite waitress at the Original Pancake House. She’s also an Ethiopian immigrant, a proud American and an irrepressible optimist.

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