Life & the Stories Within It: Season 2: Episode 4: The Moment It Changed

Charlene Madden has admittedly spent most of her life living in a state of darkness.  After experiencing over 9 years of sexualized trauma at the hands of her grandfather, a decade of domestic violence, and 3+ decades of mental illness and suicidal ideology, she was just 2 days away from taking her life when she attended  a women's workshop where everything changed.  She was able to take off her blinders, begin the healing process, and find her Purpose by turning her Mess into a Message of Hope, Evolution, and Transformation that she now shares with people all over the world.    
Charlene is a Mother of 3 amazing children, a wife, daughter, Reiki Practitioner, Women's Empowerment Coach.

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Life & the Stories Within It: Season 2: Episode 3: Solving A Problem

Caroline Holke has always had a pretty good life on paper- happily married with 2 kids, leadership position in corporate marketing, plenty of good friends and family. But she wasn't quite happy. This led her down the path of self-discovery and she started examining her relationship with alcohol. Once she figured that out, then she started to look at her corporate career. She is now a Drink Less Coach and helps women get rid of the sh*tty parts of drinking and create a life that they love.

Her work centers on the concept that we are taught what to think and if we are lucky, how to think with regards to other people's work. But we were never taught that we can apply critical thinking skills to our own thinking. We grow up believing that our thoughts are true. This is great if we have helpful thoughts, but many times, they are not. Caroline has a skill for helping her clients tease out what thoughts are driving any habit that is not helping them. She works with them privately to develop a plan on how to unbelieve these thoughts and create a life that they wouldn't dream of numbing out of.

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Life & the Stories Within It: Season 2: Episode 2: Breaking Down Barriers

Laura J. Brandao is the President and only woman partner of American Financial Resources, Inc., a national mortgage lender. With a lengthy list of accolades, including the Most Influential Businesswoman to Watch in 2021, Laura is a coveted speaker and best-selling author, inspiring audiences with her positivity and passion. 

Laura built a successful business, and felt she started living into her purpose once she said “YES!” to stepping out from behind her desk and away from her daily routine. She learned that if you go into every situation with no preconceived notions or expectations, you can do ANYTHING!

Laura is the Chair of Women With Vision and the National Association of Minority Mortgage Bankers of America’s Visionary program, as well as serving on the boards of Mortflix and the Mortgage Bankers Association of NJ, chairing it’s women’s committee. She is also the host of the What’s your why Wednesday podcast series. 

Laura shares her infectious passion to inspire, encourage and empower people to rise up to be their best selves, so they can live their greatest lives.

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Life & the Stories Within It: Season 2: Episode 1: Different Abilities

John and Mark X. Cronin are the father-son team that created John’s Crazy Socks, a social enterprise with a mission to spread happiness. They bootstrapped their business into the world’s largest sock store. John is not only a business owner, but he has Down syndrome. Every day, John and Mark show what people with differing abilities can do – more than half their colleagues have a differing ability. And they show their gratitude through their Giving Back program that has raised nearly $500,000 for their charity partners.  Most of all, they are spreading happiness one pair of socks at a time.

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Life & the Stories Within It: Season 1: Episode 16: Picking Your Poison

Life & the Stories Within It: Season 1: Episode 15: The Blackout

Life & the Stories Within It: Season 1: Episode 14: Learning To Listen

Life & the Stories Within It: Season 1: Episode 13: Lending a Hand

Life & the Stories Within It: Season 1: Episode 12: Finding A Sense of Direction

Life & the Stories Within It: Season 1: Episode 11: Letting Faith Guide Us