Listen Bitch Presents TELL ME WHY YOU'RE SPECIAL

What happens when you look like you have it all together… but you’re quietly falling apart?

In this episode of Listen Bitch Presents: Tell Me Why You’re Special, Branden sits down with Katie Baker, a trauma survivor, author, and healing facilitator, to talk about the kind of pain people don’t see and the radical choices it sometimes takes to break cycles for good.

Katie opens up about her battle with addiction, childhood trauma, and the moment at 47 years old when everything came to the surface. From there, she made a decision most people are too afraid to even consider—fully committing to healing through therapy, integration work, and guided psychedelic experiences.

This conversation goes beyond the headlines around psychedelics and gets into the real work… the emotional processing, the accountability, and the courage it takes to face yourself without numbing out.

They also dive into motherhood, breaking generational trauma, rebuilding self-worth, and what it actually means to become a safe place for your own kids after surviving what you did.

If you’ve ever felt stuck in patterns you can’t seem to break, this episode will challenge you, stretch you, and remind you that healing is possible… but it requires honesty.

https://www.peaceandfirehealing.com/

What if the most meaningful conversations happen right before it’s too late?

In this episode of Listen Bitch Presents: Tell Me Why You’re Special, Branden sits down with Dan Cohen to talk about one of the most emotional and powerful experiences of his life—walking through his father’s dementia journey and the unexpected moments of clarity, connection, and love that came in the middle of it.

Dan shares what it’s really like caring for a parent with dementia and Alzheimer’s, the emotional toll of watching someone fade, and the surprising truth that people with dementia may be more aware than we think.

This conversation goes deeper than caregiving. It’s about presence, appreciation, and saying what needs to be said while you still have the chance. Dan also opens up about the moment that inspired his book Awakenings in Real Life and how his father’s story became a message of hope for others navigating loss.

If you’ve ever experienced grief, cared for a loved one, or wondered how to show up in hard seasons, this episode will stay with you.
What if the person you thought was lost forever suddenly returned—even for a moment? 
When Dan Cohen’s father, deep in dementia unexpectedly “woke up,” he sent a message that he still appreciated and wanted to live life. For two unforgettable days, Herbie spoke with clarity, shared memories, and expressed his love -gifting his family laughter, wisdom, and hope.  That extraordinary awakening opened the door to a deeper understanding of resilience and connection. In this moving memoir, Cohen weaves his father’s remarkable story with family histories, lessons and moments of joy that shaped their lives together. Awakenings in Real Life is a celebration of memory, love and the awakenings that can transform how we see our lives.
See  the book on Amazon https://share.google/8WDrq8WcjzVkz5KhV

Chandra Lynn I know what it feels like to look successful on the outside yet still be struggling on the inside. After a 25-year career leading marketing for powerhouse brands like Apple, Mercedes, and Tyra Banks, I hit a point where ambition and achievement weren’t enough—my personal life and inner world told me something had to change.

That breaking point became my breakthrough. I trained as a Certified Transformation Coach and developed the Root-to-Rise Framework, a system to help people move from survival mode to fulfillment by aligning their emotional needs with the five root areas of life.

As the author of Root-to-Rise: How to Love Life and founder of Glow Living, I’ve turned my personal transformation into a movement, guiding audiences worldwide with practical tools for emotional resilience, balance, and purpose.

When I speak, I love keeping things warm, relatable, and actionable. My goal is for listeners to walk away not only inspired by my story but also equipped with tools they can use right away to create meaningful change in their own lives.

Chandra Lynn is a Certified Transformation Coach, author of Root-to-Rise: How to Love Life, and founder of Glow Living—a platform dedicated to helping people build emotional resilience, balance, and purpose. During a 25-year career leading marketing for brands like Apple, Mercedes, and Tyra Banks, she answered a deeper calling: to guide others through healing, growth, and self-discovery.

Her Root-to-Rise Framework blends human needs psychology with soulful practices to help people move from survival mode to fulfillment. Today, she empowers audiences worldwide with practical tools and heartfelt inspiration to rise stronger and truly love life.

https://glowliving.com/

I’m the author of "Pitching Sales! A Complete Guide to Becoming a Sales Professional".  I focus on helping people enter the sales profession and develop the mindset and skills needed to succeed early in their careers.

Unlike many sales books that focus on helping experienced sellers go from good to great, my approach takes more of a mentorship perspective. I help guide new sales professionals through the challenges, frustrations, and confidence hurdles that all new salespeople face when starting out in sales. The ideas in the book come from my own experiences in the field, along with insights from many other sales professionals who shared what they wish they had known when they first began their careers.

In addition to helping individuals break into sales, I enjoy speaking with business owners about how to grow their companies by introducing structured sales roles. Ideas that cover topics like when to hire a first salesperson, how to compensate them properly, and how to build a sales culture that supports long-term growth.

I’m also passionate discussing personal reinvention. how redefining your identity, taking risks, and pursuing something outside of your comfort zone, including writing a book, handling imposter syndrome, and building a career around helping others grow.

https://www.pitchingsalesconsulting.com/

https://www.amazon.ca/Pitching-Sales-Complete-Becoming-Professional/dp/1738651606/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Gary DeFranco is an Emmy-nominated television executive producer with more than two decades of wild, unfiltered, and genre-defining experience in reality television. From ESPN to Discovery Channel to PlayboyTV, Gary’s career has taken him inside some of the most extreme worlds on TV—street racing, DEA raids, underground fight culture—and for many years, deep inside the chaos of the UFC.

He has produced for major networks including ESPN, FOX, Showtime, Discovery Channel, Travel Channel, VH1, Spike, and more. Gary is best known for his powerhouse run as Executive Producer of The Ultimate Fighter—a franchise that has delivered 40 seasons globally—along with his executive leadership on TBS’s Power Slap and an incredible 14 seasons of Discovery’s hit series Street Outlaws.

Gary’s path to television was anything but traditional. A kid from the East Side of Cleveland who started as a rapper, he once opened for Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, moved to Las Vegas, attended UNLV, and even spent time around Death Row Records before finding his calling behind the camera. His journey includes adversity, reinvention, and the refusal to quit—an energy that now defines his work and the people he chooses to champion.

Today, Gary is the owner and president of Max Glow Media, a creative and production studio that blends television, music, branding, photography, and digital strategy under one roof. His company builds and elevates brands for fighters, artists, influencers, models, and public figures—helping them connect with audiences, grow loyal fanbases, and monetize their platforms. Somehow, this masculine, straight, East-Cleveland TV veteran now also manages transgender rap artists, a twist he openly laughs about, describing his life as “beautiful chaos that came out of left field.”

Beyond producing, Gary is a mentor to athletes and musicians, an advocate for personal reinvention, and a natural storyteller who has lived enough for three lifetimes. When he's not on set, he’s making music, painting, boxing, cooking, designing fashion, or finishing his debut book.

With a career rooted in resilience, creativity, and fearlessness, Gary DeFranco brings raw honesty, unbelievable stories, and hard-earned wisdom to every stage, every show, and every conversation.

https://www.maxglowent.com/

I’m Tami Forster—The Legal System Warrior™, a transformational speaker, resilience mindset consultant, and financial strategist.

After enduring over 100 family court hearings across a decade, I turned my adversity into a mission: to help others navigate broken systems, reclaim their power, and become unbothered and unbreakable.

As the creator of The Warrior Success System™ and founder of The Brave Anyway Program, I equip individuals and families with the mindset, strategy, and financial direction needed to protect their future and rise with confidence.

I don’t just teach resilience—I’ve lived it, built it, and now I lead others to it.    links-https://www.facebook.com/tami.forster.5/   Instagram-https://www.instagram.com/tamiforster/           

Faith isn’t blind… it’s backed.

In this episode of Listen Bitch Presents: Tell Me Why You’re Special, Branden sits down with David Shapiro, a former Orthodox Jew who walked through doubt, atheism, and ultimately found faith in Jesus Christ through evidence, logic, and personal conviction.

This isn’t surface-level faith talk. This is a real conversation about what happens when belief gets tested, when identity gets shaken, and when truth becomes something you have to fight for.

David shares his journey from religious pressure and disconnection to discovering a relationship with God rooted in both reason and revelation. They dive into biblical prophecy, forgiveness, and why faith and science aren’t enemies—they actually point to the same truth.

If you’ve ever wrestled with doubt, questioned what you believe, or needed something deeper than emotional hype… this conversation will challenge you to think, feel, and decide.

This is about truth, not comfort.

David Shapiro is a speaker, author, and former Orthodox Jew who found faith in Jesus. Struggling with dyslexia and childhood abuse, he learned forgiveness of self and others. He is the author of Unshakable: The Evidence Behind the Bible, where he explores the historical, archaeological, and philosophical case for Scripture. David is passionate about helping people build a confident, evidence-based faith.

Drdavidshapiro.org

I've been a licensed financial services agent and coach for 25+ years. I'm currently a Certified Financial Education Instructor through the National Financial Educators Council. Over the years, I've helped hundreds of people learn how to manage, protect, and grow their money—turning their income into lasting wealth. I love helping others get their MBA—what I like to call a Massive Bank Account.

Paris has been married to the same woman for over 29 years and is the proud father of five children and two sons-in-law. He has experienced significant financial hardship—including losing everything and relying on food stamps—but rebuilt his life to achieve a six-figure passive income and a six-figure liquid net worth, excluding his home. For more than 25 years, Paris has been dedicated to helping families manage, protect, and grow their money. A committed student of his industry, he has read dozens of books on personal finance and investing.

Pariscliff.com/freegift