Can you imagine what it’d be like to watch the sunset, or a football game, or even take a picture, knowing that it would be the last time that you could see what was in front of you?

Author and inspirational speaker, Chad Foster, was just three years old when he was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a disease that gradually robs you of your eyesight. Twenty years later, he was self-medicating with alcohol, riddled with embarrassment, depression and grief about going blind and thinking that his life was over.

But what would you do if you’d decided that feeling sorry for yourself wasn’t how you wanted to spend the next fifty or so years? Would you cower from a future that was too scary to imagine? Or would you transform yourself from “poor me” to a leader that inspires others to improve their vision?

More from Chad Foster:

Visit: https://chadefoster.com

Get his book Blind Ambition

Finding Chad Foster:

Instagram: @findchadefoster

LinkedIn: Chad E. Foster

New speaking reel (short): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A3TMqLuIlA

New speaking reel (full): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6P0A1H9ngk

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Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Jennifer Eikenhorst right after the show.

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Imagine driving home, your daughters in the backseat, and suddenly a flash of light on the driver’s side warns you that there’s a vehicle approaching and you and your girls brace for impact.

Jennifer Eikenhorst, teacher, wife, mother of four, and a woman of strong faith was almost home when she’d realized that vehicle she’d collided with was a motorcycle and that somehow, she had caused a devastating accident.

So what would you do if the man on the bike died a few days later in the hospital? Would you lose hope and question your faith? Or would you force yourself to keep going and start a podcast that gives hope to others who have killed someone by accident?

More From Jennifer Eikenhorst:

Listen to Accidental Hope

Visit: https://accidentalhope.com

Read Left Turn, life unimagined

Watch her appearance on The Red Table Talk with Jada Pinkett Smith

Finding Jennifer Eikenhorst:

Instagram: @jenneikenhorst, @accidentalhope

Facebook: @accidentalhope

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Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Mistress Marley right after the show.

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Imagine celebrating your 27th birthday in Tulum, Mexico. A trip financed by your online suitors who obeyed your financial commands and waited only for you to tell them how much money you required.

Pro Dominatrix or Findomme, Mistress Marley googled “how to make more money” after getting her degree in fashion design and discovered the world of BDSM. 

But what would you do if when it came to the psychological kink of controlling someone’s wallet, you realized that you had a very special skill set? Would you take the safe route and pursue a career in fashion? Or would you take the money that men were lining up to give you?

More From Mistress Marley:

Visit: https://www.thechocolatedomme.com

Finding Mistress Marley:

Instagram: @thechocolatedomme_, @blkandknky

Twitter: @eyesxonfire

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Laura has selected several of her favorite pages and passages to share from Stash, My Life in Hiding. We hope you enjoy listening to them as much as we do.  

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Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Keith Corbin right after the show.

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While drugs changed hands and bullets flew outside, his grandmother’s kitchen was a haven for him.

James Beard nominated chef, Keith Corbin literally grew up in the drug game and ended up working in the kitchen of the maximum security prison where he served seven years as an adult.

So what would you do if after serving your time, you were both a skilled cook in a restaurant where you gained valuable experience, and a skilled cocaine cook, where they paid you very well for your time? Would you continue to do both for as long as you could? Or would you make a decision to leave one life behind for good, and pursue the other with everything you had?

More From Keith Corbin:

Read: California Soul

Finding Keith Corbin:

Instagram: @chefkeithcorbin & @altarestaurant

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Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Emmylou Diaz right after the show.

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Imagine getting your MFA in acting at Harvard and then moving to Los Angeles only to find that the parts you're auditioning for were either the Chola or the gangbanger?

Screenwriter, Emmylou Diaz, whose credits include Jane The Virgin and Charmed, decided to take a writing class one day after realizing that she wasn’t being taken seriously as an actress.

But what would you do if you got a job that turned into a new career? A career that gave you the opportunity to write on some of America’s most successful shows? Would you just be grateful for the chance to do something that only one-fourth of one percent of the US population gets to do? Or would you take this opportunity to write the parts you’d hoped for back when you were an actress?

More From Emmylou:

Catch her upcoming show Monarch on Fox

Finding Emmylou:

Instagram & Twitter: @emmyloudiaz

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