Overcomers Overcoming

Marie Lesaicherre is the founder and CEO of Akesa Health, a startup offering a self-guided therapy app helping people transform anxiety and distress into resilience. She is a global entrepreneurial executive with 18 years of experience launching tech businesses for General Electric and startups in the US, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Marie holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Biology from the National University of Singapore and an executive MBA from Columbia Business School and the London Business School. She devoted twenty years to getting degrees, climbing the corporate ladder worldwide, and running away from long-forgotten childhood trauma. The traumas resurfaced and derailed her career. She experimented and trained in numerous therapies (talk therapy, psychedelics, energy, and holistic healing) and eventually found therapies that saved her life. Through her life experiences, she got very interested in neuroscience, mind-body connections, holistic health, and spirituality. This experience caused her to get frustrated with the lack of affordable and scientifically-validated mental health solutions. While researching therapies that had helped her, she realized the brain has innate self-healing potential. This self-healing potential will transform anxiety and stress into resilience - the ability to face life's setbacks without needing a therapist.

Jennifer Dawn Robbins overcame her family's toxic culture to find the passion that drives her today. She sold apples off my grandfather's tree when she was eight. She then launched a cake decorating business in high school, worked for the Governor of Florida, and IBM in my early 20s. Always wanting to improve and do things her way, she founded her first software company at 23. That company developed point-of-sale systems for amusement parks, and she traveled the world while growing the business from nothing to over $1M in annual sales. After 13 years, she sold the company and purchased a construction company. The construction industry crashed along with her business the year she bought that company. Undaunted, she knew even the best entrepreneurs fail – it's the getting back up that makes you great. It is the journey to recovery that defines us - not the failures. Through her life experiences, Jennifer knows that developing the person leads to healthy businesses. You can learn more about Jennifer Dawn Robbins and her coaching business at https://jenniferdawncoaching.com/.

Pastor (retired) James W. Smith shares his life-evaluated experiences to benefit others. He encourages, inspires, and transforms through his life experiences. He shares important lessons on how to get out of the ditch and succeed. Confronting was one of the most valuable life lessons he learned. Whatever you are going through, confronting it helps. Don't let your circumstance be an excuse. Don't be afraid of failure. Practice humility. The darkest hour is just before dawn. These are some of what he learned through his life experience as a lawyer, gambler, ex-offender, and pastor. Being ethical, honest, and trustworthy are valuable components for individuals. Pastor Smith served five years in Federal Correctional Institution for armed bank robbery. A former NC State Bar Approved Sponsor of Continuing Legal Education for 11 years. He is now retired from the pastorate and serves in the historical Missionary Baptist Church, Durham County, NC, where he pastored for nearly 32 years. He authored three books, "Deal By Me, A Golden Opportunity Blown," Deal By Me 2nd Edition, Self Evaluation," and "Come, Let Us Reason Together." He believes in second chances. Consulting, inspirational speaking, and seminars/workshops provide life fulfillment for him now. You can learn more about Pastor James W. Smith at www.dealbyme.com.

Johnathan K. Drayton is a Christian philosopher and aspiring lawyer. He triple majored in his college education in Philosophy, History, and Political Science. In college, he desired to know God's purpose for his life. He knew he loved God. However, he had difficulty applying God's Word to his life. That changed when he took a philosophy class and continued reading God's Word. He allowed God to speak to him in a way he would know his voice while determining how to return to God for continued guidance. Through his learning, he is equipped to point others to His Word. He and his brother have a biblical podcast called "The Truth of the Matter Is." They believe Christians should always be ready to evaluate how we can use God's Word to maneuver through life. Johnathan believes we live on levels that arrive in stages that come in seasons. Therefore, we should pursue being like our Lord Jesus Christ every day while willing to learn from others and hear what they say. "The Truth Of The Matter Is" podcast provides an honest, contextual, historical, psychological, sociological, political, and philosophical view of the Bible through the use of Hermeneutics and, from time to time, personal experiences. Their goal is to help listeners obtain knowledge, open perspective and give practical ways of applying the teachings to everyday life through the inspiring word of God. You can learn more about Jonathan on TikTok at Thetruthoftmis and on the Facebook group: "I'm a believer."

Marshall Zweig survived sexual, emotional, and psychological traumas. He spent decades, and hundreds of thousands of dollars, learning to feel again. Through all this, he transformed his relationships with his wife and mother, who gaslighted him. The experience took him to the edge of sanity, but his relationship with his wife and mother is thriving, loving and respectful. Many years ago, his father's confession to Marshall started his journey of truth and healing. Over the years, Marshall realized he is simply a person with whom many can feel safe to be vulnerable to express themselves in truth. Marshall turned these evaluated life experiences into a successful coaching business.Simply put, coaching others in relationships has been his destiny. Marshall is a Featured Life Coach for Ingomu, where he live-streams with a nationwide interactive community, sharing his life-changing Truth-Empowered Relationships℠: Healing Through Feeling method. Marshall coaches trauma survivors through Rebuilding Thoughts. For organizations, Marshall coaches Authentic Leadership principles using his method. He also develops high-potential employees' EQ (emotional quotient) that unlocks their true potential. In couples coaching, he devotes the first set of sessions to getting grounded in Truth Empowered Relationships℠ rules (called TERms). Employee coaching includes a deep immersion into the TERms benefits, including actionable methods to enhance their careers and lives.

Justine Martin is known as the Queen of Resilience. She has endured more medical challenges than most people. She faced mortality and built a few successful businesses along the way. With the pinnacle of obtaining international and national business awards recognizing her speaking and coaching. In 2011, medical personnel diagnosed her as having Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (MS).Consequently, medical personnel told her she would never work again. Her world crashed, and she questioned her purpose. Then she underwent three heart surgeries in 2013, 14, and 15, followed by pericarditis. In 2016, she developed a purple rash known as Livedo Reticularis on her extremities. That resulted in medical personnel diagnosing her with melanoma, ending that year with Mixed Cryoglobulinemia. In 2017, medical personnel diagnosed Justine with stage 4 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (SLL), causing her to undergo chemotherapy. She had to become pliable and persistent with what life presented while trying to remain positive. You can learn more about Justine Martin at https://www.facebook.com/Justinedeborahmartin/, https://www.juztart.com.au/, and https://www.justinemartin.com.au/.

Rich Lamonica is the MisFitNation Show CEO, and the host. The show originated through the efforts of a U.S. Army Veteran and is hosted by two veterans and a military spouse. The show's goal is to inspire everyone to be better humans. The MisFitNation does this by having guests with stories of grit and resilience while adding in experts in many fields, such as authors, entrepreneurs, coaches, motivational speakers, health and fitness professionals, and many more. Besides being the host of The MisFitNation, Rich is the Chapter lead for the Clarksville Chapter of The Travis Manion Foundation (TMF). The TMF develops programs, training opportunities, and events designed to empower veterans and families of the fallen and then inspire them to pass on their values to the next generation and the community. You can learn more about the MisFitNation at https://www.themisfitnation.com/ and more about the Travis Manion Foundation at https://www.travismanion.org/.

Susan Gold was raised in a small rural town in central Pennsylvania and faced trauma as the middle child in a violent and chaotic household. Her brilliant, alcoholic, astrophysicist father and equally ingenious, mentally ill, homemaking mother collided in dysfunction. As a sibling in a family of five children in short succession, she experienced rampant covert and overt abuse. Hurt and damaged children frequently raise more hurt and damaged children. Susan chose, instead, to be a chain breaker. She determined how to gain benefit from the somatic approach to learning how the mind and body function in concert with stimuli. You can read more about her upbringing in "Toxic Family: Transforming Childhood Trauma into Adult Freedom," available everywhere books are sold. You can schedule a consultation with Susan at http://susangoldconsulting.com/.

Business owners hire Julie Delucca-Collins to build and grow a successful business and life using simple habits, a strong mindset, and increased confidence to achieve their goals. When she started her business, she knew the satisfaction of everything her business would bring to her - freedom, Impact, Flexibility, and Income. Having dealt with and overcome some shortcomings early in her life, Julie became passionate about working with other business owners. Julie knows growing a business can be confusing, tiring, overwhelming, and frustrating. Julie authored the book "Confident You: Simple Habits to Live the Life You Have Imagined" available through Amazon. You can learn more about Julie and her Go Confidently coaching business at https://www.goconfidentlycoaching.com/. Catch the Casa-DeConfidence Podcast to be inspired and entertained.

Owen Santos was born with an asthmatic condition that limits his lung capacity. Motivation to succeed can come in various forms. Some people need positive inspiration, while others can achieve stimulation through negative means. Owen wanted to prove the doctor wrong, who said Owen would spend much of his life in hospitals because of his asthmatic condition. He was determined to prove him wrong. To do so, he started a fitness business to encourage others to follow his example. He coaches others to achieve fitness tailored to their desires. You can follow Owen on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/owensantos/, and you can schedule a fitness profile appointment with him at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhzfyYZ6OLAEjhNJkZfxRyuoZII6ZKkyl0cVYGwBWzgmRb-g/viewform.