It's the end of summer and the end of season 3. As one who struggles with change, it's come with blue moods and a sense of dread, despite so many lovely things in my world.The podcast will resume on 9/13. Enjoy the backlist of more than 130 episodes, please.Want to learn what's new on Persistence U?Connect with me at lameredith.com and hop on my email list!You will learn:Toxic positivity can exacerbate feelings of aloneness and desperation.Normalizing conversations about depression, anxiety, and mental health concerns is a huge step toward reducing risk of suicide.Circumstances, like emotions, are subject to change, and creating a stable community is important.Call 988 or your local hotline for confidential, free support. Woot!  Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges into Superpowers is available in e-book and print now. Order where you buy books. Audiobook to follow.Extra ResourcesThe Pete Foundation and The Big Stomp (Louisville, KY annual music festival)Lizbeth’s links Support the podcast and Lizbeth's writing for $2 or $5 a month on Patreon HEREOR Buy Lizbeth a Coffee Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime, now streaming on Roku, Vudu, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to order wherever books are sold! Interested in seeing if you and Lizbeth would partner well for 1:1 coaching? Sign up for one free session to see. Need a motivational speaker? Sign up HERE to talk with Lizbeth about your needs.

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Few of us have the time to walk a near 500-mile pilgrimage, least of all, mom of six Hollee Brock.   But after a lifetime of happily raising a busy family, she knew she had to do it.What happened next became the subject of her podcast Along the Camino, and a point of transformation.You will learn:A pilgrimage is a journey with a purpose or intention.In a society focused on goals, it's easy to overlook the important transformations that occur simply inside persisting.The power of sharing stories isn't limited to writing essays or memoir.Listen to Along the Camino by Hollee Brock wherever you listen to podcasts.Lizbeth’s links Support the podcast and Lizbeth's writing for $2 or $5 a month on Patreon HEREOR Buy Lizbeth a Coffee Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime, now streaming on Roku, Vudu, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to order wherever books are sold! Interested in seeing if you and Lizbeth would partner well for 1:1 coaching? Sign up for one free session to see. Need a motivational speaker? Sign up HERE to talk with Lizbeth about your needs.

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Composer Tina Davidson knew she'd been adopted, and had enjoyed life in a bustling family of five children who'd lived internationally. She discovered later her birth father was a world-famous scientist. Yet something didn't feel right.Today, Tina Davidson is a well known composer and author of Let Your Heart Be Broken.Connect with Davidson's Tedx Talk and learn more about her work at  https://www.tinadavidson.com/listen/You will learn:Music and writing can provide an outlet for expression and healing.Writing, according to Davidson, is the more vulnerable method of storytelling.Composing music alongside writing stories made for a patchwork frame for Davidson's stories.Lizbeth’s links Support the podcast and Lizbeth's writing for $2 or $5 a month on Patreon HEREOR Buy Lizbeth a Coffee Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime, now streaming on Roku, Vudu, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to order wherever books are sold! Interested in seeing if you and Lizbeth would partner well for 1:1 coaching? Sign up for one free session to see. Need a motivational speaker? Sign up HERE to talk with Lizbeth about your needs.

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When Kim Peacock's children were nearly grown, she revisited the partially healed trauma of losing one of her daughters while on a family vacation years before.Kim shares her journey of faith and healing, and how she turned it into work helping others deal with grief.Connect with Kim Peacock HERE and learn more about her work and writing.You will learn:Everyone experiences loss, and the only control we have is our response.Sometimes showing up for a grieving friend is better than anything we say.We can’t fix the pain of others, but we can keep them company inside of itLizbeth’s links Support the podcast and Lizbeth's writing for $2 or $5 a month on Patreon HEREOR Buy Lizbeth a Coffee Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime, now streaming on Roku, Vudu, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to order wherever books are sold! Interested in seeing if you and Lizbeth would partner well for 1:1 coaching? Sign up for one free session to see. Need a motivational speaker? Sign up HERE to talk with Lizbeth about your needs.

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Debbie Russell had a thriving career as a prosecutor. She'd worked hard for her career, and found that she was addicted to the adrenalin rush it provided, and the fact it offered a pension. Somehow, she'd  known even then that she wanted to retire with some time left in life for creative pursuits. And finding old family letters focused Debbie's attention on both knowing more and writing.Connect with Debbie and her writing at https://debbie-russell.com/ You will learn:Eventually, work stress often catches up, impacting health and well-being.Family history can reveal future concerns.Writing memoir helps distill issues that ma otherwise seem insurmountable. BIO: Debbie Russell is a lawyer turned writer. She spent twenty-five years as an Assistant County Attorney in Minneapolis, prosecuting numerous high-profile cases and fighting off several nervous breakdowns. Today, she enjoys writing and training her retrievers.Lizbeth’s links Support the podcast and Lizbeth's writing for $2 or $5 a month on Patreon HEREOR Buy Lizbeth a Coffee Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime, now streaming on Roku, Vudu, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to order wherever books are sold! Interested in seeing if you and Lizbeth would partner well for 1:1 coaching? Sign up for one free session to see. Need a motivational speaker? Sign up HERE to talk with Lizbeth about your needs.

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Rebecca Chandler is  no stranger to challenges.As a writer and producer, she'd enjoyed traveling to far-flung locations and living out of a suitcase.(Connect with Rebecca at rebeccaechandler.com and find out about her books and work.)And then, one day, she felt a crack. She would later be diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), attributed to early childhood sexual abuse.You will learn:There are many routes to healing.Journaling, EMDR, and talk therapy, and many other interventions may provide relief.Sharing our stories in writing helps gives permission for our readers to tell their own.Lizbeth’s links Support the podcast and Lizbeth's writing for $2 or $5 a month on Patreon HEREOR Buy Lizbeth a Coffee Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime, now streaming on Roku, Vudu, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to order wherever books are sold! Interested in seeing if you and Lizbeth would partner well for 1:1 coaching? Sign up for one free session to see. Need a motivational speaker? Sign up HERE to talk with Lizbeth about your needs.

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Mary Giuliani was a successful life and business coach who'd maintained a 160 pound weight loss by the time she read a book that changed her life. Through the information inside The Body Keeps the Score (Bessel van der Kolk), Mary learned that things that had happened in her childhood were still impacting her, now late in her fifties.          To connect with Mary and learn more about her work and writing, find her at marygiuliani.net.You will learn:Too many toxic traumas in childhood can produce devastating results in later life like obesity, diseases, and even early death if they remain unaddressed.Without getting to the root cause of addictions and other behavioral dysfunctions, we're simply addressing symptoms, one at a time.Dealing with old wounds in isolation leads to secret-keeping and shame.BIO: Mary Giuliani is a coach and author of the new book,It’s Not About Food, Drugs, or Alcohol: It’s About Healing Complex PTSD.  Lizbeth’s links Support the podcast and Lizbeth's writing for $2 or $5 a month on Patreon HEREOR Buy Lizbeth a Coffee Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime, now streaming on Roku, Vudu, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to order wherever books are sold! Interested in seeing if you and Lizbeth would partner well for 1:1 coaching? Sign up for one free session to see. Need a motivational speaker? Sign up HERE to talk with Lizbeth about your needs.

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Lizbeth’s links Support the podcast and Lizbeth's writing for $2 or $5 a month on Patreon HEREOR Buy Lizbeth a Coffee Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime, now streaming on Roku, Vudu, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to order wherever books are sold! Interested in seeing if you and Lizbeth would partner well for 1:1 coaching? Sign up for one free session to see. Need a motivational speaker? Sign up HERE to talk with Lizbeth about your needs.

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He was known as a football player.  Troy Ismir had what looked like a promising future in sport, until one injury ended it all.Bouncing back from that setback wasn't easy. But Troy leaned on his faith, habits, and desire to live his purpose before deciding to leave his comfortable job in pharmaceutical sales in order to become a coach helping men integrate spirit, mind, and body to live theirs.Connect with Troy and learn more about his book True Power is Inner Power  at troyismir.com.You will learn:Our diets include not just the food we eat, but what we listen to, watch, and the company we keep, according to Troy.Nutrition, exercise, and mindset determines a lot about how we age.Big goals are best achieved in baby steps.Lizbeth’s links Support the podcast and Lizbeth's writing for $2 or $5 a month on Patreon HEREOR Buy Lizbeth a Coffee Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime, now streaming on Roku, Vudu, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to order wherever books are sold! Interested in seeing if you and Lizbeth would partner well for 1:1 coaching? Sign up for one free session to see. Need a motivational speaker? Sign up HERE to talk with Lizbeth about your needs.

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Melody Warnick is no stranger to feeling like an outsider. The author of If I Could Live Anywhere and This is Where You Belong, Melody found herself moving around the country to follow her husband's career while she freelanced for magazines like The New York Times, Washington Post,  and Woman's Day.When she moved a final time to a town she didn't love, Melody knew the problem was hers to solve. (Connect with Melody and her work at http://melodywarnick.com/)You will learn:  Investing in the community you choose to live in by volunteering or joining a newcomer's group can spark feelings of place attachment.Sometimes, due to friends moving or a change of circumstances, we'll need to revisit skills learned and rebuild our community.It is possible to find a sense of belonging and place attachment where ever we are.BIO: Melody Warnick is an author and freelance writer and   now a professor at Virginia Tech.  Lizbeth’s links Support the podcast and Lizbeth's writing for $2 or $5 a month on Patreon HEREOR Buy Lizbeth a Coffee Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime, now streaming on Roku, Vudu, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to order wherever books are sold! Interested in seeing if you and Lizbeth would partner well for 1:1 coaching? Sign up for one free session to see. Need a motivational speaker? Sign up HERE to talk with Lizbeth about your needs.

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