Positive Talk Radio

Susannah Robbins believes anxiety does not have to control the way you think, feel, or move through your life.

A Certified Master Hypnotist, IEMT Practitioner, author, and founder of MindShift Potentials, Susannah helps people struggling with chronic anxious thoughts, overthinking, fear, and self-doubt develop a greater sense of calm, confidence, and control.

Her path into this work began close to home. After watching her daughter experience severe anxiety, Susannah became determined to find approaches that could help. That search eventually introduced them to hypnosis, and the meaningful changes she witnessed inspired Susannah to change the direction of her own life and train as a hypnotist.

As her work with clients developed, Susannah recognized another important need. People needed practical tools they could reach for when anxiety appeared in everyday life, not only techniques used during a professional session. That realization inspired her book, Calm in Your Pocket: 20 Simple Tools to Stop Anxiety in Its Tracks, a collection of accessible strategies for navigating anxious thoughts, stress, and overwhelm.

Today, through MindShift Potentials, Susannah incorporates hypnosis, IEMT, self-hypnosis, and practical anxiety-management strategies into her work. Her approach focuses on helping clients examine old patterns, work through the emotional impact of past experiences, and strengthen resilience and trust in themselves.

Outside of her professional work, Susannah lives in Marin County, California, where she enjoys hiking, spending time near the water, and getting as much dog time as she can.

Her message is simple: anxiety may be part of your experience, but it does not have to run your life.

https://www.mindshiftpotentials.com/

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Positive Talk Radio is more than a show. It’s a movement of hope, healing, and purpose. ️

Hosted by Kevin McDonald, we bring you real stories from real people who turned pain into power, fear into faith, and dreams into reality. From bestselling authors and visionaries to everyday heroes, each conversation will move you, challenge you, and remind you that you were created for greatness.

Here, positivity isn’t just talked about. It’s lived, shared, and multiplied. Whether you’re seeking encouragement, clarity, or a spark of joy, you’ll find it here.

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Michael Grayson believes adversity can leave deep scars, but it can also become the beginning of rebuilding a life with greater meaning, resilience, and purpose.

A nurse, cancer survivor, and author of Blades of Resurrection, Michael's story has been shaped by experiences with poverty, addiction, grief, recovery, and profound personal loss. Growing up surrounded by instability and addiction, he faced challenges that would later influence both his understanding of human suffering and his commitment to creating a different future.

Michael eventually overcame a gambling addiction, pursued higher education, earned multiple degrees, and built a career in nursing. His professional life placed him alongside people navigating some of their most vulnerable moments, giving him an intimate understanding of illness, uncertainty, and the importance of compassionate care.

Then Michael found himself on the other side of healthcare. After losing both of his parents to cancer, he was diagnosed with a rare stomach cancer himself. The experience transformed his perspective as a nurse and patient, forcing him to confront his own mortality while processing years of grief, trauma, and loss.

Those experiences became part of the foundation for his memoir, Blades of Resurrection, an exploration of resilience, addiction recovery, grief, mental health, and personal transformation. Through his writing and speaking, Michael examines not only how people survive difficult experiences, but how they can begin making meaning from what they have endured.

Today, Michael uses his story to encourage more honest conversations about trauma, healing, post-traumatic growth, and the complicated process of rebuilding after loss.

His message is simple: resilience does not mean escaping hardship untouched. It means learning how to carry what happened with greater self-compassion, find meaning within the struggle, and continue building a life beyond it.

www.lightningshadowcrossroads.org

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James Logan believes hope is not something you wait for. It is something you choose to keep moving toward, even when the road ahead feels impossible.

A lifelong endurance athlete, James has completed approximately 300 races across four decades and has been pursuing IRONMAN competition since 2018. In 2026, that journey is taking him to one of endurance sports' biggest stages after being selected to compete with TEAM IMF at the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona, Hawaii.

But getting to Kona represents far more than an athletic achievement. In April 2024, James was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic colorectal cancer that had spread to his liver. Since then, he has undergone extensive treatment, including chemotherapy, radiation, and multiple major surgeries involving his colon, liver, gallbladder, and rectum. Today, he competes and trains with an ostomy while continuing chemotherapy for new tumors in his liver.

Despite being given a devastating prognosis, James has continued moving forward. More than two years after his diagnosis, he remains focused on training for Kona and living with a mindset captured by a phrase that has become central to his journey: “I have cancer. Cancer does not have me.”

His experience also inspired him to write Just Keep TRI-ING, a book created to offer faith to those struggling to believe, hope to those who feel hopeless, and support for the IRONMAN Foundation. James plans to direct profits from the book toward the foundation until his fundraising goals are reached.

For 2026, James has simplified his life around three goals: arrive in Kona with enough strength and fitness to complete the race within the 17-hour limit, publish and promote Just Keep TRI-ING, and raise as much money as possible for the IRONMAN Foundation.

His message is simple: a difficult diagnosis may change the course of your life, but it does not have to take away your purpose. Keep believing, keep moving, and above all, just keep TRI-ING.

www.ironmanfoundation.donordrive.com

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Judith Hoaglund believes healing and self-discovery begin with a willingness to explore the deeper mysteries of ourselves, the natural world, and our connection to something greater.

A lifelong student of spiritual alchemy, quantum mechanics, shamanism, mysticism, nature, and healing, Judith has spent decades exploring traditions and practices that seek to understand consciousness and human transformation. Her search for personal healing and spiritual wisdom has taken her across the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Latin America, eventually transforming a personal journey into a life devoted to service.

Since 1977, Judith has worked with people seeking healing and greater self-understanding. She immersed herself in Sufism and was ordained as a healer and minister in the Sufi Order of the West in 1979. During the 1990s, she expanded her practice through training with Native American and other shamanic teachers, later beginning an in-depth apprenticeship in Peruvian shamanism in 2001.

From 2009 to 2019, Judith served as a sanctioned teacher of The Pachakuti Mesa Tradition Cross-Cultural Shamanism, guiding others in Andean-inspired mesa-based healing and ceremonial practices. Her decades of study have shaped an approach that brings together energy work, ceremony, altered states, spiritual exploration, and a deep respect for the natural world.

During the pandemic in 2020, Judith began bringing that lifetime of experience to the page. Her book, Embody Wholeness: Journeys into Energy Healing, Altered States and the Quantum Field, was first published in 2021. In 2025, she released a second edition, Embody Wholeness: Guided Shamanic Techniques for Transforming Trauma into Well-Being.

Today, Judith maintains a private shamanic energy healing practice in West Sonoma County, California, where gardening, hiking, and time in nature remain an important part of her life and spiritual practice.

Her message is simple: healing is a journey of returning to wholeness, and when we become willing to explore ourselves more deeply, we can begin transforming the way we relate to our experiences, our world, and our own inner wisdom.

www.judithhoaglund.com

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Matt and Alexis believe transforming your life is more possible than most people think, but motivation alone is rarely enough to make change last.

As the founder of Firefli, Matt brings an entrepreneurial perspective to personal transformation, while Alexis, Firefli's Head of Marketing, brings her own understanding of what it takes to turn an idea or intention into consistent action. Together, they explore the relationship between motivation, discipline, and the small decisions that ultimately shape our lives.

Their philosophy challenges the idea that meaningful transformation requires one dramatic breakthrough. Motivation can help someone begin, but consistency is what allows that initial spark to become progress. By continuing to show up even when excitement fades, people can gradually create new habits, strengthen their confidence, and move closer to the person they want to become.

Through their work with Firefli, Matt and Alexis encourage people to rethink change as something built through action rather than something we have to feel completely ready for. Instead of waiting for perfect circumstances, the focus becomes identifying what matters, taking the next step, and repeating the behaviors that support the desired outcome.

At the heart of their message is an empowering idea: transformation does not have to feel impossible or overwhelming. Progress becomes far more attainable when big goals are supported by consistent choices.

Their message is simple: motivation can ignite the change, but consistency is what transforms your life.

Today’s guest: www.fireflifit.com

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Roxanna Johnson believes healing does not require us to minimize what happened. It begins by acknowledging the pain while rediscovering the identity, faith, and hope that betrayal can make difficult to see.

An author, speaker, and advocate, Roxanna dedicates her work to supporting spouses and partners of those struggling with sexual addiction. Her perspective is shaped by her own lived experience in recovery, a background in research, and years spent alongside others navigating betrayal trauma and the complex journey toward healing.

Through her book, Forgotten In The Battle with Sexual Addiction: The Journey of a Spouse, Roxanna gives a voice to those who can often feel overlooked while attention is focused on the person struggling with addiction. Her writing brings a Christ-centered perspective to the experience of betrayal, creating space to acknowledge the depth of the hurt while also exploring the possibility of renewal.

Roxanna's work extends beyond the page. As a recovery meeting group facilitator, she supports others through conversations rooted in compassion, honesty, and shared understanding. She has also spoken at the Utah Coalition Against Pornography Conference and appeared on programs including Unafraid Unashamed and the SA Lifeline Podcast.

At the heart of her work is a commitment to reminding spouses and partners that their experiences matter too. Healing, in Roxanna's view, is not about pretending the wounds were insignificant or rushing toward resolution. It is about facing what has happened truthfully while rebuilding a sense of self that is not defined by another person's choices.

Her message is simple: healing honors the pain without allowing it to become your identity. Through truth, faith, and hope, it is possible to rediscover who you are and move toward renewal.

Today’s guest: www.forgottenspouse.com

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Olivia Marie Blain believes life is too short to stay stuck on a path that no longer feels like your own.

A licensed School Counselor, entrepreneur, and member of the Menominee Nation, Olivia is building an education-focused business designed to help students and everyday people discover what genuinely excites them and explore how that passion can become meaningful, income-generating work.

Her mission grew from her own experience of realizing that a traditional career path no longer aligned with the life she wanted to create. Rather than continuing simply because it felt familiar or expected, Olivia made the decision to walk away and pursue something that reflected her strengths, interests, and bigger vision for her future.

Today, she combines her background in education and counseling with an entrepreneurial mindset to create educational tools and career exploration resources that help people recognize possibilities beyond conventional paths. She is especially passionate about helping others identify their strengths, discover their spark, and understand how opportunities in the digital age can open new ways to build careers and businesses.

At the heart of Olivia's work is a belief in resilience, resourcefulness, and personal agency. She encourages people to question the expectations that have shaped their choices and consider what could happen if they gave themselves permission to pursue something more aligned with who they are.

Her message is simple: you do not have to spend your life following a path that makes you unhappy. Find what lights you up, explore what is possible, and build something meaningful from it.

Today’s guest: - INSTAGRAM: @oliviamarieblain

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Alan Gillanders believes some of life's most important questions begin where certainty ends.

For more than 50 years, Alan has explored questions surrounding consciousness, reality, purpose, spirituality, and the nature of human existence. Rather than limiting his search to a single philosophy, his journey has taken him through Christianity, Vedic teachings, Buddhism, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, Hermeticism, and other spiritual traditions, alongside a deep personal interest in physics, neuroscience, and consciousness research.

Growing up in the Dandenong Ranges of Australia, surrounded by nature and raised within the Catholic tradition, Alan remembers sensing from an early age that there might be more to existence than what could be immediately seen or explained. At 16, an experience he interpreted as conscious manifestation intensified that curiosity and became an early turning point in his lifelong exploration of thought, intention, and human experience.

Over the decades, Alan's search has included meditation, energy practices, intuitive experiences, and profound states of awareness. From receiving what he describes as an intuitive warning while working on an offshore gas platform to experiencing an extraordinary sense of unity during deep meditation, these moments challenged his assumptions and encouraged him to continue investigating the relationship between consciousness and the world around us.

Yet Alan's life has remained firmly grounded in the practical and creative world. He has worked as a technical advisor in engineering and mining, operated businesses, owned an art gallery in Western Australia, pursued oil painting and metal sculpture, and designed and built his first home himself. For Alan, spirituality is not about escaping everyday life. It is about exploring it more deeply.

His decades of questioning and personal exploration ultimately inspired his book, The Sacred Hum of I AM, written for people who find themselves asking many of the same questions about consciousness, spirituality, science, purpose, and their place in the universe.

His message is simple: remain curious, question deeply, and stay open to discovering that there may be more to ourselves and our reality than we currently understand.

Today’s guest: www.alangillanders.com

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Amy Ratkovich believes understanding ourselves begins with curiosity, not judgment.

A psychotherapist with more than a decade of experience, Amy's work is grounded in exploring what it means to be human and why we think, feel, relate, and respond in the ways we do. She approaches therapy through psychodynamic, relational, and body-aware perspectives, recognizing that our present lives are often shaped by experiences and patterns that developed long before we became conscious of them.

At the heart of Amy's work is the belief that people make sense when we take the time to understand the full context of their lives. Our histories, relationships, emotional experiences, and even the wisdom held within the body can offer important clues about the patterns we continue to carry.

Rather than simply focusing on changing behaviors, Amy encourages deeper awareness of what may be driving them. By becoming more conscious of recurring thoughts, emotional responses, relationship dynamics, and internal beliefs, people can begin to understand why certain cycles persist and create opportunities for meaningful change.

Her work explores how painful experiences can become sources of insight and resilience when approached with awareness and curiosity. Through that process, people can develop a stronger relationship with themselves, deepen trust in their own experiences, and create healthier ways of connecting with others.

Her message is simple: the more aware we become of what is shaping us beneath the surface, the more freedom we have to choose how we want to move forward.

Today’s guest: www.neardeartherapy.com

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