Brandi Patterson wanted stability in her life. And a Bible in a jail cell was the closest she’d ever gotten to that.

Brandi grew up in a suburb of Dallas with 2 parents and a seemingly “normal” family. Her parents believed in discipline… maybe a little too much.

Brandi Patterson wanted stability in her life. And a Bible in a jail cell was the closest she’d ever gotten to that.

Brandi grew up in a suburb of Dallas with 2 parents and a seemingly “normal” family. Her parents believed in discipline… maybe a little too much.

Brandi Patterson wanted stability in her life. And a Bible in a jail cell was the closest she’d ever gotten to that.

Brandi grew up in a suburb of Dallas with 2 parents and a seemingly “normal” family. Her parents believed in discipline… maybe a little too much.

On this episode of Qavah, we explore the reality of bullying and the impact it has. We visit with Adam Wallace who shares his story about overcoming the wounds of bullying that stemmed from growing up with scarring on his face and a fluency disorder. According to the American Speech Language Hearing Association Stuttering, the most common fluency disorder, is an interruption in the flow of speaking characterized by repetitions (sounds, syllables, words, phrases), sound prolongations, blocks, interjections, and revisions, which may affect the rate and rhythm of speech

"If we work together, we can accomplish things, but if we just do our own thing, you know, we're gonna lose."

Clayton Moore was the very first African American man to be hired as a police officer in Fostoria, Ohio.

"If we work together, we can accomplish things, but if we just do our own thing, you know, we're gonna lose."

Clayton Moore was the very first African American man to be hired as a police officer in Fostoria, Ohio.

Lindy Lewis lived a colorful life as an international marketing representative, real estate agent, and Broadway show presenter. She lived in Berlin and Los Angeles; she taught herself German and raised three kids on top of it all. But as a full-blooded Alpha, she discovered a secret about this personality type.

Gary Buckmann knows what it’s like to achieve more than most people ever will in sport. But he also knows what it’s like to have all of that stolen from him in a moment.

GB I was doing a vault and only two or three people in the country were trying to time it was a multiple flipping vault and one day in practice and I took off on the wrong foot and landed on my head from eight feet near and knocked me out and when I woke up, my neck was broken and I was paralyzed.

In the 1980s a Random Acts of Kindness fad began. For most people, this simply meant picking up trash, letting someone go first in line, or offering a kind gesture or word. For Laura Formentini, a random act of kindness meant hope in her darkest hour.

Imagine living with the constant threat that, at any moment, your friends, your job, and even your life could vanish instantly - due to a medical condition that’s completely out of your control.

This was Jesse Fiedor’s life. He grew up in the 1950s and 60s with epilepsy, and the doctors just didn’t know what to do with him.