She fits too many things in her schedule and loves to travel and every spring she hoards batches of fresh homemade strawberry jam.  

And she is a homeschool teacher who helped create Meadowlark Collective. 

Her business is owning & editing a local community publication called Travelers Rest Here. When she moved to Travelers Rest, South Carolina 17 years ago, Lacey first researched the town online to get a feel for the community. And now, coming full circle, as a local and a huge fan of this little town at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains, she has the incredible privilege of managing the experience others see online.  

Lacy writes about parenting and faith, struggle and grace at substack. Over there you can read about her adventures with her half dozen children (and three grandchildren!) and about her love of travel and her affection for beautiful literature and other late night ramblings. 

Find her at TravelersRestHere.com

My guest is Garry Ingraham- Executive Director of the Love & Truth Network

In an attempt to better understand what is going on in this world I hardly recognize, I stumbled into an event my church hosts a couple of times a year. It was an ‘open to the greater community’ LGBTQ forum. My idea was to sit in the back & see what the conversation was about.

I was drawn in by Garry’s compelling story as well as his take on the current state of the LGBTQ movement. I’m sure you will be as well. And I know he’s legit since my awesome pastor & neighbor fully endorses Garry & his work.

Some takeaways for me from our conversation:

· Ideas on ‘what to do’ regarding your child’s sexual identity.

· How ‘nice & kind’ Christians are not prepared to deal with ‘not normal’ behaviors with love and truth.

· Sometimes the best gift a parent can give is not what a child wants.

· Being intentional about finding a Band of Brothers & a Band of Sisters.

· And so much more…

Garry is an ordained pastor & author of a new book ‘Am I Gay?’.
In 2013, he and his wife Melissa founded Love & Truth Network, a national, non-profit ministry focused on equipping Christian leaders to develop safe and transformational environments with the purpose of restoring sexual wholeness and Biblical identity. Garry and Melissa have two wonderful boys and are humbly grateful for the opportunity to serve the Lord together.

You can connect with Garry at www.LoveAndTruthnNetwork.com

And find his book ‘Am I Gay?’ on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Am-Gay-Cultural-Christianity-Authentic

At 4 years old the doctors told David DeNotaris and his parents that over the next few years he would become Totally Blind.

It’s an amazing story about how his Dad & Mom reacted to the news and how they trained their son to become a Possibility Thinker.

Along the way David became a world champion powerlifter, led the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry Office of Vocational Rehabilitation & authored “Feeling Your Way Through Life”.

Everyone will be able to use some part of this story!

Inspiration- Motivation-Action! 

It includes 1 Big Idea that you can use- but it expires in 24-48 hours from when you hear it!

Dr. Rob Gilbert is a leading expert on peak performance. As a professor at Montclair State University (NJ) for the last 34 years, he has researched the mental secrets of the world's greatest athletes, winningest coaches, highest-earning salespeople and top students. He has spoken to such groups as the United States Military Academy, Johnson & Johnson, Brown University and Madison Square Garden, and given hundreds of radio and TV interviews.

He is also the former editor of Bits & Pieces magazine. And he has authored a number of books including ‘Read This Book Tonight To Help You Win Tomorrow: Get Mentally Primed to Perform Your Best’.

However, much of his fame surrounds his daily Success Hotline which he has made available to anyone who can dial a phone number. Today is message 12,063. Do the math. That is over 33 years and he has never missed a day.

Affectionately know as Doc to all who have taken his class- I welcome him today!

Success Hotline: 973.743.4690  or just look up the Success Hotline Podcast.

cancer mindset, grandma, medicine today

My guest today is Helene Neville- arguably one of the greatest athletes of all time. What she accomplished back in 2010 got my attention- running a full 26 2/10 mile marathon every day… for 93 days in a row… from the Pacific Ocean in California to the Atlantic Ocean in Florida… taking the southern route across the US… in the summertime… at age 49... after surviving years of treatments for cancer. And all along the way, Helene gave speaking presentations & visited hospitals.

Of course, I want to know how she prepared & what she ate. But more importantly I want to know her mindset through it all. Because her story is still very much ‘alive’.

If you know anyone with serious illness or is grieving, please share the HOPE that is in this episode.

https://heleneneville.com/

https://OneOnTheRun.com/

Facebook HeleneNeville

Instagram @HeleneNeville

Lin Jones on WHY we're talking about what we're talking about!

From perspectives (based on experience) regarding Food to getting through Tragedy to being able to Adapt. 

I think today’s conversation will give everyone a big dose of HOPE… all things ultimately work out.

Lin Jones' resume is long and impressive.

From registered nurse to co-owner & head chef in a restaurant to a full time Mom & caregiver to elderly family members to sound engineer for over 1,000 school presentations to co-author and now a Grandma to 8, Lin is living a full life.