Stories of Inspiring Joy

Veronica Villanueva discovered her “why” after being diagnosed with stage IV cancer in 2016. She knows she is alive today to share grace, blessings, and the lessons that cancer has taught her.

As Veronica shares in today's episode, cancer was the best thing that ever happened to her. She believes that everything that happened in the process after her diagnosis paved the way to her new life of fulfillment. Veronica chose to live, and she chose to have her pain, struggles, and sufferings empower and transform her - mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. Her “incurable” disease gave her the gift of knowing herself, loving herself, and sharing herself with others in a profound way. She’s alive today so that she can share the grace, lessons, and blessings that cancer has taught her.

To connect with Veronica and learn more about work visit her website veronicavillanueva.com and on Instagram @badassbeliefcoach and on Facebook @badasslifecoach

Stories of Inspiring Joy is a production of Seek The Joy Media and created by Sydney Weiss. To learn more and submit your story, visit www.storiesofinspiringjoy.com

Hayley Luckadoo is a serial entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and big dreamer who took a hobby business born out of a college dorm room and turned it into a successful multi-business success story. She runs completely on Dr. Pepper, and if it comes in pink you better believe she wants it. Now she spends her days dreaming up new ways to help creatives everywhere take risks, grow their business, and achieve their biggest dreams.

In this today’s new episode, Hayley shares with us her journey ending her engagement, dropping out of college, to becoming an accomplished entrepreneur. It’s a story of becoming, and turning setbacks into blessings.

To connect with Hayley and her work visit her website https://www.hayleyluckadoo.net and on Instagram @hayleyluckadoo Facebook @hayleyluckadoo Twitter @hayleyluckadoo and her Podcast, Females on Fire, here

Stories of Inspiring Joy is a production of Seek The Joy Media and created by Sydney Weiss. To learn more and submit your story, visit www.storiesofinspiringjoy.com

Melissa Bates is a Certified Health Coach, Certified Eating Psychology Coach, and Personal Trainer that was put on this earth to help other females Rock The Hell out of their health while maintaining an enjoyable lifestyle. She’s a 34 and a Food Loving Bad A$$, and in this week’s new episode she shares the story behind how she became a health coach.

In today's episode, Melissa shares her journey, through trial and error, figuring out how to live her healthiest life and love her skin inside and out. Intuitive eating gave Melissa her life back because it gave her the power to see that she is more than a body, she is more than the food she eats, and she’s more than how many hours she puts in at the gym. It taught her to appreciate her body, too. Today she’s about a size 14, and before there’s no way Melissa would have been comfortable or confident in her body. She’s more confident now than she’s ever been, and she owes that confidence to taking the time to heal herself.

To learn more about Melissa and her coaching services visit her website www.melissabbates.com and on Instagram @melissabbates_and you can find her Podcast The Wellness Wolf here

Stories of Inspiring Joy is a production of Seek The Joy Media and created by Sydney Weiss. To learn more and submit your story, visit www.storiesofinspiringjoy.com

Scott Keoni Shigeoka is a storyteller, designer and artist. He’s influenced by his experiences as a queer, Hawai’i-born, and creative yonsei (fourth-generation Japanese-American), and based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

In today’s episode, Scott shares his newest project: The Viral Joy Hotline, where anyone could call in to leave a voicemail about moments of joy in their life. Scott felt anxious and overwhelmed by the uncertainty and despair in the news, and wanted to surround himself, while in lockdown at his home, with stories of joy. The calls started to flood in from across the country—from states like Alabama, Hawaii, New York, California and North Carolina. The inspiration behind the Viral Joy Hotline and its impact, will leave you feeling inspired, hopeful for the future, and ready to share the joy in your life, too.

To connect with Scott and learn more connect with him on Instagram @scottshigeoka and on his website http://www.scottshigeoka.com

Stories of Inspiring Joy is a production of Seek The Joy Media and created by Sydney Weiss. To learn more and submit your story visit www.storiesofinspiringjoy.com

Kelly Lynch is the founder of The Unapology Project. Through her private therapy practice and life coaching practice, Kelly empowers purpose driven women to take their power back. Kelly has been a therapist for over a decade, and turned to life coaching after completely transforming her life.

In today’s episode, Kelly shares her journey walking out of a marriage filled with domestic violence in 2014, with her year and a half old daughter under her arm, to picking up her life and rewriting her story. Kelly’s story is not about surviving, but rather learning how to thrive in spite of challenge. It’s about recovery, hope, successes and sometimes hard lessons, and living a life of joy in the face of the unexpected

To connect with Kelly and learn more visit her website www.theunapologyproject.com and on Instagram @unapologetically.authenic and Facebook @theunapologyproject and @kelly.lynch.227

Stories of Inspiring Joy is a production of Seek The Joy Media and created by Sydney Weiss. To learn more and submit your story, visit www.storiesofinspiringjoy.com

Mari L. McCarthy is the Founder and Chief Empowerment Officer of Create Write Now, and the bestselling author behind Heal Yourself with Journaling Power - the follow-up to her multi award winning book, Journaling Power.

In today’s episode, Mari shares her journey from diagnosis with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), to crafting a life filled with joy, purpose, and passion. About 20 years ago, Mari had an MS exacerbation where she lost most of her feeling and function on the right side of her body. Each morning, Mari would handwrite 3 stream-of-consciousness page, and she learned how to write left-handed in a matter of weeks. Through her story, her work, and her books, Mari shares valuable lessons with readers that are communicated through moving personal stories and heartfelt pearls of wisdom

To connect with Mari and learn more visit her website www.createwritenow.com and on Facebook @createwritenow and on Twitter @createwritenow

Stories of Inspiring Joy is a production of Seek The Joy Media and created by Sydney Weiss. To learn more and submit your story, visit www.storiesofinspiringjoy.com

Victoria VanAntwerp was born and raised in Minnesota, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin River Falls, and a survivor. In today’s episode, Victoria shares her story in the hopes of being able to provide hope and encouragement to others. Victoria bravely and vulnerably shares her experience with mental illness, her experiences while in college, and the hardships, trials and many disappointments she encountered along the way.

To connect with Victoria visit her on Instagram @Vicki.4894

Stories of Inspiring Joy is a production of Seek The Joy Media and created by Sydney Weiss. To learn more and submit your story, visit www.storiesofinspiringjoy.com

Licity is fearless. Combining her raw passionate voice, intense rhythmic guitar, penetrating lyrics and spoken word, Licity creates music and shows that are unique, immersive and memorable experiences that will change your life—lighting a fire in the part of you that is fearless too. Licity combines intimate folk music layered with classic rock bravado. To this she adds, unexpectedly personal spoken word prose.

In today’s episode, Licity shares a story that is a memory from a few years ago. The woman in the story, and the song that she sang to her, taught her how to be in joy. She was a force of joy. Licity so beautifully shares a spoken word piece, and a song - and you’re going to want to turn the volume up on this one!

To connect with Licity and learn more visit her website http://licitycollins.com/ and on Instagram @licitycollins Facebook @licitycollins and you can join her email list here

Stories of Inspiring Joy is a production of Seek The Joy Media and created by Sydney Weiss. To learn more and submit your story visit www.storiesofinspiringjoy.com

Zoe Wood is a Breathwork Guide, Reiki Healer and Emotional Healing Guide, helping people to remember who they are and connect to their power and truth. Using these healing techniques, she works with groups and individuals, as they release their trauma, and mental and emotional blocks.

To connect with Zoe and learn more visit www.zoewoodhealing.com and you can also follow her on Instagram @zoe_wood_healing and Facebook @zoewoodhealing Zoe’s offerings currently include a monthly Online Breath work Group, and one-to-one mentoring program, Reclaim- a three month journey of emotional healing and spiritual empowerment.

Stories of Inspiring Joy is a production of Seek The Joy Media and created by Sydney Weiss. To learn more and submit your story, visit www.storiesofinspiringjoy.com

Joanna Lovering is the Founder and CEO of Copper + Rise, a style coaching service based in NYC dedicated to personal and professional empowerment. Joanna is an accomplished style coach with extensive style experience and a master’s degree in organizational psychology and leadership development. She pairs her seasonal sensibilities with leadership development techniques to help clients rise to the next level. Over her career she helped transform the employee experience at companies like L’Oréal USA, JetBlue, and Daily Burn, to name a few.

To connect with Joanna and learn more about Copper + Rise and her services visit her website www.copperandrise.com on Instagram @copperandrise and Facebook @copperandrise

Stories of Inspiring Joy is a production of Seek The Joy Media and created by Sydney Weiss. To learn more and submit your story visit www.storiesofinspiringjoy.com