Stories that Empower

Stories that Empower

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Stories that Empower episodes

  • 349 Carlyn Montes De Oca
    Can you image if everything you knew about your origin story was fiction? After learning she was adopted at age 57, Carlyn used mindfulness and gratitude to heal. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: live in the present the healing is in the feeling share our stories in safe places don't hold on to things too tightly just listen and don't judge https://animalhumanhealth.com tags: Carlyn, Montes, De, Oca, author, speaker, animal, human, health, expert, Junkyard, Girl, Memoir, Ancestry, Family, Secrets, Second, Chances, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com
    23 min
  • 348 Mark Silver
    Mark noticed a gap in the traditional business practices. He feels that his spiritual journey intersects with his business beliefs. Mark believes that every act of business can be an act of love. Today, he enables businesses to be infused with love. Mark shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: find the love in business every act of business can be an act of love we need to be seen strive to find the presence of the divine find the love even in difficult places practice of business can be nourishing we are inter-dependent gateways to the mistakes is how we come to love be vulnerable and allow help in we have to get free together seek a spiritual practice find what gives you joy https://www.heartofbusiness.com https://heartcenteredbusinessbook.com tags: Mark, Silver, Heart, Centered, Business, Healing, from, toxic, business, culture, so, your, small, business, can, thrive, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com
    23 min
  • 347 Tiffany Vakilian
    When Tiffany experienced the loss of her 16-week old son and her brother, initially, her world broke. She lived through the worst day of her life and she's still here. Tiffany believes that her son saved her life. Today, she uses her fire to ignite others and encourages them to share their stories. Tiffany is committed to help people collaborate for awareness and global connection. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: holding certain stories can be a type of cancer telling those stories can be a cure to the cancer our stories connect us we have a voice light the fire within ourselves share the light we're not alone https://tiffanyvakilian.com https://speakfire.today https://bookwithtiffany.com tags: Tiffany, Vakilian, editor, writing, coach, international, public, speaker, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com
    25 min
  • Sophia Demas
    Sophia shares how divine intelligence cleverly communicates with us and it puts coincidences in our paths. If we are open to the coincidences and are willing to take action, then we are gifted. The more we are gifted, the more we become grateful. Sophia shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: there's a divine intelligence dying makes room for the new be open to consider something recognize the coincidences trust that the universe wants us to be happy and to find our true purposes Elenor Roosevelt: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." sometimes obstacles are gifts https://sophiademas.com tags: Sophia, Demas, writer, author, miracles, Consciousness, Beyond, Death, True, Stories, Signs, Messages, Timing, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com
    20 min
  • 346 Flora M. Brown, PhD
    Flora did not allow growing up during segregation to limit her access to education. As she states, she wanted to stay in school as long as she could. Flora feels that education played such a significant part in her upbringing and life journey. Today, she motivates and empowers others to capture and share their life stories. Flora shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: - when you want something, it's available to you, even if you can't see how - sometimes to get something, we need to give us something - seek to have a strong desire and don't worry about the 'how' - don't settle https://www.florabrown.com tags: Flora, M, Brown, PhD, story, coach, memory, keepers, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com
    23 min
  • Sherry Sidoti
    I had the great pleasure of interviewing Sherry Sidoti, who presented her book: A Smoke and A Song. Writing her memoir enabled her to awaken to the way she was moving through life, revisit the pains she endured as a child, transform and begin her healing journey. You've got to check out her memoir. Sherry shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: stories of relationships continue to live within us the greatest spiritual practice is the relationships that we have nothing is fixed and permanent healing happens bit by bit stay present https://www.sherrysidoti.com tags: Sherry, Sidoti, author, yoga, teacher, facilitator, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com
    24 min
  • 345 Regina Petra Meyer
    Regina's curiosity drove her to for exploration and need to distance herself from her homelife took her to new lands and new cultures. Her zest for adventure enabled her to sail a major ocean. When Regina arrived in Antigua, she initially felt lonely and isolated. However, she fell back on her own strength and learned to trust others and herself. Regina shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: - sometimes, distance can help us to gain new perspective - strive to have a zest for adventure - we can trust others - if we have an open heart, then we can receive what others have to offer - ships in ports are safe, but that's not what they're built for - embrace our courage - life is for living https://www.reginapetrameyer.com tags: Regina, Petra, Meyer, author, adventurer, spiritual, seeker, humanitarian, Change, of, Course, Sailing, into, Love, Adversity, on, Caribbean, Shores, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com
    22 min
  • 344 Terry A. Repak
    Terry talks about living abroad with her family. Initially, her challenge was trying to find home, while living abroad. She realized that making deep and authentic relationships with others helped her to find home. Terry also invested in inner and outer work to find contentment. The experiences were transformative for her entire family. She shares her experiences and stories openly and abundantly in her book: Circling Home; What I Learned by Living Elsewhere. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: - put ourselves in perspective - connect with others - become more tolerant and compassionate of others - seek resilience in the face of change - go out and seize opportunities - find home and security within ourselves - have tolerance for people with different beliefs https://www.terryrepak.com tags: Terry, A, Repak, writer, author, Circling, Home, What, I, Learned, by, Living, Elsewhere, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com
    23 min
  • 343 Mahan Kirn
    Mahan was born and raised in a yoga ashram. She served a yoga master and devoted her life to teaching and meditation. Mahan initially thought she gave away her light to her spiritual teacher. However, after sitting in her truth and reinventing herself, she realized that she indeed still holds the light. Today, Mahan loves to help people recognize the light within themselves. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: we are worthy choose joy because we exist I choose breath we can induce joy everything is happening for us coming back to ourselves sit, stop and relax be softer to ourselves https://www.mahankirn.com tags: Mahan, Kirn, Kundalini, author, memoir, Queen, of, Myself, Yoga Expert, Meditation , Guru, Healing, Spiritual, Awakening, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com
    26 min
  • 342 Kay Whitaker
    Kay shares how she overcame numerous struggles including 4 marriages, 3 divorces, death of a child, mental illness, affairs, betrayals, prison, threats and counseling. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: tell the truth we are not alone there's growth in those times we feel we're alone there is a tomorrow ask ourselves: what's the worst thing that can happen don't be afraid to keep trying https://flourishbecause.com tags: Kay, Whitaker, author, Flourish, Because, a, Memoir, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com
    16 min

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Listen to inspiring and empowering life stories from guests that have overcome challenges and share 'nuggets of life wisdom'. There is hope and light for you, as well. You are not alone. You are…