CJ Ives Lopez joins me on the show today to get comfortable with the uncomfortable and share a few laughs together. She shares her story of living in a volatile home as a child, striving to make her grandmother as she watched others treat her so poorly. After struggling in school and not sharing the same interest that her teachers expected her to have, she went on to join the military and later married another veteran. 

CJ shares her journey as she struggles with ADHD, physical ailments, and mental health challenges, she finds herself in the service of others. Her post traumatic growth led her to help others through her writing, the creation of a magazine "The Author's Porch", and now her own podcast. "Somebody out there needs to see you fall, and EVEN MORE they need to see you get back up." CJ Ives Lopez

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To check out the video of our interview, click here: https://youtu.be/NiD_2Zl60yM