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Confidence is key but you don't just wake up one day full of confidence. It takes practice building self confidence. It's pretty simple but it is not easy, it takes time! In my opinion building confidence is an ongoing practice that we will need to do the rest of our life!

How are you going to practice confidence in your daily life? It's so important and necessary to stay positive and build self confidence every day! I believe in you!

We all have Different Abilities, how are you going you going to use your Different Ability to change the world for the better?

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A look at how editing my first book is going! Let's say, it's not easy... but it's worth it! Listen in and hear some of what my round 2 editor has to say about the book!

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The conversation I had with Carol on this episode was nothing short of amazing! We dove into her being an amazing mom to her two incredible girls, supporting them in all that they loved! She's an amazing advocate for her daughters and she talks about her daughter that was diagnoised with dyslexia. Weirdly her story with her daughter resembles my dyslexia story very closely! She dreamt of being an author, fought cancer and kicked it in the pants and then shared her story through her writing! She is now an Author and published many books and more to come! This episode is packed full of incredible stories and Carol is a joy to listen to! Tune in and share this episode with everyone you know! Oh and don't forget to go buy her books - links below! 

Carol's Bio

A retired 20-year stay-at-home mom, turned empty nester, turned breast cancer survivor, and now a genre-hopping author, Carol Wyllie is the bestselling creator behind a beloved children's book series and two nonfiction works on breast cancer. With a soon-to-be-released young adult fiction novel, she has achieved the lifelong dream of becoming a full-time author, sharing stories that inspire, entertain, and empower readers across all ages.

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Links to Carols Books

Chemo Pissed Me Off: Buy Here

Boobs Are Overrated: Buy Here

Childrens Book Series

1. Mad Dog and Alizard: Buy Here
2. Mad Dog and Zat Cat: Buy Here
3. Mad Dog and Pup Pub: Buy Here 

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I had the pleasure of meeting Max in real life at a conference I spoke at in late 2024. He is a vibrant, warm human and is so welcoming! Max is making big changes in his life and I'm so proud of him! He shares some of his story with us today on this episode and is standing up and advocating for himself! Listen in and share with all that you know!

Max's Bio

Max Lowe is from Las Vegas,NV and serves on the NGCDD as Vice Chair and on the Nevada Commission for Services for Person's with Disabilities. He is going to start the CASA Volunteer program. His dream job is to work for Adult Protective Services and work towards become the Administrative of Aging and Disability Services Division with the State of Nevada. 

He has 3 college degrees: 2 BAs in history and psychology and a Masters of Social Work.  On his free time, he is a member of his church choir and dance group with Northwest Community Church. 

Other goals he has is to take online figure skating lessons to compete and to join a precision rollerskating team. In the future, hecwould like to compete in adult figure skating (ice skating) as he was a competitive figure skater in his youth.

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This conversation with Heather couldn't have come at a better time! This episode was recoreded early January 2025 and I'm so happy we had this conversation before everything in the US happened in later January 2025. This is not a time to stop fighting for our rights, fighting for DEI and all of our friends, family and neighbors around the country and the world! Thank you Heather for what you do in the disability world to help people get meaningful jobs in our workforce and throughout our communities! Colorado is doing a dang good job and we all can learn from them!

Heather's Bio

Heather Hagen (she/her) proudly serves as the Assistant Director of Employment Services at Developmental Disabilities Resource Center (DDRC) in Colorado. Like many colleagues, Heather fell into the world of supported employment in 2010 by chance and found a passion for helping people pursue their career goals. Heather has had the privilege of experiencing employment services evolve significantly over the past 10+ years and is enthusiastic about Colorado’s commitment to Employment First! 

In her work, Heather is especially passionate about developing highly competent Employment Support Professionals who approach their work with a historical understanding of disability services and a passion to cause “good trouble” in pursuit of equity and true inclusion for everyone. A person with invisible disabilities, Heather is a recipient of the Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE) Wendy M. Wood Emerging Leader award and DDRC’s Charlie Allinson award. Heather seeks to move the needle in the day-to-day work that we do with career seekers, and to ask for big change in state and national policies.

Heather enjoys life in the Colorado mountains with her husband, son and two dogs. In her free time, you can find Heather hiking, baking, cross stitching and planning fun vacations with her family!

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This is a RE-RELEASE episode of my big annoucment I shared in 2024! 

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It's the 200th episode of the Different Ability® Podcast! It's not only the 200th podcast episode, it's also the 200th episode on my YouTube channel for my motivation moment videos! I for sure did NOT plan that, I actually realized it when i was recording this episode!

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Shannon shares her story learning she would need hearing aids at the age of 22 after struggling to hear for years. She shares her story of how she felt when she found out and dives into being a mother to two young children, all while having hearing loss. Her story is unique and she's sharing it to break down the stigma around hearing loss!


Shannon's Bio
Shannon B. is a working mom of 2 toddlers. She is hard of hearing and wears hearing aids in both ears. Shannon is passionate about sharing her unique motherhood journey to help break down the stigma regarding hearing loss.

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Traci is such a great guest and shares her incredible story! She is open and vaunerable when sharing her story. You don't want to miss this episode! Share with your friends and family!

Traci's Bio
Traci Neal is a neurodivergent poet who lives in Columbia, South Carolina. She has been featured in Newsweek, The New York Times, Mahogany (Hallmark) writing community, Good News Post UK, Thinking Person's Guide To Autism, DSTL Arts- Aurtistic Zine, Black Art Magazine (BAM), Spoken Black Girl Magazine, The Art of Autism, Poetry X Hunger, Text Power Telling Magazine and many other media publications. Neal uses her poetry platform to advocate for those suffering and to bring awareness to non-profits in need worldwide.

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Happy New Year & Happy 2025!

In 2024 I gave myself one new goal and I only focused on that new thing, not the million things I normally am doing... and it worked! Listen in and hear all about the goal I gave meyself and how I accomplished it! And I didn't do it alone! 


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