“People have scars. In all sorts of unexpected places. Like secret roadmaps of their personal histories. Diagrams of all their old wounds. Most of our wounds heal, leaving nothing behind but a scar. But some of them don’t. Some wounds we carry with us everywhere and though the cut’s long gone, the pain still lingers.” 
Conor Donnan’s wounds from his childhood growing up in war-torn Northern Ireland during the “Troubles” don’t seem to go away and the pain is as fresh today as if a cut just occurred, serving as a roadmap to his personal history.  His history isn’t history. It’s still very real. Support the show

Today's podcast features a very special friend of ours - Krista Jakubik.  We've listened to and supported Krista for more than six years, through the aftermath of pancreatic cancer, and encouraged her as she sought to meet several important "bucket list" goals.  Her story has great power.  We hope you'll be inspired by it.  We also hope you'll be moved by the surprise that comes at the end of her interview.  It's a first for the Someone To Tell It To Podcast! 

Disclaimer: There is a bit of noise coming through as Krista speaks throughout the interview. Please forgive us as we strive to continue to provide the best content for you that we can! Support the show

During crisis, we can get so hyper-focused that we forget about showing each other that we CARE about each other.  
In this episode, Renee Thompson, a nurse of 27 years, entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker, consultant, and kindness enthusiast, reminds us to throw kindness around like confetti.   Support the show

“Few things could be more important than learning how to live with our sorrow and to support others who are bereaved.  One thing is certain: grief is inevitable and inescapable.  If we love, we will also grieve.”  And it's with those words, concluding the introduction to Patrick O’Malley’s book Getting Grief Right: Finding Your Story of Love in the Sorrow of Loss, we jump into part II of our interview with Patrick himself. Support the show

“Few things could be more important than learning how to live with our sorrow and to support others who are bereaved.  One thing is certain: grief is inevitable and inescapable.  If we love, we will also grieve.”  And it's with those words, concluding the introduction to Patrick O’Malley’s book Getting Grief Right: Finding Your Story of Love in the Sorrow of Loss, we begin today’s interview.   Support the show

As CEO of Ziglar, Inc., Tom Ziglar shares not only a last name with his father, Zig Ziglar, but he also carries on his philosophy, which is simply, You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want. Support the show

Amber Sessoms is doing a great deal for others.  The statistics are staggering, 1 in 5 young people suffer from a mental illness, that’s 20 percent of our population but yet only about 4 percent of the total health care budget is spent on our mental health.  She believes psychologists are change agents.  As a school psychologist herself, she has a passion for facilitating courageous conversations among teenagers and de-stigmatizing others' lived experiences ridding themselves of undeserved shame.  Support the show

As the founder of Listening Alchemy, Raquel Ark's work is devoted to sharing ideas, tools and resources that help you develop listening capacities that go beyond what we typically think of.

Science shows a strong association of high quality listening to leadership, performance, job satisfaction, motivation and much more. Most people think they are a good listener and it comes naturally... that others are not listening. The truth is, Everyone can be a high quality listener and everyone can be a "bad" listener. The question is more with whom, when, how and how often. 



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Dale Fallon has been designing, building and facilitating learning environments for over 20 years.  He began his career as a professional business coach working with small and mid-sized companies around the country.  He specialized in helping business owners and leadership teams align their strategies, build engaging cultures, and develop training programs that get measurable results.    In 2005 he founded The Communication Gym, a company focused on helping people to learn, practice, and master life changing communication skills.  Over the course of the past 14 years The Communication Gym worked with over 10,000 people in more than 100 different industries.   His passion is helping people improve their quality of life, by improving the quality of their communication. Support the show

After the keynote speaker at Someone To Tell It To’s 2018 Annual Gathering spoke of her painful experiences of sexual abuse as a teenager, Louis Leskosky - who was in the audience that day - came to Someone To Tell It To so that his story and experiences could be told.  In this podcast, Louis talks publicly for the first time about what he went through as a young child, starting 40 years ago.  Researchers have found that at least 1 in 6 men have experienced sexual abuse or assault, whether in childhood or as adults. And this is probably a low estimate, since it doesn’t include non-contact experiences, which can also have lasting negative effects. If you’ve had such an experience, or think you might have, you are not alone.   Support the show