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Matthew Dickson is a mental health advocate and founder of MindAid, which was established in 2018 to help people with mental health illness in developing countries gain access to basic mental health care. He also had his own experience with mental health issues when he was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 22. He successfully recovered, even though it took him 27 years.

Matthew shares his powerful story of trying to navigate through life burdened with not only the symptoms but the stigma of living with schizophrenia. He explains the tools he learned along the way to help in his recovery, including mindset, perseverance, a healthy lifestyle, and researching multiple books and resources on mental health and healing. Eventually, Matthew knew he had to create a platform to help people all over the world who were not receiving the help they needed to recover from mental illness, as well as to share the message of hope that you are not alone, and recovery is always possible.

Download and share this episode with its powerful and positive message of hope and mental illness that the world desperately needs to hear right now, and how you can spread the word.

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Dana Sardano is a published author, co-founder of Phenom-Publishing, co-founder and Chief Officer of Curriculum+ Content at FindUniquelyU.com. She is also the owner, resident artist and intuitive at Ubuntu Fish Gallery in Stuart, Florida.

Dana shares her personal journey of leaving a lucrative 23 year long career in education to fully embrace an artist's life. She now integrates her intuition, leadership skills, educational experience, and artistic ability to help others lead empowered lives.

This episode is a lively and vibrant conversation which covers a variety of topics including how to listen to the signals your body is giving you, how to listen to your intuitive nature, cutting toxic ties, awakening your creative self, choosing love over fear, and so much more. Download this episode to hear Dana's story along with her incredible energy, terrific sense of humor, and learn how you can choose love over fear.

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Leann Stickel is a Certified Life and Chronic Illness Coping Coach, Speaker, mother of four, and Chief Joy Bringer. She is also a Multiple Sclerosis Warrior who was diagnosed with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis in 2009 when she was 29 years old and had four kids all under the age of six.

Leann is the ultimate optimist who helps her clients experience the magic of positivity while empowering them to be in charge of their own story. She shares her secrets on how to stay positive and optimistic while living with a chronic condition. She helps her clients discover that they are not defined by their chronic illness, how to learn positivity, feel encouraged, and gain momentum as they find their path to the "other side of miserable."

Leann is also very active in fund raising, and is the founder and owner of Tri 2 Beat MS Kids' Triathlon, a non-profit which raises money to help people with MS while teaching kids the value and importance of physical fitness, community, and fund raising at the same time.

Download this positive and encouraging episode to hear Leann's incredible story and message of hope and encouragement. You will want to share it with everyone you know who needs to hear her uplifting message.

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David McClam is a two-time survivor of domestic abuse, both from a parent and a partner. He is the host of the popular podcast titled True Crimes and Authors as well as a podcast start up coach, who helps perspective new podcasters find the proper way to start a podcast to insure their success in their own podcasting journey.

David shares his remarkable story of how he survived domestic abuse, first as a child and then as an adult, and how his early abuse impacted his relationships as an adult, and not in a good way. He also describes why people who experienced domestic abuse feel isolated and alone, and how he was able to not only survive the abuse, but to overcome it as well. And he highlights the fact that domestic abuse does happen to men, why it is more prevalent than people realize, and why it is so important that they tell their stories to get support and understand that they are not alone.

David also explains how he became fascinated with true crime stories, and why he is passionate about helping fellow podcasters in their podcasting journey by coaching them in the proper way to start a podcast.

Download this episode to hear David's story as well as his positive energy and incredible sense of humor.

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RJ Campbell and Dustin Hoog are fathers, husbands, and entrepreneurs who co-founded The Balanced Business Dad Movement and podcast based on their own experiences and struggles in maintaining balance in their lives. They developed the Dad Up framework to help and coach other men to Be Better Every Day by focusing on balancing what they define as the Six Pillars of their lives.

RJ and Dustin share their journey and story, and like every good story, it starts in a bar. They describe how they realized that although they felt they both had great marriages, family lives, and businesses, there was something missing for both of them. That something was balance, resulting in a deep discussion and the creation of their coaching and support services for men, including building strong relationships and brotherhood between men where they can freely discuss their struggles.

Download this encouraging and positive episode to hear their story, and learn how The Balanced Business Dad Movement is helping change lives, one dad at a time. This is an amazing episode that you'll want to share with your friends, family, and all the men in your life.

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Karyn Seitz is a teacher and thought leader in happiness as well as women empowerment. She describes the state of being happy as a deep sense of inner fulfillment, and where you feel at peace with yourself and your life no matter what your circumstances.

Karyn is The Happiness Expert and her greatest joy in life is teaching women a simple roadmap to lasting happiness and deep fulfillment. She offers an online course called Awakened Grace, which is a happiness program for women to empower them to heal their relationship with themselves to be happy and live their best life.

Download this powerful and insightful episode to hear Karyn's personal transformation from victim mentality to self-fulfillment and lasting happiness, and how you can find yours as well. You do not want to miss this!

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Edward Miskie is an actor, writer, producer, singer, composer, and dot connector. He is also the sole survivor of a rare Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and author of "The 10 Year Cancer Survivorship Edition of Cancer, Musical Theater, & Other Chronic Illnesses."

The book falls in the newly minted genre by Edward himself as being "as a funny-as-cancer- can-be fantasy non-fiction. It has been described as a musical theater fever dream fueled by chemo, alcohol, sex, and heartbreak, and also comes with a disclaimer that you do not need to know or like musical theater to cry and laugh your way through the indecencies of the book.

Edward describes how he went from performing in a production of Hairspray in Reno to being a cancer patient receiving chemotherapy at the age of 25 with a dire prognosis of recovering. He chronicles his journey from diagnosis to cancer free, including that he was broken up with, lost his best friend, and missed career opportunities while losing his hair, his body, his sense of identity all while planning his own funeral.

Edward shares his story with levity and humor, including the dark times and the fear of going through cancer treatment as well as the difficulty trying to go back to his life as it previously was. But cancer changed everything. Eventually he realized that he was given a rare opportunity to start over, reinvent himself, and create a new life for himself.

This episode is for everyone who has gone through or is going through tough times including cancer, chronic illness, relationship problems, financial issues, etc., who needs some positive energy, encouraging words, and a chance to connect with someone who's been there, done that, and experienced the heartache and indignities that goes along with it.

Heads up, there is some salty language and subjects that might not be suitable for young ears, so it is for adults only. Download this episode to learn how you can turn your trials and tribulations into musical theater.

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Max Friedman is an author, retired corporate communicator, memoir writer, and second generation Holocaust survivor. His book titled "Painful Joy: A Holocaust Family Memoir," is part memoir, part genealogical mystery, and part history, which explores the complicated relationship between two holocaust survivors, who experience the painful joy of a love touched by death.

Max shares how both his father and mother survived the unthinkable horror of the Holocaust, spending several years being imprisoned in concentration camps. During that time, his father's wife and two young daughters were murdered at Auschwitz. His mother's husband, parents, and most of her family were also murdered as well. His parents met in Sweden after the liberation, and they fell in love, had two children, and eventually immigrated to America.

Max explains how difficult it was to live in a family where both parents were haunted by the war and the atrocities they experienced and somehow managed to survive. He shares how he and his sister grew up in a dysfunctional household, where each of the four family members struggled to deal with the past by creating their own fantasies.

It wasn't until his grandson asked him what it meant to be a survivor that Max went on a quest to see what really happened to his parents. This launched the beginning of a journey which was full of surprises, tears, pain, and understanding of what his parents and each of the individuals murdered in the Holocaust went through, and how it still impacts their descendants to this day.

Download this episode to hear his heartbreaking yet hopeful story, and to honor and remember all of those who were lost in the Holocaust, and why we need to understand our history to prevent it from ever repeating itself.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-friedman-927629/

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Max Friedman is an author, retired corporate communicator, memoir writer, and second generation Holocaust survivor. His book titled “Painful Joy: A Holocaust Family Memoir,” is part memoir, part genealogical mystery, and part history, which explores the complicated relationship between two holocaust survivors, who experience the painful joy of a love touched by death. 

Max shares how both his father and mother survived the unthinkable horror of the Holocaust, spending several years being imprisoned in concentration camps. During that time, his father’s wife and two young daughters were murdered at Auschwitz. His mother’s husband, parents, and most of her family were also murdered as well. His parents met in Sweden after the liberation, and they fell in love, had two children, and eventually immigrated to America.   

Max explains how difficult it was to live in a family where both parents were haunted by the war and the atrocities they experienced and somehow managed to survive. He shares how he and his sister grew up in a dysfunctional household, where each of the four family members struggled to deal with the past by creating their own fantasies.

It wasn’t until his grandson asked him what it meant to be a survivor that Max went on a quest to see what really happened to his parents. This launched the beginning of a journey which was full of surprises, tears, pain, and understanding of what his parents and each of the individuals murdered in the Holocaust went through, and how it still impacts their descendants to this day.

Download this episode to hear his heartbreaking yet hopeful story, and to honor and remember all of those who were lost in the Holocaust, and why we need to understand our history to prevent it from ever repeating itself.  

https://www.facebook.com/max.friedman.56

https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-friedman-927629/

https://www.adl.org/

https://www.amazon.com/?fbclid=IwAR1vW5R90M5sgsTX4OmjN8yy42gUuHcFtNUnJhYAuCF9oc17B8FO8EBDCqw

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Phoebe Leona is an author, speaker, dancer, and embodied teacher and guide who finds joy in guiding others to have deeper experiences of themselves so they can have a greater sense of purpose and belonging in their lives.

Phoebe is also a TEDx speaker, award winning author of the book titled "Dear Radiant One: An Embodied Recovery Story & Transformational Guide to Embody the Dance of Life," founder of the nOMad Collective, co-founder of Tribe Military Yoga, and creator of the embodied practice called Movement 109.

Phoebe shares her story about the childhood trauma of dealing with a drug addicted father dealing with PTSD from his two tours in Vietnam, and how dance was her way to escape and find peace in a sometimes volatile household. She tells how she felt the need to protect him, even during his darkest times. Eventually the life choices she made because of her dysfunctional upbringing led to a divorce and her own emotional recovery.

She shares her story with compassion and heartfelt understanding for her father's trauma and addictions, describing how she left home at fifteen, having no contact with him for many years and reconnecting many years later, when their relationship came full circle.

Download this episode to hear Phoebe's powerful and encouraging story, why she calls herself the Radiant Lioness, and how you can find peace and healing in the dance of life.

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