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What does it take to choose yourself, rebuild your life, and find your voice after years of fear, control and self-doubt?

In this powerful episode of the Unstoppable Success Podcast, Jaclyn Strominger sits down with Angeline Constantinou, survivor advocate, speaker, podcast host and founder of Let’s Break the Silence, for an honest conversation about domestic abuse, healing, confidence, community and turning pain into purpose.

Angeline shares her personal journey of leaving an abusive marriage, rebuilding from the ground up and ultimately creating a life and mission centered on helping other women reclaim their confidence, identity and voice.

This is not simply a story about leaving an abusive relationship. It is a conversation about what happens before, during and after you choose yourself.

You'll hear why “just leave” fails to capture the realities of domestic violence, how Angeline created a plan to leave safely, why asking for help became one of the most important decisions she made, and how mentorship, mindset, faith and supportive communities helped her rebuild.

Angeline also shares the breakthrough moment when she finally told her story publicly. Her first Facebook Live about her experience reached millions of people and showed her the extraordinary impact authenticity and vulnerability can create.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why leaving an abusive or controlling situation is rarely as simple as “just leave”
• How to recognize early warning signs and controlling behavior
• Why having a plan can be essential when making a major life change
• How shame, fear, finances and limiting beliefs can keep people feeling trapped
• Why asking for help is a sign of strength
• How community and mentorship help rebuild confidence
• The connection between self-worth and reclaiming your voice
• Why authenticity and vulnerability create powerful human connection
• How Angeline transformed pain into purpose
• What becoming truly unstoppable means after adversity

Whether you are rebuilding after abuse or divorce, navigating a major life transition, questioning your own self-worth, or simply know that you are ready for something more, this conversation is a reminder that your past does not have to determine your future.

Connect with Angeline https://www.facebook.com/angeline.constantinou

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Revenue is a byproduct of trust. Tina Ruff, Ed.D., has built her career around that principle.

As a Major Gifts Officer with Renown Health Foundation, Tina connects people with causes that match their values and create meaningful community impact. She joins Jaclyn Strominger to explain why relationship building begins with service, listening, and credibility rather than an immediate ask.

Tina shares how leaders can recognize when someone is ready to invest, why thoughtful stewardship can deepen future support, and how staying connected creates referrals and opportunities you could never predict. She also explores the patience required to play the long game and the difference between transactional and transformational relationships.

Whether you lead a company, sell a service, raise funds, or grow a professional network, this episode will help you build trust that lasts.

Connect with Tina 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtinaruff

Renown Health Foundation: https://www.renown.org/About/Renown-Health-Foundation

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Is it ever too late to reinvent yourself? Terry Yoffe's life says no.

Terry is a three-time certified international business and communications coach whose career spans fashion, advertising sales, entrepreneurship, coaching, speaking, and podcasting. She joins Jaclyn Strominger to reveal how saying yes to an opportunity at 40 changed her trajectory, why she pursued coaching at 60, and what led her to launch Extraordinary Work at 78.

This conversation explores courage, discipline, authentic selling, mindset, and the responsibility to do the work required for meaningful change. Terry also explains why trust grows when you meet people where they are instead of pushing them toward a transaction.

If you have been waiting for the perfect credentials, perfect timing, or permission to begin again, this episode will help you take the next step.

Listen to the full episode & Connect with Terry

Website: https://trycoaching.com/

Podcast: https://trycoaching.com/podcasts/

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How can profound loss become a force for hope, connection, and change?

Jonelle Colabufalo, Co-Founder and CEO of the Jared Dunscombe Foundation, joins Jaclyn Strominger to share how she turned grief after the loss of her brother Jared into a purpose-driven movement supporting young people, vulnerable families, and communities.

Jonelle reveals how the foundation grew from three people around a kitchen table into a volunteer-powered community. She explains its “collaboration over competition” approach: partnering with existing charities, funding specific projects, and showing supporters a clear, tangible result.

This conversation explores youth road-safety education, transparent charitable giving, volunteer development, heart-led leadership, and why service can reconnect us with the good in the world during difficult times.

In this episode:

- Turning grief into purposeful action
- Building a legacy through community
- Teaching young people safer road decisions
- Collaborating with charities instead of duplicating their work
- Creating meaningful experiences for volunteers
- Using giving and human connection to move through hard seasons
- Building a sustainable, mission-driven organization without losing its heart

Connect with Jonelle: https://jonelle.com.au/

Learn about or support the Jared Dunscombe Foundation: https://jdf.org.au/

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**Listener question:** What is one way you can give your time, skills, or support to a cause that matters to you?

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How do you stop overthinking and trust yourself again when your life looks successful—but does not feel calm on the inside?

In this episode of the Unstoppable Success Podcast, Jaclyn Strominger talks with Nikki Gangemi, founder of Mindful Matters, mindset coach, NLP practitioner, hypnotherapist, and author of The CALM Method. Nikki helps high-achieving professionals quiet mental overload, change subconscious patterns, and move forward with clarity, confidence, and self-trust.

Nikki shares her journey from aspiring actress to elementary school teacher to entrepreneur, including the turning point that led her to leave a 15-year career and take a chance on herself. She also reveals how the childhood belief “I’m never chosen” quietly influenced her relationships, business decisions, and willingness to initiate for decades.

You’ll learn:

• Why outward success can coexist with overthinking, self-doubt, and emotional exhaustion
• How perfectionism and people-pleasing can be driven by older subconscious beliefs
• Why lasting mindset change requires awareness, willingness, and practice
• How to recognize the story underneath a recurring behavior
• How the CALM Method supports clearer decisions and more confident action
• Why self-leadership begins with rebuilding trust in yourself

If you replay conversations, second-guess decisions, or feel like mental noise is slowing your momentum, listen now and share this episode with someone who needs permission to choose themselves.

Connect with Nikki Gangemi: https://nikkigangemi.com/
Explore the CALM Method: https://nikkigangemi.com/calm-method/

This is a powerful episode.  Connect with Nikki

 Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikkigangemi/

Website: https://nikkigangemi.com/

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You Can't Lead Others Until You Lead Yourself (Not Even AI Can)
Unstoppable Success Podcast, hosted by Jaclyn Strominger

Can an app, a chatbot, or an AI coach do the inner work of leadership for you? Dr. Bobby Shelton says no, and he nearly didn't survive finding that out.

In this episode, Success Strategist and podcast host Jaclyn Strominger talks with Dr. Bobby Shelton, author of Easy Hard vs. Hard Hard, host of the Self-Leadership Lab podcast, and holder of a doctorate in strategic leadership, about why self-leadership has to come before every other kind of leadership, whether you're leading a business, a team, or a family.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• Why self-leadership, not team leadership or business strategy, is the skill most high achievers skip, and what it costs them
• The story behind the night it took Bobby 90 minutes just to stand up out of a chair, after losing his eighth friend to suicide, and the mindset shift that followed
• How losing over 100 pounds taught him that real results, and real self-leadership, compound slowly before they ever show up on the outside
• Why "comparison is the thief of joy" is more than a quote, it's a leadership strategy, and how to actually apply it
• How to build your own "personal standards," the non-negotiables that stop you from outsourcing your identity to what other people expect of you
• Why no external tool, including AI, can do the internal work of knowing what you actually want

Who this episode is for: anyone who looks successful on paper but feels disconnected on the inside, leaders who want practical self-leadership strategies (not just theory), and anyone asking themselves "how do I lead myself before I try to lead anyone else?"

More from Dr. Bobby Shelton: easyhardvshardhard.com | Self-Leadership Lab podcast 

Connect with Bobby on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/drbobbyshelton/

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Can AI replace your doctor? Dr. Kris Deeter, physician-in-chief of pediatrics at Renown Children's Hospital in Reno, Nevada, doesn't think so, and she has the data to back it up.

In this episode of the Unstoppable Success Podcast, host Jaclyn Strominger talks with Dr. Deeter about the leadership shift that changed how she leads high-pressure teams: trading "fists up" advocacy for genuine curiosity. You'll learn:

• Why "nobody remembers your job title, they remember how you made them feel" is the leadership lesson most executives learn too late
• How to build trust on a team by asking instead of telling (the "advocacy vs. inquiry" method)
• Why a recent study found AI radiology readings were wrong 80% of the time, and what that means for trusting AI with healthcare and business decisions
• How to onboard and build teams that actually stick together, using real strategies from running a children's hospital
• What "investing yourself fully in every opportunity" really means for career growth

This conversation is for anyone leading a team, navigating a career pivot, or wondering how much to trust AI with high-stakes decisions.

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What if your potential clients trusted you before they ever spoke to you?

In this episode of the Unstoppable Success Podcast, host Jaclyn Strominger sits down with storyteller, filmmaker, and entrepreneur Graham Kuhn, founder of Focus Films.https://focusfilms.com/

Graham shares his incredible journey from opera singer and church creative director to successful business owner, including the terrifying experience of leaving a secure job just days before the world shut down during COVID.

Together, they explore the power of storytelling, niching down, personal branding, and why authentic connection creates more business growth than traditional marketing tactics.

Whether you're an entrepreneur, coach, consultant, physician, or business owner, this conversation will help you understand how to build trust, attract ideal clients, and create meaningful connections through your story.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

✅ How Graham built a successful business through storytelling

✅ What happened when he launched his company days before COVID

✅ Why action beats fear every time

✅ The importance of trusting your intuition

✅ How niching down can actually increase opportunities

✅ Why personal branding matters more than ever

✅ How storytelling shortens the sales cycle

✅ The secret to building trust before the first sales conversation

Connect with Graham Kuhn:

🎥 FocusFilms.com

💼 LinkedIn: Graham Kuhn

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What does it take to go from borrowing $3,500 in law school to building a multi-million-dollar real estate empire?

In this powerful episode of the Unstoppable Success Podcast, host Jaclyn Stromingersits down with entrepreneur, investor, author, and founder Ari Rastegar to explore what it truly means to become unstoppable.

Ari shares how he transformed setbacks into opportunities, built a thriving real estate portfolio, and discovered that real success is not built on money alone—but on resilience, health, mindset, and purpose.

Together, they discuss the importance of shortening your recovery time after setbacks, why health is your most valuable asset, how founders must evolve into CEOs, and how every major breakthrough is often preceded by a crisis.

This conversation is packed with practical wisdom for entrepreneurs, business owners, leaders, and anyone determined to create extraordinary results in life and business.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

✅ How Ari built his first investments with a $3,500 loan

✅ Why the most successful people embrace failure

✅ The difference between pain and suffering

✅ How health impacts wealth and performance

✅ Why founders often struggle to become CEOs

✅ The mindset shift required to build at scale

✅ How adversity creates opportunity

✅ What it means to be truly unstoppable

Connect with Ari Rastegar:

📘 The Gift of Failure

📱 Instagram: @Rastegar

🌐 RastegarCapital.com

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What happens when you build a successful company, sell it, lose it, and then fight to get it back?

In this inspiring episode of the Unstoppable Success Podcast, host Jaclyn Strominger sits down with entrepreneur and Green Goo founder Jodi Scott to discuss one of the most remarkable business comeback stories you'll hear.

Jodi shares how a simple question in her medicine cabinet sparked the creation of Green Goo, one of the first plant-based first aid brands in the country. From making products in her kitchen and selling at farmers markets to landing major retailers and building a nationally recognized brand, her journey is packed with lessons in resilience, leadership, and innovation.

But the story doesn't stop there.

After selling the company, Jodi faced an unexpected crisis that forced her to let go of her entire team and walk away from the business she spent years building. Through mindset work, perseverance, and an unwavering commitment to her mission, she ultimately bought Green Goo back and launched its next chapter.

In this episode you'll discover:

✅ How Green Goo was born from a personal need
✅ The realities of scaling a product-based business
✅ The challenges of running a family business successfully
✅ Why persistence matters more than perfection
✅ The mindset practices that helped Jodi overcome loss and uncertainty
✅ How presence, resilience, and purpose can transform your leadership

If you're an entrepreneur, leader, founder, or anyone navigating a major life transition, this conversation will inspire you to keep moving forward—even when everything seems impossible.

Connect with Jodi:
🌿 GreenGoo.com
🌿 LinkedIn: Jodi A. Scott

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