Doom to Bloom Podcast

Stacey Elza is the author of "Falling Lessons," a young adult novel about a girl who lives, learns, and falls in love in 2050 Florida. Stacey also writes about ADHD, practice hapkido, play video games, and read murder mysteries (and, because of the ADHD, she can even re-read the murder mysteries, having forgotten how they end). Stacey lives in Morgantown, WV, with my husband, two daughters, and two cats.

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Jennifer Drake Simmons is the author of “A Mom’s Will, a story of hope and determination in overcoming her son’s rate diagnosis. She is a devoted mom to sons Will and Blake and wife to her high school sweetheart, Brian. She graduated with honors from Virginia Tech where she received a B.S. in Nutrition and Exercise Science. Jennifer pursued a career in event planning and fundraising with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in Washi...

Do you love your body? As the creator of Love Your Body, Love Yourself, Marla Mervis-Hartmann helps women access their yes! to that question. After experiencing years of dysfunction in relation to food, exercise, and body confidence, Marla transformed her life through the radical act of self-compassion and friending herself. She has since used her experiences to help empower women as they choose appreciation for their bodies, honor...

Tina Davidson, a highly regarded American composer, creates music that stands out for its emotional depth and lyrical dignity. Lauded for her authentic voice, The New York Times has praised her “vivid ear for harmony and colors.” 

Her memoir, Let Your Heart Be Broken, Life and Music from a Classical Composer, is available from Boyle & Dalton. Her memoir traces her extraordinary life in equally lyrical language, juxtaposing memo...

Ending 2020 and at 36 years old, Sean found himself at a loss. He felt like he had tried everything and that the person he had become and all the negativity he felt was someone else's fault. Depressing thoughts and negativity seemed to be getting worse and worse and the scale kept climbing. At 320lbs, Sean had enough. Starting 2021, Sean decided to try some things he had never done before in an effort to start feeling better, t...

Lynnette is a retired career firefighter whose trauma comes from men in authority positions with bullying, harassment, discrimination, and misogyny. She shares her experiences, her struggles, and how she overcame psychological injuries to experience post traumatic growth. She now focuses on sharing her story along with guiding, supporting, educating, and empowering others through their healing journeys.

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Lisa Sugarman is an author, a nationally syndicated columnist, a three-time survivor of suicide loss, a mental health advocate, and a crisis counselor with The Trevor Project. She’s also a storyteller with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the host of The Suicide Survivor Series on YouTube. Lisa writes the opinion column It Is What It Is and is the author of How To Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids And Be Ok With It, ...

As a journalist, corporate writer and author, Max Friedman has spent his working life discovering and writing hundreds of stories about other people. With Painful Joy: A Holocaust Family Memoir, he turned his writing to a subject he had avoided for most of his life — his own family history. He was born in Sweden to Polish/Jewish Holocaust survivors who met and married after their liberation from Bergen-Belsen. The family emigrated ...

Stepanka Kuralova is a clinical hypnotherapist, coach, certified EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) practitioner, and writer. As a mindset and energy alchemist, Stepanka guides her clients to transform every challenge into an exciting opportunity, replacing self-doubt with unwavering confidence and faith. She also teaches emotional intelligence and helps her clients manifest their deepest desires. To connect with Stephanka, follow ...

*TRIGGER WARNING: BRIEF CONVERSATION ABOUT SEXUAL ABUSE AND GROOMING*

Let's welcome Frrancelyn Devarie, your friendly mail lady from Kansas by day and your go-to podcaster by night! Originally hailing from the vibrant shores of Puerto Rico, she has brought a bit of that tropical flair to the Midwest. As a dreamer and a relentless advocate for mental health, Francy started on a mission to sprinkle a little more joy and und...

Andrew Pearce is a Professional Stress & Performance Coach showing High-Achievers how they can master the skill of emotional release in such a way that they can rest, regenerate, and refocus without needing to stop doing business. Meaning that they can maintain a high level of output, results, and performance.

Through his work, Andrew's clients also experience moments of awakening where they connect to clarity of direction ...

Hans E. Hageman grew up in Harlem, New York's tenements and housing projects, finally settling in "Exodus House," a groundbreaking residential drug treatment community founded by his father. His upbringing instilled in him early lessons of courage and faith in human potential. After studying at Princeton University and Columbia Law School, Hans practiced law as a prosecutor, as chief counsel to a U.S. Senate subcommi...

Katie Faloon-Drew is a professional speaker, health behavior change expert, and mental health ambassador. Known for her quirky authenticity, she helps people who are overwhelmed by all the things they “should” be doing, releases the shame and societal BS, and finally sticks to realistic + sustainable habit shifts to feel healthy and confident at any age, stage, or size. Beyond her Master’s Degree in Health Psychology and various co...

Edward is currently celebrating 11 years as a sole survivor of a rare cancer with the publishing of his book Cancer, Musical Theatre, & Other Chronic Illnesses, available at Barnes & Nobel, and others - as featured on Insider, ABC, Fox5, Pix11, DailyMail, etc. For the last 18 years, Edward has spent his life in NYC writing, producing, and performing. These ventures have taken him all over the US and the world. Currently, h...

Katie received her Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in Psychology in 2007 and, following being diagnosed that Summer with Bipolar Disorder Type 1, she went on to complete her Master of Social Work Degree with distinction in 2010. Since 2010, Katie has worked exclusively within the field of Mental Health within a variety of healthcare environments, such as; Eating Disorders Treatment, Intimate Partner Violence; Crisis and Suicide int...

🌟 Meet Ceilidh, a seasoned hairstylist with a remarkable twenty-one years of experience, a beauty entrepreneur, and an inspirational speaker on a mission to empower women to transform their lives through self-love and the magic of beauty sleep. Ceilidh's journey has been one of resilience, overcoming ups, downs, and a rollercoaster of challenges, including trauma, abuse, drugs, and anxiety. However, fueled by years of persona...