Persistence U with Lizbeth
An award-winning author turned Lifetime TV movie subject, host Lizbeth Meredith works to tame trauma and increase resilience leveraging the power of persistence. Created for and by survivors and strivers, Persistence U podcast with Lizbeth hosts guests willing to share from the heart to both inform and inspire. Whether they've published a first book after 70, or slowly re-entered life after a crushing setback, they'll tell who and what helped. Because big goals and obstacles are no match when you have a good community.
Episodes
May 23, 2024 • 24 mins
Carmen Micsa takes nothing for granted.
The podcast host of Seeds of Sunshine and successful realtor left Romania in her youth for the United States. Since then, this wife and mother of two, has found her footing as a successful realtor, a poet, a marathonrunner, and more recently, a rapper. Her pivotal moment came in her teens when she and her father peacefully protested for freedom from Communism in Romania.
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May 22, 2024 • 23 mins
Welcome to an insightful episode where we delve into the vital work of the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) with Renee Williams, their esteemed Executive Director. Get ready to be inspired and enlightened by the transformative efforts of this remarkable organization.
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· The NCVC was founded by the children of Sunny Von Bulow after their own mistreatment by the justice system, portrayed in the 1990 mov...
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April 24, 2024 • 29 mins
Today, I'm joined by D Arlando Fortune, or "Fortune" as he prefers, a self-publishing coach and PhD candidate, who shares his incredible journey from facing legal troubles and addiction to transforming his life through writing and personal development. Fortune discusses the significant role writing has played in his healing process and his passion for helping others harness the therapeutic benefits of writing.
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*Th...
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April 10, 2024 • 23 mins
In this episode, host Lizbeth welcomes Tiffany Bartell, a therapist and host of the podcast "How Would You Rate Your Pain?", who shares her fascinating life story and journey into the field of therapy. She opens up about her tumultuous childhood marked by frequent moves, parental separations, and periods of estrangement from her mother. Tiffany vulnerably discusses her struggles with an eating disorder as a teenager and the lonelin...
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March 27, 2024 • 11 mins
It's March, Women's History Month and spring is nearly here.
In episode 155, a quick update of what's next on Persistence U over the next month or more, a personal update, and reminder that Women's History Month might just be the perfect time to reach out to a woman in your life to give thanks for her influence and/or sacrifices made on your behalf.
Reminder: I'll be teaching a memoir class at the Chattery on 4/2/24 with writing co...
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Podcaster Ron Rappaport (It's a Wrap with Rap) was stopped in his tracks when he received the diagnosis. Breast cancer?!! But he was a guy. How could that be?
After Googling the matter, he found Male Breast Cancer Happens, founded by mom Peggy Miller with her son Bret Miller, who first found his lump at 17 and today is the youngest known male breast cancer survivor in the US.
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* If a human has breasts, they can get...
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Stephanie Cotsirilos was drawn to the arts from an early age, but once a crisis across the globe required a different kind of skill set, she decided to go to law school. But sometimes opportunity knocks again, and today, Stephanie is an author first published after 70 with no end in sight to
You will learn:
Sometimes, life has a way of calling you back to your original plans, goals, and/or dreams.
As long as we're alive, there's...
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January 17, 2024 • 13 mins
It's hard to say what's helped more, getting formal support after trauma, or working with scores of brilliant and brave people who've survived the unthinkable. From domestic advocacy in the early 90's to true crime survivors today, their lessons resonate today.
Things I've learned:
Sharing our story, especially during dark times, takes courage and a commitment to connect and benefit another.
Asking for help may be the most challe...
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January 10, 2024 • 25 mins
(There are two spots where connection was lost. Just fast forward!)
Larry Davis wouldn't wish divorce on anyone. When his marriage to his childhood sweetheart ended after more than a decade together, he fell into a funk for a time, and didn't know how to move forward. He was determined to learn and grow from the process. Today, Larry is a speaker, coach, and podcast host of Growth State of Mind.
Connect with Larry at lawilliams.co...
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Whether you're sober-curious, participating in Sober January, or have realized you're ready to make a change with respect to alcohol (or any other habit weighing you back), you're in the right place.
Dr. Stephan Neff knows a few things about making big changes. A decade ago, he checked himself into rehab and kicked alcohol to the curb, one baby step at a time. Today, he's the author of My Steps to Sobriety: Get Sober and Stay That...
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December 27, 2023 • 16 mins
Hello to episode 148 and Goodbye to 2023.
Here's my brief recap of the podcast, this year's Patrons, and the role of persistence that brought unexpected and much-appreciated surprises.
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Five of this year's favorite podcast episodes are linked below.
David Richman
Eleanor Andrews
Maria Henson
Chad Peevy
Debbie Russell
Thank you to my Patrons for supporting the podcast and my writing this year! And to all of you ...
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December 20, 2023 • 31 mins
Sandra Younger knew two decades ago that the Cedar fire that raged and destroyed her California home didn't just affect her.
Neighbors died. Thousands of homes were lost. Firefighters suffered. And in the end, a whole new world for Sandra was revealed that's informed her work today as a resilience coach.
Connect with Sandra Younger and learn about her book The Fire Outside My Window at https://www.sandramillersyounger.com/.
You wi...
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Lois Letchford didn't set out to be the author of Reversed: A Memoir. An educator, married to a university professor, she was uniquely qualified when a teacher told Lois that Lois's first grade son was the worst she'd had in decades of work.
When she decided to home school her son, Lois tried usual methods of tutoring and got the same old (bad)results. So she listened when her mother-in-law told her to open her mind to using differ...
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December 6, 2023 • 27 mins
Laura Mangum-Broome recalls her journey just a few years back as woman who faced a series of life-altering challenges: battling cancer, enduring health problems related to cancer treatment which led to a heart transplant, losing health insurance, navigating through a painful divorce, and coping with the tragic loss of her child.
Today, she emerged stronger, transforming her pain into power and becoming a resilience coach.
Contact L...
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November 29, 2023 • 28 mins
At age six, Valeria Elliott learned to wield the power of silence rather than engage in conflicts. But what started as a coping mechanism to avoid her father’s anger became a pattern of behavior that made her an easy target for bullies in school, and later, in the workplace.
Valeria had lost her voice.
Connect with Valeria at https://msvthestoryteller.co/
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Old coping mechanisms may need to be addressed after they'v...
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Growing up Mormon left little freedom for Larissa Kindred to take up space. The mandate was clear on how to be a good woman: marry, procreate, and be sure that the needs of the family always came first. Desires for education and a career seemed both selfish and out of reach.
Connect with Larissa and her research at lds_women_and_garments on Instagram.
A diagnosis of breast cancer while still in her 30's changed everything.
Today...
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From Underestimated Teen to Military Mentor: How Persistence Helped Transform the Life of Jason Pike
November 15, 2023 • 27 mins
When high school officials told Jason Pike he wasn't college material, he decided to try a back door approach to success.Learning disabilities had colored their view of Jason, who decided to enroll in the armed forces. Sent to a brig as a punishment for being a slow learner, Jason refused to break, inching his way from the bottom up to serving 31 years in the armed forces as a combat veteran.Connect with Jason Pike at https://www....
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November 8, 2023 • 29 mins
Being kidnapped as a child by her father and taken to Iraq from America was just the beginning for Delicia Niami.Trauma followed her into early adulthood, through bullying, molestation, and assaults, yet she never considered herself to be an abuse victim.The memories sometimes flooded her, uninvited and with perfect recall, until Delicia knew it that it had to stop.After much and varied healing work, Delicia is today the author of...
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Clint Callahan was born prematurely, back in the day when medical practices supported isolating babies and kept them from parental touch. Some of his early experiences, combined with his smaller size compared to his peer group, led to him later being bullied in school. Access to mental health counseling changed everything. Today, Clint is a mental health counselor and coach who created the Small Changes, Big Impact transformational...
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When young Erin Copelan married a man 26 years her senior, she did the math and assumed she would one day become his care provider. His liver cancer diagnosis came when Erin was only 34, and she was lost.Today, Erin is the author of Welcome to Caregiving: The Things Caregivers NEVER Talk About, the proud wife of a now-healthy husband, and creates resources for caregivers she wishes she'd had.Connect with Erin at https://erincopela...
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