Rise From The Ashes

Steven Clarke's mother died broke.

But before she left, she whispered something that would dismantle billion-dollar industries: "Always give first."

Impossible advice from a woman who had nothing to give.

Today, that death-bed wisdom is feeding millions, housing the homeless, and proving that the most revolutionary business models don't come from Harvard MBA programs they come from the brutal classroom of poverty.

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Steven Clark grew up so poor that some days, his family "did without."

But his mother taught him something that would eventually change everything: "Always give and help other people first."

It seemed impossible. How do you give when you have nothing? How do you help others when you can barely help yourself?

Steven didn't understand it then. He was too busy escaping poverty through hockey, building a successfu...

After 16 years in business, Kim Speed was getting bored. The entrepreneur who had transformed from corporate creative director to successful brand builder was feeling stagnant, looking for "something new that I'm interested in."

Then AI arrived. And everyone said it would destroy small businesses like hers.

Instead, it made her feel like superwoman.

"As a small business owner, it has made me feel like superwoman,&q...

What happens when losing everything you've worked for becomes the best thing that ever happened to you?

Kim Speed spent 20 years building her dream career as a creative director for global brands like Coca-Cola, Ford, and Toyota. She had the title, the salary, the recognition - everything she thought she wanted.

Then 2008 hit. The recession destroyed her agency. Her corporate identity vanished overnight.

But something shocking ha...

What happens when losing your children means losing yourself completely? After four devastating deaths, Vickie Menendez faced something even more terrifying than grief - she became nobody.

"When my kids passed away, it's like that identity was dissolving," she admits. "Even though I still had my son with my second husband, it's like when you lose those things, like you lose your home, you lose your job, you ...

What happens when the universe takes everything from you, not once, but four times? Vickie Menendez thought losing her first child - a full-term stillborn at 20 - was the worst pain imaginable. She was wrong.

In 2017, she found her son dead from a drug overdose. Decomposed. Alone. A sight you don't unsee.

A year later, she lost her father the exact moment her husband was having heart attacks.

But the universe wasn't finished...

What happens when you spend your entire childhood learning that nowhere is safe and no one stays? Janice Debo was the preacher's kid who got picked on for being "different" - bullied for being holy in a world that punished goodness.

But just when she'd start to find her place, just when she might make a friend, her family would move again. Six different schools. Always the new kid. Always the preacher's daug...

What happens when you announce you're an expert in something you know absolutely nothing about? Janice Debo had built multiple businesses - transportation, nightgowns, event planning, nonprofit work - but never found her true calling. Then someone told her she should become a coach.

There was just one problem: Janice had no idea what coaching actually was.

"I announced that I was gonna become a coach. And at that point I di...

What happens when you survive your own hell, only to become everyone else's lifeline while the same broken system keeps destroying lives? Garcia thought the hardest part was over after surviving her double attempted homicide and building Confronting Domestic Violence.

She was wrong.

Now she carries the weight of thousands of other survivors' traumas. Every day, her phone rings with stories that mirror her own nightmare. Wom...

What happens when you're facing the impossible and there's literally no one coming to save you? Garcia was 8 months pregnant, 1,000 miles from home, with an 8-year-old daughter by her side. No family. No friends. No support system.

Then came the double attempted homicide that changed everything.

Choked and beaten while 8 months pregnant, Garcia escaped with her daughter to a neighbor's house at 11:30 PM, barefoot in pa...

What happens when you achieve everything you set out to accomplish, but it feels like you've failed at what really matters? Phil Herrington built exactly what he envisioned - a thriving network, 300 members, successful connections happening daily. By every metric, he was winning.

But something was devastatingly wrong.

"I noticed no one's connecting," Phil realized. "Why are they not connecting?" He'...

What happens when the very tactics that make you successful in business destroy everything that matters at home? Phil Herrington spent 33 years perfecting the art of aggressive sales - cold calling, door-to-door, trampling over objections and people alike. He called himself "a rhino" because he bulldozed through relationships for quick wins.

"30 calls a day keeps poverty away" was his mantra. He made millions by ...

Success can be the loneliest prison of all. Royce Blake's voice reached millions across America's biggest radio markets for 30 years. Phoenix. San Diego. Portland. Kansas City. Everywhere he went, audiences fell in love with his authenticity, his ability to connect, his gift for making strangers feel heard.

But here's what they never knew: He was living out of a U-Haul truck.

Every few years, another station would flip...

When you're responsible for leading others, personal grief becomes a performance you can't escape. Radio legend Royce Blake spent 30 years getting celebrities to reveal their deepest truths - he made Paul McCartney cry on air. But when his brilliant wife Lisa was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, his greatest communication skills meant nothing.

Watch a woman who ran a law office with three lawyers deteriorate until she didn...

Cloe Xhauflaire was living her dream. A classically-trained Belgian actress performing on stages across Europe, she had built the career she'd always wanted. Then love changed everything.

When her partner was diagnosed with cancer, Cloe made the heart-wrenching choice that millions face: sacrifice her dreams to save someone she loved. She put her flourishing career on hold, dedicated her life to his healing, and watched helples...

In Part 2, Rachael Resk reveals the brutal truth most people never realize: we spend our entire lives waiting for someone else to give us permission to be authentic , when we've been holding that power all along.

Through her revolutionary "Reclaim" framework, Rachael shows why successful people with good jobs, relationships, and homes still feel stuck they're seeking approval from everyone except the one person w...

What if the thing that makes you most human is your greatest weapon against AI?

While actors everywhere panic about artificial intelligence taking their jobs, Cloe Xhauflaire discovered something that stopped her cold: robots can replicate technique, but they can never replicate a broken heart.

In Part 2, Cloe reveals why the acting industry's AI crisis isn't about better technology it's about human authenticity becomi...

Rachael Resk thought she had it figured out. After a childhood of raising herself and her brothers, she built a real estate empire to finally feel secure. Then the market crashed. Every property. Every safety net. Gone.

But in that devastating moment of financial loss recovery , Rachael discovered something that changed everything: "I realized I am my biggest asset."

This raw conversation takes you through her journey from ...

Most of us spend our lives running from our pain, burying our trauma, pretending it never happened. We think healing means forgetting. We think success means leaving the past behind. But what if that's the biggest mistake we could make? What if your deepest wound is actually your greatest wealth waiting to be unlocked?

April Wyett discovered this truth the hard way.

Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, April's home wasn&apo...