Stories that Empower

Stories that Empower

Listen to inspiring and empowering life stories from guests that have overcome challenges and share 'nuggets of life wisdom'. There is hope and light for you, as well. You are not alone. You are loved.

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474 Kristine Jensen

November 24, 2025 • 21 mins
Despite her ability of helping others with feelings of not being good enough, Kristine felt unable to help herself. She reflected back on her childhood and recognized that the feeling was shame, which often begins in childhood. During this interview, Kristine dives into shame and how we can move to a point of empowerment. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: <...
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473 Jennifer Todling

November 17, 2025 • 13 mins
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472 JF Benoist

November 10, 2025 • 24 mins
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471 Cerridwen Fallingstar

November 3, 2025 • 20 mins
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470 Rossana DAntonio

October 27, 2025 • 24 mins
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469 Miriam Jacobson

October 20, 2025 • 20 mins
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Suzanne Loebl

October 16, 2025 • 20 mins
Suzanne shares her life journey of challenges and setbacks. She considers herself a positive person. This along with her perseverance, focus and good fortune enabled Suzanne to overcome the challenges. One of her gifts is her ability to break down complex subjects into simple terms. Suzanne translated her gift into her passion … writing. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom:
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468 Dr. Salvatore J. Forcina

October 13, 2025 • 27 mins
Dr. Salvatore J. Forcina shares an amazing and inspirational story of love, struggle, success and life. When faced with repeated challenges and setbacks, he leaned on his positivity, balanced perspective, hope and determination. Salvatore shares his memoir "The American Doctor", which reinforces the spirit of working toward a better tomorrow and always believing in yourself. He shares the following nuggets of ...
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467 Anika Pavel

October 6, 2025 • 20 mins
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466 Asha Nyr

September 29, 2025 • 19 mins
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465 Linda Ugelow

September 22, 2025 • 25 mins
Linda works with people who have a dream to make an impact in the world. She believes that everyone was born with the ability to freely express themselves. After all, as little kids, we thrived on attention. The fear and stress we get when putting ourselves "out there" is not just some random emotion floating around in our heads. If we feel stress and anxiety, it's because somewhere along the line, we got the ...
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464 Leah Fisher

September 15, 2025 • 20 mins
Leah talks about her desire to travel, see how other cultures live and help others as a psychotherapist. She describes a year of traveling alone in her sixties and its impact on her husband, herself and on their marriage. Leah shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: be true to ourselves strive to fulfi...
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463 Ann Lowry

September 8, 2025 • 20 mins
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462 Adam Goldman

September 1, 2025 • 13 mins
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461 Christian Muntean

August 25, 2025 • 21 mins
Serving in international disaster relief projects enabled Christian to see the value of effective leadership. He feels that organizations with effective leaders-those who care about the ones they serve-are able to grow and improve. Christian dedicates his life to helping others lead well. He shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: leadership imp...
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460 Bridey Thelen-Heidel

August 18, 2025 • 16 mins
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459 Penny Lane

August 11, 2025 • 27 mins
Penny is an adult survivor of childhood abuse. She enabled herself to become whole and happy. Penny hopes that her memoir of escape, empowerment and triumph in hope may help others heal. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: strive to be whole and happy trauma and abuse come with a lot of shame,...
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458 John A. Dailey

August 4, 2025 • 16 mins
John A. Dailey talks about his book "Tough Rugged Bastards", a memoir of an ordinary guy who seized an extraordinary opportunity to become one of the most elite war fighters in America during the most volatile times in the Global War on Terror. He shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: do something that scares us Read more
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457 Gene S. Jones

July 28, 2025 • 18 mins
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456 Ali Horriyat

July 21, 2025 • 22 mins
In 2022 Ali Horriyat founded Compassiviste after personally experiencing the detrimental social impact of unchecked capitalism, indifference, and unbridled greed. He believes that a world of compassion and harmony is attainable if each of us commits to love always, and always love. Ali shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: Ignite the masses w...
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