Stories Episodes

“When you hit rock bottom, and you really hit rock bottom, you look around and you kind of take account and you go, all right, why am I here? How do I get out of here? When you're down there and you're alone, it leaves an impression. And so, when I got myself out of it, I just decided I never wanted another man to have to feel that way again.” – Rory Paquette

"Don't let fear rule your life, let possibility and curiosity drive you." – Kathryn Henry

“Life is short, and I spent 11 years of my life doing something that I found interesting, like software development and project management. And this is all wonderful and interesting, but there is an opportunity cost to that. These are 11 years that I didn't write my books, and I don't want that to happen to me again.” – Katerina Stoykova

“I don't know if it's time, but what I do know is I know where the road to nowhere goes, and it goes to nowhere. And I want to take the road to somewhere. Somewhere has road signs like, you can do this, you accomplish this, you're going to feel good about yourself.” – Mike Burkhard

“If you don't care about that reader, if that's not the main focus, the rest doesn't matter.” – Troy Horne

“There’s something really beautiful about sharing your stories with people, because universally we're all connected through love and pain.” – Kelli Kassoff

“We are transformed more through our trials than our triumphs.” – Wendy Gunn

“Change is grief for most people because they're losing something; it's a death of something. And if you're empathetic about that situation. You can lead people because they understand that you really care about them.” – Rev. Dr. Byrene Keith Haney

“You don't have to suffer because others are suffering.” – Alison Lea Sher

“I faced a choice as a young man. I was either going to continue to pitch my fit and end up divorced, or I’m going to give God a chance. And in my arrogance, I told God I’d give Him a chance, and in His grace and kindness, He gave me a chance.” – Jim Tracy

“We’re all going to ask ourselves, did I do enough? And at the end of the day, for me, it's what we leave behind that matters.” – Kira Hartley Klinger

"Fear is the basis of negativity." – Amy Koford

“If you're going to create, open yourself up to different things that might come in that are outside of your design, because that's where the gifts come. And if you're not open to that, it's a lot tougher to create.” – Gregory Copploe

“Anything that you're forcing is not going to be as good as what's coming naturally out of your heart and soul.” – Megan Michelle, PhD.

“Refine your game and make sure you know what you want going forward.” – Nadja Sayej

"Don't mistake the hope of change for the hope of progress." – Linda Shirey

“No matter how difficult your life is, to know that you are resilient enough. Your spirit, your soul, you will make it.” – Christine Sadry

“My health was so bad I had to walk away from a seven-figure business that I built up over a number of years just to fight, to survive. And when I came through that period, my shrine has always been the bookshop.” – Elizabeth Gould

“You have to pay a new price every day for the success that you want to have in this life that you want to live.” – Dom Brightmon

“It's just so wonderful to know that I can give joy to people and they can return it back.” – Gwen Tolios

“There’s a lot of thought that needs to go into becoming a manager. And then once you are one, you need to see it as a lifelong learning experience and an experience that can impact other people in the best of ways or actually in the worst of ways.” – Joanne Merrick

“There's so many different parts that go into making a product great. It's not just having it on store shelves. You need so much more to help advance it and help people to know what it is.” – Jodi Bondi Norgaard

“Write as soon as you can. Maybe your first book is a mess, but then at least you learn something, and your second book is going to be awesome.” – Jurriaan Kamer

“Healing and recovery are not linear, so wherever you are, just be there and be kind to yourself.” – Kath Essing