Episodes

Stories That Inspire Us / The Author Series, welcomed to today’s podcast, Thursday, August 17, 2023, Dr. Robert Wolf. Dr. Wolf is a National Speaker and Author of his new book "Not a Real Enemy: The True Story of a Hungarian Jewish Man's Fight for Freedom" along with Janice Harper, which just won (3) awards! The book details the remarkable story of his family's history that follows his Jewish parents and grandparents first living under the Nazis, and then under the communist regime in Hungary. I...

Stories That Inspire Us / The Author Series, welcomed to today’s podcast, Thursday, August 10, 2023, Rita Ernst. Rita is an organizational effectiveness consultant, executive coach, speaker, writer and Owner / CEO of Ignite Your Extraordinary, an organizational consulting practice emphasizing the convergence of happiness and productivity to create positive, committed, high-performing organizations. She is also the Author of the Book: Show Up Positive. I “truly” was riveted when I read Rita’s bo...

Stories That Inspire Us / The Author Series, welcomed to today’s podcast, Tuesday, August 2, 2023, Edmund A. Rossman, III. Ed has been in the libraries and broadcasting industry since 1980. Ed has also been a business manager of radio stations in (2) major markets. He is also the Author of the Book: "A Guy's Guide to Throat Cancer". A personal story of the Do’s and Don'ts of Recovery (the subtitle of Ed’s book) and how Ed’s 50 / 50 % chance of survival put him on a path of self-reflection and s...

Stories That Inspire Us / The Author Series, welcomed to today’s podcast, Monday, July 31, 2023, Terri Kozlowski. Terri is a certified life coach, blogger, and the Author of the book: "Raven Transcending Fear," which recently won the FireBird Award from SpeakUp Talk Radio in the Memoir category! Read the press release here: https://www.pr.com/press-release/891774 She is also the Founder of Soul Solutions. She specializes in empowering women by teaching them to set personal boundaries, r...

Stories That Inspire Us / The Author Series, welcomed to today’s podcast, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, Marjie Hadad. Marjie is an international public relations expert, the general manager of Must Have Communication & Consulting, an author, an award-winning TV producer, as well as a coach and a speaker on how to apply public relations strategies to parenting, life and careers. Marjie is the Author of the Book: The Power of PR Parenting / How to Raise Confident, Resilient, and Successful Children Us...

Stories That Inspire Us / The Author Series, welcomed to today’s podcast, Thursday, July 20, 2023, Lyn Delmastro-Thompson. Lyn is a certified hypnotist, energy healer, and entrepreneur for the past 13 years. Lyn is also the Author of the Amazon Best Seller, You Are Not Your Diagnosis. This is my 3rd time having the pleasure and honor of interviewing Lyn. She was a guest on the podcast I co-host with my sister, TwoSistas, on her solo podcast on March 13, 2023 and a few days later on the celebrat...

Stories That Inspire Us / The Author Series, welcomed to today’s podcast, Wednesday, June 28, 2023, Sarah Duran (Episode #125). Sarah is a freelance project manager, consistent six-figure freelancer, and solopreneur coach. She started her company, Fruition Initiatives, to help people and organizations turn their ideas into action – to bring their goals to fruition. Sarah is also the Author of the Book: How to Start a Business of One / Instant Freelancer / The Shortest Path to Independent Work an...

Stories That Inspire Us / The Author Series, welcomed to today’s podcast, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, Eleni Fuiaxis (Episode #124.) Eleni is an Educator, Entrepreneur, SAG Actress/Model and Mother 2. Eleni is also the Author of the children’s book Series “The Kids We Love Collection”: Picky Patrick. As a very busy Mom, Eleni recognized the importance of the connection with her children and one thing that her two sons loved were the stories that she would share with them. Eleni explained that as a...

Stories That Inspire Us / The Author Series, welcomed to today’s podcast, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, Jackie Dighans (Episode #123). Jackie is a Covenant Life Coach. She loves helping people align with the covenant of God, throw off weights and sin, and forget the past so they can run their race and reach toward the goal of the high call of God. She is also the Author of the Book: Covered / Living in triumph while going through trials. Sometimes there are more questions than answers when going th...

Stories That Inspire Us welcomed to today’s podcast, Tuesday, June 20, 2023, Allyza Shaine (Episode #122) Allyza is a Business Mentor & Women’s Health Advocate dedicated to helping you secure the wealth legacy in your lineage. She believes that generational poverty can end with us and it is your birthright to be unapologetically wealthy. We have the power to break that chain and change the narrative for our descendants. In more ways than one, Allyza has taken the oath of becoming the chain brea...

Stories That Inspire Us / The Author Series, welcomed to today’s podcast, Friday, June 16, 2023, John Sovec (Episode #121). John is a nationally recognized expert on creating affirmative support for LGBTQ teens and their families during the coming out process. He is the clinical consultant for The Life Group LA, adjunct faculty at Phillips Graduate Institute and guest lecturer at Alliant University, Antioch, Cal State Fullerton, and USC School of Social Work. John is currently a member of the Ca...

Stories That Inspire Us welcomed to today’s podcast, Don Wardlow (Episode #120). Don is a Writer, Podcaster of The Baseball Lifer and baseball’s first blind broadcaster - YES - you heard that right! But first, before we dove into his amazing story, we shared our favorite baseball teams with each other. Needless to say, it boils down to the Red Sox vs Yankees - he is a “Yankees” fan and I am a “Red Sox” fan!! (The rivalry I am sure will continue!) As a young boy, he was introduced to baseball an...

Stories That Inspire Us / The Author Series, welcomed to today’s podcast, Wednesday, June 14, 2023, Vanessa Ciano Saracino (Episode #119). Vanessa is an Author, CEO, Influencer, Blogger and Fashion Designer for her faith based Christian line, Be*You*Tiful. She is also a 2/time International Best Selling Author - soon to be 3rd time with her new co-authored Book: Ignite Your Faith. Vanessa’s chapter in this book is a testament for the love and relationship with her Dad, Rocco Ciano, as well as t...

Stories That Inspire Us / The Author Series, welcomed to today’s podcast, Wednesday, June 14, 2023, Michal Stawicki (Episode #118). Michal is a bestselling author in the personal development field and a business coach. He is obsessed with changing the world through daily habits, starting with his own habits and his world. In the last decade, he published 19 books, sold over 84,000 copies, created dozens of new good habits, coached over 100 people in developing new habits, started a book advertis...

Stories That Inspire Us / The Author Series, welcomed to today’s podcast, Episode #117, Thursday, June 8, 2023, Jamie Blanco. Jamie is a Journalist, Actor and Podcast Host and more importantly is a Co-Author of the Book along with her Dad, Jimmy Blanco, Hope for the Hopeless / How One Man Fought The World’s Deadliest Brain Tumor on His Terms and Won. Jamie was just nine-years-old when her father Jimmy got sick. Her Dad, Jimmy Blanco, was one of the longest living survivors of the world’s deadli...

Stories That Inspire Us welcomed to today’s podcast, Episode #116, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, Suzy Wood. Suzy is an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and owner of True Wellness Within where she works with women to get control of their lives and their health after divorce. Her clients achieve their goals by addressing both food and lifestyle choices. The two most stressful events for many can be a divorce or the loss of a loved one. It is never easy and as Suzy explained as far as divorce goes, y...

Stories That Inspire Us / The Author Series, welcomed to today’s podcast, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, Angela Wilson. Angela is the Founder of Angela Unlimited. Angela coaches women from around the world, to examine and overcome mindsets that have been imposed on them (by others, or themselves) that are now limiting their lives. Living the stories that are created and receiving criticism, especially when Angela was growing up, she often felt that she was not good enough and interpreted that to mean t...

Stories That Inspire Us / The Author Series, welcomed to today’s podcast, Friday, May 19, 2023, Doreen Padilla. Doreen is a Speaker and Author and the owner of Barking Beagle Books. She authored her first book, "Outsiders: A Journey to Belonging" which is the true story of a dreamer's long and arduous journey home. Her work as an author has helped tell the stories of dreamers in America. Part memoir, Doreen’s story of feeling as an outsider is not only her story, but the story of her husband, S...

Stories That Inspire Us welcomed to today’s podcast, Friday, May 12, 2023, Tenya Eickenberg. Tenya is a certified life and self-care coach whose passion is to help women release their emotional baggage and direct their energies toward efforts to heal and regain strength, freedom, and happiness. Her unique approach to energy healing is an alternative method that deviates from conventional medicine or talk therapy and instead encourages individuals to nurture positive energy for healing to take pl...

Stories That Inspire Us / The Author Series, welcomed to today’s podcast, Thursday, May 11, 2023, Sherrie Dunlevy. Sherrie is a former NBC News Anchor, Inspirational Speaker and the Founder of the Graduating Grief Academy, an online support community, as well as host of the podcast: Graduating Grief. She is also the Author of the #1 Best Selling Book: How Can I Help? / Your Go-To Guide for Helping Loved Ones Through Life’s Difficulties. How to support others in the simplest and kindest way poss...

Stories That Inspire Us / The Author Series, welcomed to today’s podcast, Friday, May 4, 2023, Philippa Robinson. Philippa is the Author of the Book: I See, Me. This is her 2nd appearance on “Stories”. Her 1st podcast was recorded on Thursday, October 14, 2022. In her book she shares very intimate and raw experiences she went through as a child and how these events have shaped her into the woman she is today. In many ways, this is her memoir of her experiences and “journey from less than to e...

Stories That Inspire Us / The Author Series, welcomed to today’s podcast, Tuesday, May 2, 2023, Alex Pin. Alex is a Parenting and Emotional Well-Being Coach for moms who want to be the mom they needed as a child. Alex created a Mom in the Jungle Community (coaching, books, podcast) after seeing and experiencing in her own personal life how investing in yourself can really change your life when you have the GPS to be and give the best and real to your children. At a very young age, Alex knew she...

Stories That Inspire Us welcomed to today’s podcast, Monday, May 1, 2023, Julie Zaruba Foutaine. Julie is the Founder of EMPOWER Possible, LLC, adjunct faculty at the University of Mary in Bismarck North Dakota, and a Well-Being Specialist at Essentia Health a regional healthcare system in the Midwest. Her philosophy is to be data-informed, deliberately collaborative, and strategically results-oriented so that she can deliver superior health and wellness initiatives, programs, and events that re...

Stories That Inspire Us / The Author Series, welcomed to today’s podcast, Wednesday, April 26, 2023, Dr. Debi Silber. Dr. Silber is the Founder of the PBT (Post Betrayal Transformation) Institute and is a holistic psychologist, a health, mindset and personal development expert, the author of Trust Again, and is a 2-time #1 International bestselling author of: The Unshakable Woman AND From Hardened to Healed. Her podcast: From Betrayal to Breakthrough is also globally ranked within the top 1.5% o...