by admin | Jul 31, 2015
J. Dietrich Stroeh’s life came apart after learning that his wife had pancreatic cancer. The Stage Four diagnosis took him on the roller coaster ride of his life.
Overnight, this successful businessman became a caregiver powerless over the course of his wife’s illness.
He had to face internal weaknesses and external obstacles in order to take care of her and, when the time came, lovingly let her go.
He offers other caregivers useful tips and suggestions he has learned the hard way in this free ebook, 13 Tips for Caregivers.
“These 13 blog posts and published articles are intended to offer thoughts, tips, and resources that could not only reduce the angle of your learning curve but also remind you that you are not alone,” Stroeh said.
Stroeh is also author of Three Months: A Caregiving Journey from Heartbreak to Healing. Now available in paper and as a Kindle ebook, these books explore his personal journey as a man who decided to be his wife’s primary caregiver.
Advocating for a loved one, caring for one’s self, being part of the medical team, and handling grief are only a few of the topics that are addressed simply in this first-person story.
He is also author of Being a Caregiver Isn’t Magic: It’s An Art
An engineer by trade, J. Dietrich “Diet” Stroeh has headed up projects great and small, and managed the Marin Municipal Water District in the midst of one of the worst droughts on record.
That experience was the basis for his first book, The Man Who Made it Rain, co-written with Michael McCarthy.
13 Tips for Caregivers is available as free download at threemonthsbook.com.
Listen to “Caretaking with Dietrich Stroeh 8/4/15” on Spreaker.
by admin | Jul 23, 2015
“Your pain has purpose.”
And that purpose is BIG when abuse, addiction, and prostitution are part of your story.
Sharon Blake, author of Chronicles of Pain, shares her conquest of releasing the past and finding love where it’s real.
Not where it’s quick and false.
Pregnant by age 14, Sharon originally searched for love with boys, as it wasn’t in her home or anywhere outside of it.
In fact, both places swarmed with racism and ostracism.
After Sharon’s final surrender and decision to heal, she fashioned her own tools to pave the road to her new life:
Writing
Reading
A relationship with God
And the lessons and memories of her godmother
Sharon’s work now is to spread the message of hope and redemption in the homeless community where her life serves as proof that there is much life after pain.
Formal Bio:
July 28, 2015 – Sharon is a mother of three children, “nana” to four grandchildren, and author of the book, Chronicles of Pain.
Sharon herself has overcome some major barriers in her life, she has been homeless and is an ex- addict, ex-prostitute and a domestic violence survivor.
The person she became originated from her childhood and would require a major overhaul of her thoughts, will, and her emotions. Her desire is to promote hope and healing to those who need hope and healing.
Sharon’s life would not be her life without the love of her father Jesus Christ, to him she owes more than she can give. This is her way of giving her life away, by being transparent in order to help someone else. She has an AA degree in Human Service Management as well as Chemical Dependency Trainee Certificate through the state of Washington.
Her work with the homeless/addicted population has inspired her to share her story, this is where she recognized the importance of being transparent in helping others.
The goals for writing this book is to help shed light on why individuals get to some very desolate places in life .
Her programs includes creating women’s recovery and support groups Sharon’s dream is to open a women’s home to help women get off the streets.
Listen to “Overcoming Barriers with Sharon Stone 7/28/15” on Spreaker.
by admin | Jul 17, 2015
July 21, 2015 –
Dad is gone. Checked out physically or perhaps emotionally – now what?
Mom is left to raise her boy into an extraordinary man. The problem is, she has one too many roles to play. Jeff Pennypacker gets that, and he wants to help.
Jeff’s book, Broken Boys – Extraordinary Men, is a tool for moms. A what to do and a what NOT to do.
In it, he grants mothers the permission to allow their sons to seek mentorship from other men and empowers both mother and son on how to find them.
His practical guidance also aims to help boys:
- Know the dad within themselves
- Believe in themselves
- Experience adventure
- Stay challenged
- Have a spiritual life
While acknowledging that the circumstances suck and aren’t fair, Jeff does hold the one available adult in the house responsible.
It’s up to mom to keep negative feelings about dad away from vulnerable children, who need to know their father’s good qualities.
Formal Bio:
Professionally, I graduated from Johnson & Wales University and served as a Chef on the Biltmore Estate for seven years. During that time I started two businesses; Forever Built Furniture, a hand made furniture company and Masterpiece Ice Sculptures. Masterpiece Ice took off and became one of the top ice sculpting businesses in the country. I owned and operated Masterpiece Ice for 10 years. After selling Masterpiece Ice, I trained with the John Maxwell Team to hone my leadership and speaking abilities. Soon afterwards I launched 360 Business which is dedicated to coaching small business owners.
Personally, my parents were divorced when I was six years old. This left me to be raised by a hard-working single mom. Growing up I was the odd kid out and didn’t bond deeply with many other people. I always felt like the underdog who wasn’t the smartest in school or the best at any sport. No one seemed to look at me and say, “he’ll be somebody.” My dad and I were not close so I didn’t have his leadership pouring into my life either. I had the odds of life stacked against me.
Then because of the mentors in my life, I was able to experience success. I went from the boy who “wouldn’t amount to much” to experiencing the level of success every parent wishes for their children. I was about 11 years old when my first mentor, Fred Patrick, began pouring into my life. It is because of his initial influence that I was then able to achieve confidence in life.
God has since asked me to be “Fred Patrick” in the life of others. I have always had a passion for mentoring others and seeing the seed of success grow in their lives. Cooking was a great place to teach leadership 100 times an hour. As the owner of Masterpiece Ice, I used it as a platform for teaching leadership and reshaping adult boys into adult men.
In 2004 a major life transformation happened. I got to know Jesus Christ. I am now guided by Him. Since this time I have decided to focus the gifts He has given me on helping others. I now coach business owners, mentor moms and their sons, and write articles about leadership and mentoring.
I have been married to the most amazing woman, Heather, for 6 years. She loves many things like caramel, popcorn, Starburst jellybeans and me. I am a blessed man. We had our first child, Julianna, in 2014. My wife and I both are licensed foster parents and have had the blessing of 8 foster children come through our home.
Listen to “Mentoring with Jeff Pennypacker 7/21/15” on Spreaker.
by admin | Jul 9, 2015
Tim Link’s Website
July 14, 2015:
Take the time to build a bond with your animal and trust you’re receiving the info you need from them.
That’s a nugget of wisdom worth applying to all our important relationships, no?
Some other nuggets from our interview with Tim Link:
- If we’re always in a bad space – stress, negativity, anger – our pets will pick up on our energy and suffer as much as we do.
- Don’t get freaked out by the idea of animal telepathy – it’s all about slowing down and tuning in.
- One main difference between animals and humans is animals know their purpose.
And we aren’t just referring to dogs and cats – you can apply everything you learn from Tim Link to all your animals – we’re talking chickens and goldfish.His book is not only an animal communication how-to but a great reference manual for your bookshelf when dealing with a specific issue.
Formal Bio:
I learned that I could communicate telepathically with animals in February 2004. Until then, I had no idea that I had this ability.
The journey to this discovery began when my wife asked me to attend an Animal Communication workshop with her in the Atlanta area as her birthday present. It was an all-day workshop taught by a long-time practitioner of animal communication and included about seven other participants.
A lot of material was covered in the eight-hour session including meditation, self-hypnosis and practicing receiving information rather than just sending information. We also practiced a lot of the various techniques that we learned during the workshop.
During the workshop, I began to notice that I was receiving accurate information from the animals we communicated with. Of course my first reaction was, am I really ‘hearing’ what the animal is saying or, is this something else? When the information that I received from the animals was confirmed by participants of the workshop, my confidence grew.
Over the next several months, I used my ability to communicate with my own pets and the pets of friends and family. As my gift continued to grow, I began helping others within my church with their pets, as well as animals at the local animal shelters that I work with.
My gift is much stronger and flows more easily than in the beginning. It brings a lot of joy to me to be able to bridge the communication gap between pets and their human companions. I cannot tell you the number of people that have told me how much more they understand about their pets from the sessions we have had. Being able to give the animals a voice is truly a blessing.
Listen to “Animal Communication with Tim Link 7/14/15” on Spreaker.
by admin | Jul 2, 2015
Even when you feel alone, there’s another realm that’s full of love, support, and guidance.
Don’t believe us?
Stephanie Banks will change your mind.
So you may have heard that hers is a story about an out of body experience after a terrible mountain bike crash.
But it’s more about an awakening.
More mindfulness, sure. More appreciation and gratitude, of course.
But also, there’s this:
When Banks was recovering, she sat down to write (she couldn’t do much else), and the first piece written was a letter to herself…from her deceased mother.
In her mother’s handwriting…
Born into a family of intuitives, Banks tapped back into her roots and received profound messages from outside guides about life, death, ego, where we’re headed as a society.
Her book is a compilation of insights from forces we can’t see and the wisdom gained from tapping into God, our “true narrative,” and our real potential.
Formal Bio:
July 7th, 2015 – Stephanie Banks was born into a family of intuitives who encouraged fostering faith in accepting guidance from within as well as from other realms that surround our own. Prior to her near-death experience, she led a life directed by modern day terms that lacked depth and clarity. Immediately following her encounter with death, her life transformed to that of an awakened soul. She has now dedicated her life to mastering ancient wisdom and writing candidly about all she learns through this process. Her unfailing connection to the non-physical realm has offered guidance and transformation to all those who seek profound insight into our existence.
Stephanie attended the University of Western Ontario, and is currently enrolled in the master class of spiritual enlightenment. She lives with her family in British Columbia.
Listen to “A Soulful Awakening with Stephanie Banks 7/7/15” on Spreaker.
by admin | Jun 25, 2015
June 30th, 2015
“There is self-abandonment at the root of self-sabotage.”
We covered a lot of ground in our interview with psychotherapist and abandonment expert, Susan Anderson, whose latest book addresses the “Outer Child.” Or rather, the behavioral part of a person.
And that Outer Child…boy, can she be a twerp.
Procrastination, avoidance, over-eating, over-spending, oversleeping – sound familiar?
That’s Outer Child. She’s the addict form of the personality that reacts or over reacts.
She/he can’t express anger and can’t deal with shame.
Which, causes BIG problems.
If you are human, you’re going to get a ton from this episode. While Anderson doesn’t offer a quick fix, she does offer progress, should you choose to accept the challenge of addressing your most sabotaging behaviors.
Formal Bio:
Susan Anderson is a psychotherapist who has devoted over 30 years of clinical experience and research to working with the victims of abandonment trauma, grief, and loss. Author of Taming your Outer Child: Overcoming your Self Defeating Patterns; Journey from Abandonment to Healing; Black Swan: Twelve Lessons of Abandonment Recovery; and Journey from Heartbreak to Connection, she is founder of the Abandonment Recovery movement, a worldwide program of techniques and support groups that help people heal their abandonment wounds past and present, overcome their self-defeating “Outer Child” patterns, and find greater life and love.
Her books are translated into German, Japanese, French, Spanish, Korean, and sold internationally. Her websites www.outerchild.net and www.abandonment.net reach out to both abandonment survivors and clinicians throughout the world to promote group and individual support.
Through extensive clinical research, group work, and scientific study, she has developed a treatment protocol specific to overcoming the impact of abandonment trauma in adults and children. Her five universal stages of abandonment recovery (Shattering, Withdrawal, Internalizing, Rage, and Lifting) are based upon scientific findings related to the psychobiology of separation and attachment. Through her books and public appearances, she shares her own experiences with abandonment, grief, and recovery, speaking passionately from personal and professional experience.
Listen to “Taming Your Outer Child with Susan Anderson 6/30/15” on Spreaker.
by admin | Jun 17, 2015
June 23, 2015:
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” ~Rumi
Grab a notebook for this one. Our interview with Kavita Patel took many turns:
- Women can sometimes gather masculine energy when they’re a little afraid to feel vulnerable.
- You keep finding the same type of person because they’re what’s comfortable for you.
- We decide very young that our parents don’t know what they’re doing and begin resisting love.
And Most of our relationship “stuff” is residual crud from our first relationships with our parents.
If we’re open to it and willing to believe that we actually get some say on who comes our way, we can change the “stuff.”
Because according to Kavita, it’s not our city, our age, or any other factors we point to…
It’s us, of course. But how do we fix it? Listen to find out.
Formal Bio:
Kavita J Patel has been a Love Coach since she was 13 years old, when she began coaching her parents through their turbulent marriage.
Now in her 30s, it wasn’t until her relationship with her husband, Hemal, began to unravel early in their marriage that she really refined her skills as a Relationship Expert — developing a Process that single-handedly shifted her deeply unhappy marriage into an Outrageously Happy Relationship.
As a Love coach and some have called her a Love Intuitive, Kavita has worked one on one with over 250 women to reclaim their love lives, including executives at Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and more.
She helps women make deceivingly small shifts, through her no bull shit style, diving deep beneath the surface of the superficial dating games and “rules”.
Kavita knows how to change deep-rooted patterns that have sabotaged love in the past and helps her clients blast through their love barriers to give and receive love — by way of her pioneering techniques to transform their relationships with and beliefs around their parents.
Here is a link to Kavita’s website: http://kavitajpatel.com/
Here is a link to Kavita’s love type quiz: http://kavitajpatel.com/lovetype/
Listen to “Blasting Through Barriers with Kavita Patel 6/23/15” on Spreaker.
by admin | Jun 11, 2015
June 16th –
“Do you enjoy writing or would you rather stick knitting needles in your eyeballs?”
Good question!
Denise Michaels needs an answer to differentiate her clients – those who need book coaching or those who need a ghost writer.
Either way…
In this show, we dubbed Denise a book “shaman,” someone who lives behind the scenes but is a major player in bringing someone’s vision into the world.
Denise spoke with us about setting the foundation for a book, discovering the reader, siphoning information, and even playing devil’s advocate.
It’s all part of her thoughtful, full-proof procedure she’s used for many years that ensures clients are proud of their work now and for the years that follow.
Formal Bio:
Denise is a highly-sought after marketing mentor, book mentor, speaker, author and copywriter. Her mission is all about using her expertise and skills to support small business owners and aspiring business owners to get far better results, live their dreams and build a great income.
As a wise marketing mentor to over 1,500 and a professional speaker, Denise combines her down-to-earth message with a boost of confidence-building, giving her extraordinary insights, especially for women.
Her experience includes buying a ten year old business at age 25 for $10,000 and increasing revenues 40 percent in one year while decreasing costs by 10 percent.
She is experienced in public relations, promotions, advertising copy writing, professional speaking, strategic planning, online marketing, social media and networking, marketing plans, goal-setting, market research and sales, sales, sales and more sales.
Listen to “Doing Business with Denise Michaels 6/16/15” on Spreaker.
by admin | Jun 4, 2015
June 9, 2015 – David Mezzapelle believes that we all have the capacity to make optimism contagious just by sharing our life’s adventures. Mezzapelle is the founder of the Contagious Optimism movement and the author of Contagious Optimism, a bestselling book series that contains real stories from real people around the globe, which demonstrates that every cloud has a silver lining.
Mezzapelle was inspired to write this book series based on his life’s experiences, his own contagious optimism, and the encouragement of his Alma Mater, Fairfield University in Connecticut.
Throughout his life, Mezzapelle has encountered great peaks and valleys all of which he is grateful for. He never lost sight along the way and has kept his glass “completely full.” He has influenced many people with his outlook and Contagious Optimism is his way of offering optimism to others.
Mezzapelle has been a guest on various radio and television programs along with being a contributor to numerous publications around the globe. He is also a TED and Contagious Optimism LIVE speaker.
by admin | Jun 2, 2015
Replay Nov. 23, 2015 from June 2, 2015:
Don’t you just love hearing great thinkers talk?
Derek Rydall joined us last week, Tuesday June 2nd, and man, did he have some beautiful things to say.
In an acorn shell:
- Society has reared us backwards. We’re like an acorn, equipped from the beginning with everything we need. So now what?
- We lead with our desires, but first we must know what they are.
- Where do desires lead us?
- The importance of beginning.
- You don’t want to live by emotion; you want to live by vision.
To hear the goods, hit play.
Formal Bio:
Part of the new generation of spiritual visionaries and thought leaders, Derek Rydall is the author of the #1 Amazon/Barnes & Noble best-seller EMERGENCE: Seven Steps for Radical Life Change and the world’s expert on the revolutionary Law of Emergence.
He has trained top executives at Fortune 500 companies (from American Express to Disney) in empowered leadership and communications, coached celebrities and media professionals (including Oscar and Emmy winners) on creating conscious entertainment, regularly writes for The Huffington Post, and has touched hundreds of thousands around the planet with his message on finding your path, living your purpose and making a powerful impact!
In his weekly Best Year of Your Life! podcast on iTunes, he reveals cutting-edge spiritual principles and success strategies to achieve financial freedom and abundance, master productivity and creativity, and gain true wealth and happiness.
FREE GIFT: Derek would like to offer his free Law of Emergence eBook to your listeners! It is a 95-Page PDF eBook, powerpacked with 12 detailed chapters outlining the foundation of the Law of Emergence, with Q&A exercises to unlock your full potential: www.lawofemergence.com/FreeReport.
Listen to “Emergence with Derek Rydall 6/2/15” on Spreaker.
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