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“If we start and end our day with hope, and sprinkle hope throughout, we will be continually motivated to accomplish all our dreams.”
-Soraya
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“Be Convinced! Sharing Lifechanging Stories of Hope” with Soraya
Get a Big Dose of Hope in Just 30 Minutes!
Hope, along with the courage and confidence that arise from that hope, can be yours! For just 30 minutes, listen to each of these lifechanging stories of hope told by ordinary people who overcame life’s obstacles. Soraya engages people from various backgrounds who tell their inspiring stories of how they overcame challenges that wonderfully and often amazingly transformed their lives. She collects and enthusiastically shares their stories with the goal of encouraging, inspiring, and convincing you that we should all believe in, hope for, and work towards a better future for ourselves, our families, our communities, and the world.
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“Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.”
— Robert H. Schuller
Ep. #47 - Extremely Successful Entrepreneurs, the Father and Son Team of Mark & John Cronin Will Inspire You with Their Stories About Succeeding Despite Life’s Difficult Challenges
The father and son team of Mark & John Cronin are a living inspiration to us all. They focus on happiness and gratitude! Together they founded and operate an extremely successful company – John’s Crazy Socks – which earned $3 million in its first 3 years.
Ep. #46 - Public Speaking Coach, Author and Speaker, Peter George Gives You Hope that You Can Successfully Overcome the Fear of Public Speaking and Be a Calm, Confident and Credible Speaker
A top fear for many people is public speaking. My guest Peter George is an experienced public speaking coach, author, and speaker. He shares how he has successfully overcome his challenges with two childhood speech impediments – a lisp & a stutter – as well as shyness to help others become better public speakers and resonate with their audiences.
Ep. #45 - Author and Emotional Eating Expert Tricia Nelson Shares Her Journey of Hope After Over 30 Years of Studying The Issue and Losing 50 Pounds
Author and emotional eating expert Tricia Nelson candidly shares how she was able to lose 50 pounds after spending over three decades studying, identifying and healing the underlying causes of emotional eating. She explains the anatomy of an emotional eater & why dieting is just a superficial solution.
Ep. #44 - Entrepreneur and Author Mark Valenziano Shares His Inspirational Story of Succeeding and Flourishing Despite Slowly Going Blind
What do you do when your doctor tells you that you are slowly going blind? Entrepreneur and author Mark Valenziano shares his inspirational story of how he has been able to succeed and flourish despite years of slowly going blind.
Ep. #43 - Author William Donaldson Encourages Us to Prepare for Our Deaths as He Shares His Uplifting Story of Helping His Parents to do so
Author William Donaldson shares about his book Estimated Time of Departure: How I Talked My Parents to Death: A Love Story. He relates his journey of helping his parents and others, including himself, come to grips with the reality and inevitability of death.
Ep. #42 - With Over 25 Years in a Very Accomplished Career in Marketing and Business Development, Author Scott Jeffrey Miller Inspires Us to be Better Leaders
Scott Jeffrey Miller is an award-winning and best-selling author and podcast host with over 8 million listeners – Franklin Covey on Leadership. He shares how he has been a life-long stutterer and has had to work hard to overcome stuttering and achieve success.
Ep. #41 - Dyslexia and Literacy Problem Solver Lois Letchford Shares her Inspiring Story of Helping her Son Move from Trauma in the Classroom to Learning to Read and Later Achieving a PhD
What does a parent do when a teacher labels your 7-year-old son as “the worst child ever”? Lois Letchford searched for ways to help her son. Now a dyslexia and literacy problem solver as well as an author, she shares her hopeful story of how she became a literacy specialist after helping her son to learn to read.
Ep. #40 – Prodigious author Allen Klein Shares the Power of Words and How Humor and Awe Will Give Us Hope
An award-winning author of over 30 books, Allen Klein loves to share how humor plays such an important role for our good health and mental well-being. He is a self-proclaimed “jollytologist”, a person who specializes in laughter and humor.
Ep. #39 – Staci Diffendaffer Shares Her Passionate Story of Transformation from Severe Depression, Anxiety and Chronic Illness to Unconditioned Love and Purpose
Afflicted for years with severe depression, anxiety and chronic physical illness, Staci Diffendaffer suffered greatly. She shares about how she lived on ever-increasing amounts of medication to ease her symptoms but how medication alone was not the true way to full healing.
Ep. #38 - Kyle J. Sullivan, “The Champions Coach”, Shares How He Went from a Division 1 College Athlete to Drug Dealer, Husband, Pastor, Father and Founder of a Successful Coaching Company
Known as “The Champions Coach”, Kyle J. Sullivan shares how he unleashed the champion within himself to become a husband, father, youth pastor and then establish his own coaching business.
Ep. #37 - Veronica Williams Inspires Women to Grow Personally, Spiritually and Professionally as They Wait on God for the Right Man
Veronica Williams is a master certified life coach, keynote speaker, certified facilitator and an influencer for women and married couples. She motivates us with her personal story of hope about waiting until she was 30 years old to get married.
Ep. #36 - Emily Marquis Provides Inspiration for Developing Simple Healthy Habits Based on Her Extensive Professional Training and Personal Experiences
A nationally board-certified health and wellness coach and university teacher in that field, Emily Marquis shares her personal story of how she experienced much emotional, physical, and mental abuse and pain but is now able to provide hope for others.
Ep. #35 - Tiffany Foote, “The Fearless Millennial”, Shares Her Story of Hope and Her Desire to Empower Her Generation and Others to Speak Up and Communicate Better
Meet communication coach Tiffany Foote, “The Fearless Millennial”, who shares her story of hope in overcoming the fear of public speaking and living fearlessly. In a society enmeshed in social media, good communication skills have been lost.
Ep. #34 - Author and Father Steven Crane Shares His Story of Hope About How He Discovered the Lifechanging Power of Gratitude
Prompted by his teenage son asking "Why do you always have to be so negative?", my guest Steven Crane spent essentially all of 2020 exploring and ultimately answering that question - and others.
Ep. #33 - Hope Reger Shares Her Journey of Hope After Her Son Was Tragically Killed
What does a parent do with the profound grief from the tragic sudden death of a child? My guest Hope Reger was told that her 19-year-old son Justin had been shot to death.
Ep. #32 - Nancy McKay Shares Her Inspirational Story of How She Overcame Addiction and Health Challenges to Now Assist Other Women in Overcoming Theirs Through Counseling and Equus Coaching
Have you heard about equus coaching? My guest Nancy McKay is a former alcoholic and cancer survivor who is using her knowledge and experiences to assist others.
Ep. #31 - Caleb Whittle Shares How He Helps Employees Build the Intrapreneurial Spirit so That They Inspire, Lead and Motivate Those Around Them
So many people talk about becoming entrepreneurs but what about those who want to be employees and improve their job performances by being more innovative & creative in the companies they work for?
Ep. #30 - Meridith Alexander and Daughter Schuyler Share Their Journey After Schuyler Suffered Injuries in a Near Fatal Accident in South America
Guests Meridith & Schuyler Alexander, a mother and daughter team, share their story of hope involving the aftermath of a tragic accident in 2016 that left Schuyler with severe physical injuries. Schuyler was on vacation in Columbia, South America, already a world traveler despite her young age of 22.
Ep. #29 - Australian Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Steve Killelea Shares His Journey of Hope in Advancing Peace Initiatives Throughout the World
Can anyone truly understand what peace is and promote its development all over the world? My guest Steve Killelea is determined to do just that and gives us hope that thriving peaceful societies are definitely attainable.