My guest Paul Zolman is also known as the “love doctor”. He is an author who writes about the importance of love in our lives and encourages us to leave anger behind and replace it with love. Paul grew up in an abusive family where his childhood experiences were anything but filled with love. He blamed everyone else for the problems in his life and was filled with anger until he realized that he was self-destructive.

Are you in the age range of 50 or over? Are you trying to rediscover your passions and set new goals? My guest Jen Hardy is a certified happiness coach, author, public speaker, and podcast host. She is on a mission to empower women who are in what she refers to as the “Fabulous Over 50” age range. And, she is passionate about helping them to rediscover their purpose and reclaim their power.

Are you personally or do you know of someone who is facing challenges in the workplace? Even if you’re not going through issues at work or know of someone who is, this is an important podcast to listen to. And, it is equally important for employees and employers to listen to. My guest Kimberly Williams is a human resources expert who assists people to access free legal services when dealing with issues in the workplace. Her goal is to empower you to advocate for yourself and tame those fears associated with filing a complaint.

Gregory Stern is a physical therapist who is passionate about helping guide people through their health journeys so that they can live pain free and thrive. Greg shares with us how he sustained an ankle injury while playing sports when he was 19 years old. He suffered through years of pain that not only affected his foot, but also his hip and back. And he even had surgery to correct the injury, but still lived for many years with a dull buzzing pain that affected him physically and mentally.

If you want to learn about tenacity, a determination to succeed and reinventing yourself, my guest Tony Guarnaccia has experienced it all. He is an entrepreneur, enterprise marketer and author who came from humble beginnings. Raised in an Italian family whose parents established their own bakery, Tony saw for himself the importance of hard work and the struggles that small business owners go through. After earning a business degree, he returned home to help his parents revolutionize the bakery business.

My guest Jeanell Greene is just not another certified life and relationship coach. She is also certified in coaching about forgiveness and gives us hope that through the powerful force of forgiveness, we can accomplish much in our lives. Jeanell experienced the tremendous impact forgiveness can have when she saw her mother forgive her father after he had an affair. She was a child at the time, witnessing the profound struggles that her mother went through.

Ron and Marty Cooper have been married for 55 years and are a power couple dedicated to assisting people and organizations achieve their full potential. Ron uses his extensive experience with over 30 years in the Air Force as a fighter pilot and then an industry executive. Marty is a business manager and certified leadership trainer. Together, they established The Cooper Culture – a business dedicated to helping increase personal productivity and efficiency through developing personality strengths and principled leadership.

Lauren Hunter shares her painful journey of growing up in and then leaving a religious cult known as Christian Science. She gives us hope that it is possible to leave a controlling group and that we have the resilience to do so and live much better and fulfilling lives. Lauren is the author of two books. The first is titled Leaving Christian Science: 10 Stories of New Faith in Jesus Christ where she shares her story and the stories of 9 others who were able to leave the religious cult and develop a renewed faith in Jesus.

My guest wants to help you understand that your victory is in your pivot and encourages you to get up and live! Join me with Denise C. Herndon Harvey, who is a transformation coach, children’s and adult author, and speaker. She’s a wife, mother, and grandmother. Add to that she is a graduate of Liberty University and has a Master of Arts Degree in Human Services Counseling.

Dr. Shahrzad Nooravi is a business psychologist, master certified coach, and author. Her book is titled A Powerful Culture Starts with You - Cultivate a Thriving Workplace from the Inside Out and has been rated #1 for new releases in the category of workplace culture and is a best seller in the category of business coaching. Dr. Nooravi shares how she came with her parents from Iran as they sought a better life for their family in the United States.

Kattie Lail is an addiction wellness coach who is passionate about helping those who are facing the challenge of drug addiction and their families. She understands the importance of being supportive and bringing out the best in others, as she too went through a long journey from being addicted to meth and then rehabilitation and recovery. As a young teenager, she saw her mother use meth intravenously and began using it too. That began years of addiction, then recovery, and then relapse. It was after she was arrested on federal criminal charges involving selling drugs that she finally realized that she had to turn her life around.

Rachel Lavin is the author of her memoir titled The Doughnut Diaries- A Personal Trainer’s Tale of Being Every Size from 12 Through 0. She is a certified personal trainer with over 20 years of experience in the fitness industry as well as a certified health coach. She likes to refer to herself as “a body love educator”. Why should you love your body? Many of those who experience weight gain often struggle with negative self-thinking and self-sabotage and do not love their bodies.

Being an immigrant definitely comes with its own set of unique struggles and Nicky Billou is a living example that success is attainable when your heart’s desire is to be of service to others. Nicky shares how he moved as a child from Iran to Canada with his parents and did not even know how to speak English. But he learned quickly and eventually graduated from Georgetown University.

Did you know that childhood obesity is at epidemic portions? When families are facing the challenges of childhood obesity and living healthy lifestyles, pediatrician and obesity medicine physician Dr. Sheila Carroll is the expert to go to. Dr. Carroll shares her personal story of being an obese child and the inability of her family’s pediatrician to help her. As an adult, and after many years of struggling, she was eventually able to lose weight and keep it off.

John Jarman shares his painful journey from childhood trauma to the exhilarating experience of redemption through the love of God. Suffering from depression due to parental abuse, he spiraled out of control as a teenager and became enmeshed in the world of drugs to solve his problems. He eventually enlisted in the U.S. Marines to change his life. He later earned a bachelor’s and then a master’s degree.

As a mother, a military wife, and the owner of a very successful marketing agency, Mickey Anderson knows all about the hustle and bustle involved with growing a business amid a busy personal life. Mickey shares her story of suffering burnout and then deciding to drastically downsize. She became determined to focus on marketing via an effective campaign which aims at motivating a customer to actually make a purchase.

What is a silver-lining spotter, you may ask? El Edwards is a vibrant wife and mother living in Wales who is the answer to that question. She is a Christian who likes to think outside the box to help you develop a vibrant relationship with God. Her book is titled Youier- Fully Alive, Fully Human. “Youier” is a term she uses to describe your path toward an intentional and expectant relationship with God.

When your child is battling a life-threatening illness, nothing is better than having a pediatric physician who is taking extremely good care of your child. Even better is when that same physician has had experience of childhood illness too. Dr. Jennifer Pratt is a pediatrician who, at the age of 10, battled cancer. She got well after numerous surgeries, chemotherapy, and physical therapy. During those struggles, she made a special wish to visit Disney World with her family and the Make-A-Wish Organization made that wish come true.

When it comes to crime and violence prevention, a person who has an extensive and proven record is critical to finding solutions. My guest Bobby Kipper has vast experience in policing and as director of Virginia’s Gang Reduction Program. He established The National Center for the Prevention of Community Violence and works closely with communities, schools, and police departments to prevent and reduce violent behavior.

Beth Thorp is an author, wife, and mother. She is also co-founder and executive director of the Mitchell Thorp Foundation, a foundation that she and her husband established to honor their oldest son Mitchell who died from a mysterious debilitating disease at the age of 18. Her book is titled ANEW Creation: Finding Meaning in the Midst of Tragedy. She tells the story of her and her family’s struggles with Mitchell’s illness and how their Christian faith and support from family, friends, and community brought them through.