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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. #188 - Successful Businessman Stephen Lagomarsino Shares Important Keys to Success for a Leader and In Life
My guest Stephen Lagomarsino or Steve Lags for short is an electrical engineer by profession and a very successful businessman. He grew up in a family in which both his father and grandfather were successful businessmen. As the oldest son, he felt pressured to perform well and meet their high expectations and suffered from anxiety and depression.
Ep. #187 - Author, Entrepreneur and Coach David Ask Wants to Help You Discover Your Unique Self and Purpose
My guest David Ask is an author, entrepreneur, inventor, and coach. David was the driving force behind a product that is a thermostat guard called StatGuardPlus and is sold in such retail giants as Home Depot and Lowes.
Ep. #186 - Business Coach Alan Lazaros is Passionate About Meaningfully Impacting Entrepreneurs
Alan Lazaros is just in his mid-30s and already has many accomplishments under his belt. He is an engineer by profession who also has a master’s degree in business. He also is the CEO, founder, and peak performance business coach at Next Level University.
Ep. #185 - Life Coach Elena Brandner Uses Her Never-Give-Up Attitude to Help Others
Elena Brandner is a living testament to strength, resilience, and a determination to overcome. Elena shares with us how she was a high-level athlete and body builder, who excelled in sports, and was also studying to be a pharmacist. Then, about two years ago, she was in a car accident which left her paralyzed from the waist down.
Ep. #184 - As the Side Hustle Coach, Fabienne Hansen Wants to Help You Build a Career That You Truly Love
Fabienne Hansen is also known as the “side hustle coach”. What is a side hustle? Fabienne describes it as dipping your toes into entrepreneurship while continuing with a full-time job. Fabienne shares her inspiring story about beating numerous personal and professional challenges. She decided that she wanted to help build the next generation of entrepreneurs and leaders.
Ep. #183 - Mindset, Fitness and Nutrition Coach Charissa Halonen Shares the Fundamentals of Successful Self- Development
My guest Charissa Halonen is a mindset, fitness and nutrition coach who provides services with her husband online. She shares her years of struggling with bad relationships, obesity, and alcohol. Then, in 2014, she had a life-altering car accident that resulted in an undiagnosed brain injury that caused a complete personality change in her. It was not until 3 years later that her brain injury was confirmed as post concussive syndrome, and she began the road of treatment and recovery.
Ep. #182 - President and Founder of Dignity Defense Institute, Nicole Smith, Shares Her Commitment to Upholding the Dignity of All Human Life
My guest is Nicole Smith, the founder of Dignity Defense Institute, a nonprofit organization that is committed to upholding the inherent dignity of every human life. For over a decade, Nicole worked on the communications side of human rights all over the world for a faith-based constitutional law firm. With a master’s degree in law and public policy and a sincere desire to bring about change, Nicole joined the fight for the child bride in Uganda and the persecuted religious minority in Iran among many others.
Ep. #181 - Dr. Tamar Lawful is on a Mission to Inspire Busy Women to Prioritize Their Health and Wellness
My guest is Dr. Tamar Lawful, who has been named one of the top 50 most influential pharmacists in the country. She has been a pharmacist for over 20 years and is the CEO and founder of LYFE Balance Inc. She is on a mission to inspire busy women to prioritize their health and wellness.
Ep. #180 - Author, Speaker and Coach Nick Hutchison Seeks to Help You Implement What You Read to Improve Your Life
My guest Nick Hutchinson is an author, speaker, one-on-one coach, and a podcast host all at the age of 30. Nick has been the visionary force behind the company Book Thinkers, a growing 7-figure marketing agency that helps to bridge the worlds of authors and readers.
Ep. #179 - Financial Planner Chad Holmes Wants to Help You Maximize Your Family Legacy with Proven Strategies
My guest Chad Holmes is a certified financial planner as well as a CPA, certified private wealth advisor, and a chartered retirement planning specialist. With over a decade of experience in finance and accounting, Chad’s passion and expertise has developed into assisting families to maximize their family legacies and take advantage of many tax saving opportunities.
Ep. #178 - Rand Selig Successful Entrepreneur and Author Rand Selig Shares How We Can Thrive Daily Through Being the Author of Own Story
Rand Selig has been a very successful entrepreneur who established and managed a prominent investment banking firm. With an MBA from Stanford, he has not only been an accomplished professional, but has also been married for 43 years, has 2 children and 3 grandchildren, and has volunteered relentlessly.
Ep. #177 - Dr. Brad Miller Shares His Struggles and Triumphs Using Comedy Therapy for Cancer and Other Health Challenges
Dr. Brad Miller likes to be known as “The Adversity Doctor” linking comedy with cancer therapy. He is not a medical doctor but had a career of over 43 years as a pastor and obtained his doctoral degree in ministry. After retiring, he was diagnosed with cancer. He said that he laughed to keep from crying after he heard the diagnosis.
Ep. #176 - Matt O’Neill Entrepreneur Matt O’Neill Shares His Mission to Spread the Importance of Good Moods in Our Lives
My guest Matt O’Neill is on a mission to spread the knowledge of the importance of good moods. Yes – that’s correct! Do you know how impactful a good mood can be to your life? Matt faced many challenges when he was growing up, from a father’s absence to limited financial resources. He is a husband and father of four who has established and managed multiple businesses.
Ep. #175 - Leadership Coach and Author Ilene Marcus Shares How You Can Effectively Manage Annoying People
Ilene Marcus is a leadership coach, author, and keynote speaker. Ilene has over 30 years of leadership experience in diverse industries. She especially enjoys mentoring entrepreneurs to start and scale businesses. She also enjoys working with teams. The title of her book is How to Manage Annoying People – 7 Proven Tactics to Maximize Team Performance.
Ep. #174 - Certified Coach Hannah Lynn Helps Women Prevent or Overcome Burnout
My guest Hannah Lynn is a certified coach who is passionate about helping women prevent or overcome burnout, design a career they love, and show up as their best selves. Hannah knows about burnout all too well as she has suffered it twice in her life. She is a wife, mother, and career professional who turned burnout into a blessing, as she stepped back, reassessed her life, and prioritized.
Ep. #173 - Accomplished Entrepreneur Zachary Parker Harris Shares the Importance of Wholistic Success for Entrepreneurs
My guest Zachary Parker Harris is a very successful businessman who is making a tremendous impact on entrepreneurs through his organization Junto Global. At a young age, Zachary was in to partying, taking drugs, and excessive drinking. When he was 20 years old, he almost died in a car accident. He then made the pivotal choice to leave toxic friendships behind. After landing a dream job at a Fortune 100 tech company, he sought out mentors because he knew how important personal development was and wanted to surround himself with people who were achievers.
Ep. #172 - Certified Personal Trainer and Wellness Coach and Best-selling Author Tracy Herbert Shares Her Passion to Help Others Live Longer, Healthier and Happier Lives
My guest is Tracy Herbert who is a type 1 diabetic and has dyslexia. Despite her health challenges, Tracy is a certified weight loss specialist, a certified personal trainer and wellness coach, an ACE senior fitness specialist, and a lead trainer in longevity codes. Her pursuit of fitness and health took her on a successful 3,527-mile bicycle ride from San Francisco to New York when she was in her mid-50s.
Ep. #171 - Author Steph Katzovi Shares the Importance of Following Your Dreams and Passions
Steph Katzovi is an author, wife, and the mother of two school-aged boys. She always profoundly believed that she would be an author one day, but her path was very circuitous to reach her goal. She obtained a college degree and then a law degree. She even studied and passed bar exams in two states, but she never actually practiced law. She also worked for many years as a professional speech writer. But Steph knew what her dream and passions were and truly believed in herself.
Ep. #170 - Best-Selling Author and Fitness Coach Joe Martin Wants You to Be Awesome and Relentless in Your Positivity
Meet my guest Joe Martin, who likes to call himself the director of awesome-relentless positivity. Joe openly shares how he went from being 50 pounds overweight to being voted his city’s healthiest trainer. He went from being a below-average student to a best-selling author; from being a youthful offender on probation to being a positive force in his community and working with children; from being very shy to a sought-after speaker; and from being on the verge of suicide, to finding blessings every day wherever possible.
Ep. #169 - Author and Visualization Coach Steve Gamlin Wants to Help You Achieve Your Goals
Steve Gamlin is known as “The Motivational Firewood Guy”. He is the creator of the Vision Board Mastery program as well as an author, coach, and keynote speaker. By the age of 35, Steve had to change careers, went through a divorce, and suffered from financial loss. He was successfully able to turn his life around!