Learn how others are overcoming or have overcome a variety of life happenings. Everyone has a story that someone needs to hear. Let those stories inspire you to, 1) know you are not alone in whatever life topic you are experiencing, 2) know there are multiple solutions all of life dilemmas, and, 3) learn about critical thinking skills to make informed life decisions.
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Dr. Matthew Zakreski Episode 3 – Neurodiverse and Neurotypical People Working Together
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Matthew “Dr. Matt” Zakreski, PsyD, is a high-energy, creative clinical psychologist and professional speaker who utilizes an eclectic approach to meet the specific needs of his neurodivergent clients. He is proud to serve the Gifted community as a consultant, a professor, an author, and a researcher. He has spoken over 400 times worldwide about sup…
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A new exhibit at Charlotte's Mint Museum Uptown looks at the art and artists of the South in the first half of the 20th century. The show called "Southern/Modern" has more than 100 paintings and works on paper by artists from the region, or who worked here. On this episode of the Piedmont Arts podcast, we talk with curator Jonathan Stuhlman and tak…
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Dr. Fidele Sebahizi – Life From the Ashes
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Dr. Fidele Sebahizi grew up in a poor African village, living and surviving an ethnically motivated massacre in a United Nations refugee camp of Gatumba in Burundi, Africa. Fidele overcame life obstacles as an immigrant in the United States to achieve the American dream. He became the first immigrant to join and work for the Abilene Police Departme…
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Michaela Cox Episode 2 – GRACE Through Grief
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Michaela Cox was born blind and widowed early by the love of her life in her second marriage. She is now a single mother and author. She is a multi-published author and speaker. She writes on various passionate topics and often takes from her life experience and journey. She is the author of five series, including 'Take a Sip, Take a Breath and Go.…
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Have you ever wanted to go into space? A virtual reality experience at Blumenthal Arts' new Blume Studios takes you there. "Space Explorers: The Infinite" uses virtual reality goggles to make you feel like you're on the International Space Station. Find out more in this Piedmont Arts podcast, along with a report on the upcoming Halloween concert by…
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Lisa Lynch Episode 1 – My Journey of Recovery
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Lisa Lynch’s journey to recovery began after she was in a boating accident and suffered a spinal cord and pelvis injury that left her dependent on a wheelchair. She soon learned that sand and wheels don't mix well. She also learned that she didn’t think she could enjoy the beach life any longer. Her 13-year (as of this writing) healing journey took…
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Dr. Christopher Scott Wyatt Episode 2 - Adapting to Talented Neurodiverse People
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Dr. Christopher Scott Wyatt is an autistic self-advocate and father of two neurodiverse daughters. He earned a doctorate researching online education and writing instruction for students with autism spectrum disorders. His experiences living with physical and neurological differences shape his parenting. Dr. Scott consults with schools, businesses,…
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Paul Granger Episode 1 – I Prayed for and “Claimed” a Different Result
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Paul Granger describes his emotions and learning from his life experiences of enduring a stillborn childbirth and job termination from a toxic ministry experience. He and his wife prayed fervently for God to restore or create a heartbeat for their child in the womb of his wife. They prayed for and “claimed” that God could and would make a heartbeat…
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Jordan Wilson - Winning the War Through Surrender
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Jordan Wilson is a modern-day prodigal son. He was raised in a Christian family with wholesome values. He felt somewhat protected and isolated from the world at an earlier age. Accordingly, he thought he needed to experience the world by engaging in different life events. That included drugs and alcohol. Through his mother’s prayers and fasting and…
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Donene Taylor Episode 1 – Roping Your Obstacles
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Donene Taylor is a Professional Author and Speaker who delivers energizing, fun, inspirational, and motivational presentations to many different organizations and teams. She joined the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association in 1998 and became a Women’s Professional Rodeo Association World Champion Tie-Down Calf Roper in 2016. Donene is also a 4-tim…
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JazzArts Charlotte has been around for 15 years, promoting jazz through education and concerts with top performers from around the world. On this episode, CEO and co-founder Lonnie Davis talks about the group's origins and how it's growing a new generation of jazz performers and fans through education and concerts. Learn more about JazzArts Charlot…
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Dr. Matthew Zakreski Episode 2 – Neurodiversity and Career Coaching
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Matthew “Dr. Matt” Zakreski, PsyD, is a high-energy, creative clinical psychologist and professional speaker who utilizes an eclectic approach to meet the specific needs of his neurodivergent clients. He is proud to serve the Gifted community as a consultant, a professor, an author, and a researcher. He has spoken over 400 times worldwide about sup…
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Scott and Randy Baker Episode 1 – Becoming Aware of Unconscious Behaviors
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Scott and Randy Baker met when they were 16 and married in 1997. Through their marriage journey, they are learning to adapt to each other as they each learn to adapt to and be aware of their childhood culture. Scott is reserved, while Randy is outgoing by personality type. Randy reminisces about her childhood experiences and her response to her enc…
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Alan Lazaros – Achieving Success and Fulfillment
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Alan Lazaros is a business coach, consultant, trainer, and speaker specializing in helping businesses maximize their growth, impact, and profitability online. He believes in a heart-driven approach to inspiring, motivating, and educating others on what is required to reach the next level. When he was two years old, his father passed away in a car a…
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Dr. Matthew Zakreski Episode 1 – Neurodiversity and Career Coaching
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Matthew “Dr. Matt” Zakreski, PsyD, is a high-energy, creative clinical psychologist and professional speaker who utilizes an eclectic approach to meet the specific needs of his neurodivergent clients. He is proud to serve the Gifted community as a consultant, a professor, an author, and a researcher. He has spoken over 400 times worldwide about sup…
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Charlotte is trying to put itself back on the map as a music city, with an annual conference called Confluence. This year's event is at AvidXchange Music Factory and music venues around the city. On this Piedmont Arts podcast, we'll hear from two of the organizers, Rick Thurmond and Liz Brigham, about what you'll see and hear. Learn more about the …
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Iryna Ishchenko Episode 1 – Relationships as Life is Transformed with Time
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Iryna Ishchenko was born in Kazakhstan and then moved to Ukraine with her family when she was one year old. She knows how it is to grieve your parents when they are still alive, but they are no longer your parents because of bodily function deterioration. They are not the ones you have known and loved for your entire life. She knows what it’s like …
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Brittney Phillips is a certified life coach, certified stepparent coach, and founder of Blending Bravely, a coaching and education company specializing in empowering women of faith in blended families. With a heartfelt commitment to helping moms in blended families find peace, strengthen their sanity, and deepen their faith, Brittney offers a trans…
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The North Carolina Brass Band performs a free concert in Charlotte at First United Methodist Church. It's a night of brass band and pipe organ music featuring organist Evan Currie. On this Piedmont Arts podcast, we talk with music director Brian Meixner and cornest Bill Lawing. Plus, we talk with singer-songwriter and classically trained cellist Be…
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Dr. Christopher Scott Wyatt Episode 3 – Understanding Impulsivity and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders with Neurodiverse People
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Dr. Christopher Scott Wyatt is an autistic self-advocate and father of two neurodiverse daughters. He earned a doctorate researching online education and writing instruction for students with autism spectrum disorders. His experiences living with physical and neurological differences shape his parenting. Dr. Scott consults with schools, businesses,…
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Topic: Pat Wetzel Episode 2 – Overcoming by Taking Risks
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Pat Wetzel is an award-winning author who has learned perseverance to get beyond the bumps she is experiencing in life. From Wharton Business School to global finance, from disability to learning to soar (Pat is a sailplane pilot with over a decade of tales to tell), from world travels to travel within, Pat has led an extraordinary life. In her boo…
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Museums across the Piedmont are hanging their fall shows. On this Piedmont Arts podcast, we have a preview that includes local and regional art at Charlotte's Mint Museum, Surrealism and African American artists at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, a Wizard of Oz-themed show at UNC Charlotte and more.…
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Janice Burt – Kicking the People Pleasing Habit
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Janice Angela Burt is an international, inspirational keynote speaker. Her mission is to encourage, provide insight, and uplift others while continuing to work on her personal growth. She was awarded the Catalyst of Courage award by The Los Angeles Tribune and was listed as a Global Woman to Watch in the Washington DC Chronicle. Being raised in Mex…
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Michelle Seguin – Larger Than Life: A Mother’s Love, Loss, and Her Journey Back to Living
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Michelle Seguin’s son, Devin, in 2013. Devin got a stomach ache following which the medical staff found a cancerous tumor. Five weeks later, the medical staff performed surgery on Devin to remove the tumor. Within 24 hours of removing the tumor, he passed away because his body poisoned itself. His body still was trying to fight a tumor that was rem…
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A new season of live music is starting for music groups and venues across the Piedmont. In this Piedmont Arts podcast, we have a few ideas as you plan your listening for the 2024-25 season. We preview what's coming from classical music groups like Bach Akademie Charlotte and 7th Street Concerts , monthly concerts from JazzArts Charlotte , and eclec…
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Kristie Guard Episode 1 – Healing Ever After
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Kristie Guard was raised in a toxic family, and she married into a toxic marriage. She endured nearly 27 years of life not knowing what value she had to anyone. Ten years into a marriage with her high school sweetheart, author Kristie Addair Guard admitted the “happily ever after” just wasn’t, and it didn’t show any signs of getting there. However …
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Grace Peterson gave birth to a “rainbow baby,” which has come to be known as the child born following a previous loss from a stillbirth or miscarriage. Grace’s child was diagnosed with the rare Trisomy 18 chromosomal disease. Trisomy 18 is a disorder in which babies are born with three copies of chromosome 18 instead of 2. For an unknown reason, th…
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Sara Slaybaugh – Developing Confidence and Connection Following Divorce
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Sara Slaybaugh experienced the emotions and discouragement of a toxic marriage. Many of us want a wholesome, long-term relationship to illuminate each other. As a person of faith, Sara hoped to get healthy support from fellow believers. She experienced mixed support from various people. Sara is now remarried with a blended family. Through her life …
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A new season of theater is coming up across the region. This episode previews Broadway shows at The Blumenthal in Charlotte, children's shows at Children's Theater of Charlotte, and productions at professional and community theaters from Charlotte to Salisbury to Hickory. Pictured: Lin-Manuel Miranda in the title role of his musical "Hamilton"; By …
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Dr. Christopher Scott Wyatt Episode 1 – Understanding Autism
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Dr. Christopher Scott Wyatt is an autistic self-advocate and father of two neurodiverse daughters. He earned a doctorate researching online education and writing instruction for students with autism spectrum disorders. His experiences living with physical and neurological differences shape his parenting. Dr. Scott consults with schools, businesses,…
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Seth Gehle – Your Past Does Not Define You
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Seth Gehle survived substantial childhood abuse and trauma. His father nearly killed his mother when he was two years old. As a result, he grew up with a single mother of three children. When he was approximately ten years old, his mother became abusive and addicted to crack and cocaine. This led him down a path to being molested by a grown man for…
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Hosts Rachel Stewart and David Boraks preview the 2024 - 2025 opera season at companies around the region. Opera Carolina's James Meena talks about his company's season of classic operas, plus a special benefit concert with famed Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. Opera Carolina Piedmont Opera North Carolina Opera Greensboro Opera…
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Michael Ostrolenk has been on a journey of self-discovery and is working with others through transpersonal counseling psychology. Having developed an autoimmune disease as a child and possessing divergent learning styles that the rigid educational system couldn’t handle, the conventional wisdom of doctors and educators almost robbed him of his crea…
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Kelly Tuttle became a brain injury survivor in 2015 after her car T-boned another car that had pulled out in front of her. She thought she would shake off the crash and continue with her life. The next day, her co-workers said she wasn’t talking coherently. So, she saw her doctor, who said she had a concussion, and she should be better in two weeks…
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If you live near Winston-Salem, Hickory, Salisbury, Rock Hill, Monroe, or, of course, Charlotte, you’ll be close to some great music this year. The orchestras in those communities have a variety of concerts planned with varied repertoire. There's Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, but also contemporary composers including a former Miss America who writes …
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Jeff Pierce – Recovering from Near Despair
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Jeff Pierce has experienced many devastating consequences in his life, including bankruptcy, loss of a business, his wife’s death from cancer, and recovering from a dysfunctional family. Jeff was born in Binghamton, NY, and, due to his father’s employment, attended twelve schools during his 13 years of formal education. Due to the extensive moving,…
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Mary Barlow Episode 2 – Depression and its Potential Devastating Consequence
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Mary G. Barlow chronicles her early life dealing with her mom’s death when Mary was seven years old, as well as her adult life in finding peace and joy. Years after her mother died, Mary learned her mom had committed suicide, possibly manifested from postpartum depression following the birth of Mary’s younger brother. Based on her life experience a…
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Paul Granger Episode 2 – Working Through Wrongful Job Termination
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Paul Granger describes his emotions and learning from his life experiences of enduring a job termination from a toxic ministry experience. Following the experience of stillborn childbirth, he experienced a job termination from a toxic ministry environment. Again, he and his wife are left with a “what now?” experience. Through these two life traumas…
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Jacques Delorme is a science educator, public speaker, life coach, and author of Driving Out of Darkness: Self-care Strategies for Trauma Recovery. He has dedicated the past 12 years to personal development, including multiple training courses. His deep interest in public speaking programs using the concepts in his book will help anyone recovering …
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The inaugural Carolina Youth Orchestra Summer Festival will take place at Davidson College in early August 2024. The three-day clinic is designed to help young musicians develop their musical skills under the tutelage of professional musicians and broaden their connections to our music community. The festival culminates in a free public concert at …
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Philip Blackett – Resolve Without Being Dogmatic
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Philip Blackett is an author, consultant, and entrepreneur with a rich background spanning prestigious roles at FedEx, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and Chick-fil-A. He earned a Master of Divinity from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a bachelor’s degree in political science and economics from th…
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Denise Dielwart – Dealing with Grief through FLOW
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Denise Dielwart experienced death with the very sudden passing of her husband. Finding a path forward can seem like an impossible challenge in the aftermath of loss. Her journey began in the shadow of profound grief after the loss of her husband in 2009. It was a journey that led her to create the FLOW Grief Release Method (Feel, Let go, Overcome, …
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On this Piedmont Arts podcast, we talk with Shante Williams, the new general director of Opera Carolina. Williams is a business owner and venture capitalist who has been on the Opera Carolina board for three years. She talks about the upcoming season, her passion for new operas, and about the group's future.…
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Tracy Slepcevic Episode 1 – The Warrior Mom
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Tracy Slepcevic is an author, Certified Integrative Health Coach, keynote speaker, U.S. Air Force Veteran, and Pur Health, LLC founder, an integrative health and wellness business based out of San Diego that educates individuals on the incredible effects that nutrition and lifestyle choices have on your happiness and ability to lead the life you de…
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Joan Quinlan Episode 2 – Overcoming Substance Use Disorder
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Joan Quinlan has overcome multiple life traumas brought about by her early lifestyle. Her family culture was one of working beyond any life adversities rather than finding anyone who could empathize with her. That culture caused her to repress many of her early life anxieties, which led her to excessive alcohol consumption. The term for this was fo…
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Joan Quinlan Episode 1 – Overcoming Substance Use Disorder
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Joan Quinlan has overcome multiple life traumas brought about by her early lifestyle. Her family culture was one of working beyond any life adversities rather than finding anyone who could empathize with her. That culture caused her to repress many of her early life anxieties, which led her to excessive alcohol consumption. The term for this was fo…
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Kevin Mensah – Grieving but Gaining Strength Through My Mom’s Legacy
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Kevin Mensah’s mom passed away very unexpectedly when he was a high school senior (2024). It is very irregular for a parent to pass away before their children. All parents hope to see their children become what God created them to be. Kevin is working through his grief because of his mom’s legacy of loving the God of the Bible. Kevin draws strength…
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Felix Poyel is a Consciousness Coach who brings a unique and personalized perspective through his transformative life story of overcoming addiction, dealing with Tourette Syndrome and ADHD, bullying in school, his dad’s death when he was young, and other challenges to spiritual awakening while pursuing his dream life. Formerly, he worked five years…
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Bronwyn Schweigerdt – Overcoming Panic and Anxiety Attacks
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Bronwyn Schweigerdt is a psychotherapist who knows that even though feelings are invisible, they don’t evaporate. Instead, they are stored in our subconscious mind and body when they’re disowned. These feelings haunt us and cause mental illness and health issues until we externalize them into words with someone who can hear and validate them. She e…
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Sarah Westbrook has turned an early life of complex trauma into a profession as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). Sarah is passionate about mental wellness. She considers herself an eternal learner and is excited to share her knowledge and experience with her audience. As a trauma survivor, she understands the work that goes into healing. He…
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