Best Plattor Podcasts (2024)

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S12 | E04 Building Hope Through Community with Reina Pomeroy 32:56

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Tragedy doesn’t always happen in isolation. Sometimes tragedy hits an entire community, impacting hundreds of households and thousands of lives. That was the case in December 2021 when the Marshall fire hit the town of Superior, Colorado, a suburb of Denver. With so many families displaced, those impacted could find solace in their community. This …

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"It's Not Just Strangers That We Should be Afraid Of" With Child Abuse Campaigner Emma-Jane Taylor 36:22

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Emma-Jane is a Motivational Speaker, Corporate Behavioural Change Trainer, Personal Development Mentor, Author and an Advocate for survivors of Child Sex Abuse. It took a great deal of courage for Emma-Jane to write her first motivational book, she is proud to have found her voice after she was sexually abused and groomed from the age of just 9 yea…

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S12 | E03 Beauty as a Path to Hope with Nina Kins 39:32

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Hope and beauty have a lot in common. They can work together, one can inspire the other, and they can both encourage someone to take action. All three are true for this week’s guest, Nina Kins. After a number of very difficult life circumstances, Nina was just starting to get back on her feet when she received a cancer diagnosis. A fighter, she put…

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Addiction Affects The Family and So Everyone Needs To Heal, with Addictions Therapist Candace Plattor 47:28

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Candace Plattor is an Addictions Therapist in private practice, where she specializes in working with the family and other loved ones of people who are struggling with addiction, in her unique and signature Family Addiction Counselling and Therapy Program. As a former opioid addict being almost 35 years clean and sober, Candace has learned that ove…

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S12 | E02 Finding the Good in the Challenging with Diana Gremillion 33:47

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There’s no avoiding adversity and challenges. Some we can prevent with careful planning and setting ourselves up for success. But many we can’t. No one can predict a tragedy or accident and be adequately prepared for it. It just happens, and we have to pick up the pieces and manage the aftermath. This week’s podcast guest has lived through tragedy …

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Find The Healer Inside Of You To Make Lasting Change, with Amo Ni Healer Bo Bissett 45:40

1+ y ago45:40

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Bo Bissett spent the first four decades of his life punishing, mutilating, demeaning, and destroying himself. Somewhere along the line, he realized those daily practices only made things worse, and despite his wishes to not move forward, he found his way. That's when he stopped trying to bury himself and, instead, started lifting. It sounds cheesy,…

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S12 | E01 Keeping Faith to Restore Hope with Lindsey Hannan 32:59

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Young parents and parents-to-be have so much hope in their growing families. They start to imagine who their babies will become, even from the first positive pregnancy test. But as we all know, not every pregnancy is the same. And some end in tragedy. That was the case for this week’s guest, Lindsey Hannan. And it was the case not only once but twi…

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Release The Pain Of The Past, Empower Your Healing, Activate Your Intuition, and Embody Your Truth, with Ayahuasca Healer Michael Thornhill 47:16

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Michael Thornhill, is co-founder of Casa Galactica in Peru. Michael is a traditionally trained plant spirit healer, professional channel and advocate of trauma-informed care. Recovering from addiction, trauma and abuse have been a big part of Michael's own healing journey. He now dedicates his life to helping others heal themselves. Casa Galactica …

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S11 | E12 Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself with Candace Plattor 38:42

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Sometimes adversity is just the thing to bring us to a place where we’re supporting others in our communities. That’s part of the path for Candace Plattor, this week’s guest. After a 15-year addiction to opioids, Candace has been in recovery and supporting families of addicts for the last 35 years. Candace is an addictions therapist and recognizes …

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S11 | E11 A Mother's Hope with Laura Lane 40:23

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Emotions are all over the place when you’re faced with a life-threatening illness. When it’s your young child with the diagnosis, it’s easy to fall into denial and despair. Instead, this week’s guest took hope, grew her belief, and turned it into faith. When her 11-year-old daughter, Celeste, was diagnosed with pineoblastoma in 2011, Laura relied o…

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Inner work releases tension in the body at such a deep level that bones can shift - with Ann Hince 40:44

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In today's episode, I have Ann Hince on my show. When Ann was 19, she woke one morning to find her mother dead in her bathroom. Twenty years later, the tears from that trauma were still just under the surface. Ann found a simple technique that helped her release these emotions - but she went further and can now put her awareness inside her body - a…

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S11 E10 Finding Hope in New Treatments with Len Wiens 44:44

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One of the most hopeful things about living today is that we’re constantly developing new tools and strategies to treat ailments that people of yesterday simply had to live with. Sometimes those tools have stigma put upon them by society, but with conversations and medical research, this week’s guest, Len Wiens, is hopeful that the tides may change…

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Peace in the Home. Peace on the Planet - With Dr Sangeeta Sahi 42:46

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Dr Sangeeta Sahi is the founder of Unified Human Foundation in the UK, a non-profit organization supporting non-government organisations globally, and which unify human beings with Nature. She has worked for over 20 years in various locations including India, Africa, USA, in projects of developing innovation and natural solutions for environmental,…

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S11 E09 Hope Through Mobilization with Tim Fox 42:07

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In July 2022, Pope Francis visited Canada to apologize for the treatment of Indigenous peoples and residential schools. This week’s guest, Tim Fox, a proud member of the Blackfoot confederacy from the Blood (Kainai) reserve, was invited to participate in the event. And while he had mixed feelings about attending, it was his 11-year-old daughter who…

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The Starseed Alchemist & Shamanic Healer - Yvonne J Douglas 46:49

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Yvonne J Douglas, known as The Starseed Alkhemist, is a powerful psychic, Shamanic Practitioner, High Priestess and Sacred Celebrant. She uses her innate shamanic healing to give you more clarity, greater purpose and increased passion, so you can create magic in your life. As a powerful conduit for spirit Yvonne is here to heal souls on a deep leve…

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'Letting Go of the Victim Mindset and Embracing the Higher Perspective' with Leanne The Barefoot Medium 45:58

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Leanne, The Barefoot Medium® from Brisbane, Australia is a gifted and highly sought after International Medium, Twin Flame Connector and Transformational Coach who is blessed to connect people from all over the world with their loved ones who have passed over. She brings her honest and compassionate personality to providing people with clarity, gui…

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S11 E08 The Power of Hope Role Models with Shawntà Hooks 36:19

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Sometimes, when we don’t have hope ourselves or haven’t learned it yet, looking to someone who does can help us along the path. This week’s guest grew up in Detroit, Michigan in the 1980s and 1990s in a time of turmoil and racism for Black residents. But she watched her father first thrive in his career, then turn to mindfulness and hope as he batt…

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S11 | E07 There’s No Change Without Hope with Chris Castelino 37:47

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Difficult times are often a catalyst for change. And change can only come with action. There’s science to prove this and this week’s podcast guest discovered this for himself after a particularly difficult time. Chris Castelino lost a friend to suicide in 2018, then just as he was reeling from this had a terrible bike accident with a long recovery.…

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S11 | E06 The Language of Strengths with Tina Clem 33:16

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Kids who have had trouble in the past don’t always get a fair shake. They’ve shoplifted or been in other trouble with the law so the community writes them off as “bad news” or “a lost cause.” But really, the challenge is likely that they just haven’t had the resources and support they need to be successful. That’s where people like Tina Clem and th…

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Conscious Living - with Intent and Purpose, with Dr Sangeeta Sahi (Part 4 of a 4 Part series) 45:24

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Anu Verma interviews Dr Sangeeta Sahi who is the founder of Unified Human Foundation in the UK, a non-profit organization supporting non-government organisations globally, and which unify human beings with Nature. She has worked for over 20 years in various locations including India, Africa, USA, in projects of developing innovation and natural sol…

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S11 | E05 Who are you beyond your challenges? 31:50

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Sometimes finding hope in our lives is challenging and we have to lean on the successes of others to see what’s really possible. That was the case for Kelly Lydiard as he sat on his mother’s couch after being kicked out of his 11th treatment center. Frank O’Dea, author of “When All You Have is Hope,” was his inspiration to get up and make a change …

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Finding Inner Peace & Resilience Through Tough Times, with Kimberly Bell 40:40

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In this journey of life, how can you accept and embrace that which is beyond your control? How can you find inner peace and resilience through the toughest times? Kimberly Bell joins me to talk through her journey from a painful and traumatic childhood in kinship care to abusive relationships, teen pregnancy and maturity. She shares how she found r…

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S11 | E04 Fighting Food Insecurity with Bethany Ross 31:39

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Food insecurity runs rampant across the globe, even in first world countries like Canada and the U.S. Thankfully, there are organizations doin the work to combat it. As a born and raised Calgaranian, I’ve been familiar with the work done by Brown Bagging 4 Calgary’s Kids (BB4CK) since I was a kid myself. Providing lunches to kids in need is the epi…

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Well-being Alchemist and Transformational Coach - Wendy-Anne Steer 49:46

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Wendy Anne Steer is a Well-being Alchemist because she has trained in quite a few modalities so they all underpin her knowledge and help her support her clients, signposting them if need be. She comes from a strong corporate background of Programme and Project Management in IT which proved detrimental to her health so she had to leave her ego behin…

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'Tired of choosing the wrong men, she finally chose herself' with Tylar Paige 44:24

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Tylar Paige is an advertising professional who is passionate about all things creative. She loves inspiring others through her writing, drawing, painting, and photography. She was taught at any early age that love equalled hurt, rejection, abandonment, and betrayal. She has spent over twenty years overcoming challenges like childhood abuse, living …

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Healing Planetary Trauma, with Dr Sangeeta Sahi (Part 3 of a 4 Part Series) 49:10

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This is part 3 of our series on trauma and I have with me pioneering medical physician Dr Sangeeta Sahi who is the Founder of Unified Human Foundation and Conscious cancer programme. Dr Sangeeta Sahi is the founder of Unified Human Foundation in the UK, a non-profit organization supporting non-government organisations globally, and which unify huma…

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Healing The Pain From Sexual Assault & Trauma, with Jasmine Anderson 53:32

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Jasmine Anderson is a psychic medium and energy medicine practitioner from Glasgow, Scotland. Jasmine specifically works with people who are working to heal their pain around childhood, sex and toxic relationships while navigating their spiritual awakening. In this podcast episode, Jasmine opens up about her own traumas which she experienced from s…

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The Great Rejection: Turning Career Failure Into Success, with Dr Eli Joseph 36:27

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Dr Eli Joseph is an author, educator, and TEDx speaker who currently serves as a faculty member at Columbia University and Queens College and as a partner and medical examiner at ExamOne, a Quest Diagnostics company. Using rejection to fuel his professional achievements, he earned a bachelor’s degree at the age of 20, a master’s degree at 21, was n…

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Stalked & Abused by her Stepfather, Desi Garcia now Empowers other Survivors to Overcome their Trauma 36:22

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In today episode, I have the podcast host of Candle In A Dark Room, Desi Garcia on my show who shares the story of her life, how she survived trauma & how she lives in recovery today. Desi was continuously abused by her stepfather between the ages of 8 to 15, she pressed charges and her perpetrator was convicted though it never kept him away from h…

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"It is in the context of relationship that we make the deepest change" with Psychologist Tom Glaser 41:23

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As a masters-level Licensed Psychologist in Minneapolis, Minnesota, For over 30 years, Tom Glaser has helped people shed their fears, set free of what haunts them so that they come more into their true, full, beautiful selves. He offers collaborative therapy, healing the mind, heart, and body through awareness and experience. Tom believes: 1) It is…

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How to have peace and prosperity even in the midst of chaos, with Dr Heather Tucker 48:24

2y ago48:24

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Dr. Heather Tucker is the Founder and CEO of Another Level Living - a professional training and coaching company. She is a master life harmony coach, speaker and trainer and her mission is to guide business leaders to achieving their work/life harmony which creates optimal prosperity and abundance. She uses easy strategies to support her clients in…

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How changing our shame-guilt system can solve our mental health crisis, with Lois Hollis 48:36

2y ago48:36

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Shame - Guilt expert Lois Hollis was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1943 and for thirty years, Lois taught hospital staff and nurses how to care for hemodialysis patients both in hospital and home. Despite her many accomplishments, her abusive childhood traumas began to outweigh her vivacious lifestyle. She succumbed to guilt-ridden depression, he…

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S11 | E03 From Heavy Metal to Hope with Johnny Crowder 35:59

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When it comes to poor mental health days (or weeks… or months…) it can be difficult to be proactive about doing things that are good for you. Especially when you might not really be sure what those things are. Everyone around you seems to have a different suggestion for which coping mechanisms to try. It can be overwhelming, and then defeating when…

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Connections Restored: From Darkness and into the Light, with Amiee Boswinkle 39:50

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Amiee Boswinkle found her way out of the darkness and into the light when debilitating trauma, PTSD and addictions took over her life and she couldn’t find reprieve from conventional health care or therapies. For years, Amiee suffered from the shame of childhood sexual assault which led her down the path of alcoholism, drug addiction and various ea…

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S11 | E02 Hope Through Emotional Intelligence with Alex Malebranche 36:32

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It can be hard to talk about our feelings. Many grow up in environments where being emotionally vulnerable just isn’t a priority, and as such never really acquire the skills needed to navigate intense feelings later on in life. Yet, emotionally intelligent adults will experience more professional success and improved relationships. What if this bec…

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S11 | E01 Social Justice In Education with Dr. Bibi Pirayesh 34:34

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School should be a place where kids feel safe and like they belong. Unfortunately, for many children this isn’t the case. Coming from different backgrounds and having different learning abilities will vastly change the experience and enjoyment a child has in school. This discrepancy in experience is something today’s guest noticed early on and has …

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Nutrition to Support the Body for Hormonal Balance, with Registered Holistic Nutritionist Ashika Lessani 1:06:02

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Ashika Lessani gave up her job in dentistry to start up her business as a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and Life Coach, specializing in empowering, strengthening, and guiding women to see their potential through a multifaceted approach. Her journey was never picture perfect, even when it appeared to be so. Unable to own her singularity or her in…

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S10 | E12 Teaching Our Kids Mindfulness with Ronnie Parker 33:09

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Mindfulness is something that anyone of any age can benefit from. Being able to slow down, assess your situation, and control your reaction will help you to get the outcome you want out of most situations. As adults, this is often a skill we wish we had learned earlier. How awesome would it be if we had learned how to be mindful when we were young,…

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"Miracles & Fate on 78" with 9/11 Hero & Survivor, Ari Schonbrun 41:18

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Ari Schonbrun is a 9/11 hero & survivor turned Author, Speaker, Podcast Host and Executive Performance Coach. Mr. Schonbrun was on the 78th floor of Tower One at The World Trade Center when the first plane hit on September 11, 2001. He helped a colleague suffering third degree burns to safety and was thrown into the national spotlight thereafter. H…

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S10 | E11 Finding Your Hope Through Purpose with Ryan Quinn 33:41

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Are you motivated to reach your goals and dreams? If you’re not, you might want to reevaluate what you’re working towards. The best dreams could inspire you and be filled with purpose, passion, and a sense of possibility. Might be something to consider if your dreams are making you feel anxious, stuck, or just plan blah. Ryan Quinn joins me on the …

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The Link Between Post Natal Depression and Deep Rooted Traumas, with Angelic Healer and Akashic Alignment Practitioner Shelley Healey 56:42

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Shelley Healey a fully qualified Angelic Reiki™ Master and Akashic Alignment Practitioner who teaches people why they feel stuck in old stories, habits, and deep-rooted traumas. She is particularly passionate about improving cellular health to enhance our natural healing abilities. She specialises in energy management for children and gives intuiti…

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S10 | E10 Living One Life in Alignment with Jessica Fraser 32:53

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Do you ever feel like you have two separate lives? You have your everyday life, where you go to work and make dinner and do your day to day activities. And then you have your dream life, where you go on adventures and travel and experience new, exciting things. Wouldn’t it be great if your everyday life and your dream life could just be one in the …

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Building Mental Toughness - with Army Veteran & Mental Health Advocate, Sylvester Jenkins III 45:20

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Sylvester Jenkins III from Tennesse, is an Army veteran, author, mental health advocate and speaker. He empowers the next generation to thrive and not just survive. Sylvester is no stranger to adversity, he grew up in a single-family, low-income household surrounded by gang violence in a drug-infested neighborhood, where a young man was only expect…

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S10 | E09 Uncover Your Natural Number with Susan Bennett Fisher and Martin Fisher 36:44

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Do other people in your life know who you are? Do you know who you are? It’s clear that not everyone will think, react, and communicate in the same way, so how can we bridge this gap to create more meaningful connections with others? According to Susan and Martin, the answer is to uncover your Natural Number. Your Natural Number is the key to under…

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Founder of 'Mama Wins Media' & Survivor of Emotional Abuse, Bibi Milla Shares her Journey of Empowerment 29:42

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Bibi Milla is the founder of ‘Mama Wins Media’ which is a digital magazine dedicated to providing women and mothers with inspirational & badass content. Bibi founded Mama Wins after leaving a verbally and emotionally abusive relationship. Her personal experience ignited a passion to support women to have open conversations about personal and life e…

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S10 | E08 Finding the Courage to Take Action with Dr. Sweta Chawla 35:07

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Dr. Sweta Chawla planned out her future, worked hard, and for a decade she had a career that she loved. But eventually, she began asking herself if there was something more she could be doing. Following that curiosity and seeking deeper fulfillment led her to a huge, unexpected life and career transition. It wasn’t a perfect transition, but it brou…

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Coping with Peri-Menopause & Menopause - with Health & Fitness Expert Zara Groves 38:44

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Zara Groves is a Health & Fitness Expert and in today’s episode, we will be discussing the mindset around health and fitness as well as an important discussion around menopause and the bodily hormonal changes that occur and what to look out for during peri-menopause, and more importantly, how to cope with the symptoms. Diagnosed with Peri-Menopause…

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S10 | E07 Evolving With Hope with Judy Schoenberg and Linda Lautenberg 34:29

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It’s easy for women in their 40s, 50s, and 60s to begin to feel stuck in their careers and in other aspects of their lives. Many times, they think they’re too old to change, and resign themselves to being less than content with their situations. Today’s guests are here to share that transformation is possible at any age. Judy Schoenberg and Linda L…

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Emerging Healing With Technology, with Cancer Survivor & Bioenergetics Energy Healing Specialist, Jenn Miller 55:06

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I interview Jenn Miller who is the Founder of Warrior Heart Wisdom, a holistic healing practice based in Dallas, TX, where she serves as a Healing & Transformation Guide, Intuitive Wellness Coach, and Energy Healing Specialist to clients around the globe. She offers a unique and innovative approach to healing that combines the power of modern techn…

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S10 | E06 Committing to the Pursuit of Hope with Sarah Moss 33:03

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Change is hard for anyone, but it’s especially hard for kids and teens. They aren’t usually very well equipped to handle the emotions and difficulties that come along with dramatic change in situations such as separation, death, or divorce. As a result, it’s typical to see behavioral issues increase and communication decrease when families experien…

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