Inspiring Episodes

1,273 | Heidy De La Cruz on Why Immigrant Stories Matter Now More Than Ever Heidy De La Cruz is a podcaster, speaker, and podcast coach passionate about amplifying immigrant voices and empowering Latina women to share their stories. She is the host of the two-time award-winning podcast “The American Dream in the Eyes of Immigrants,” where guests reveal their powerful journeys to the United States. Heidy also hosts Digital Marketing 101 for Latinas, helping women master online business and digital marketing with confidence and clarity. Drawing from her own experience managing PTSD, she speaks openly about mental health, encouraging others to find strength in vulnerability. Whether she’s behind the mic, coaching busy moms, or inspiring audiences on stage, Heidy’s mission is to educate, empower, and elevate every voice. When she’s not creating, she enjoys reading, listening to podcasts, and making lasting memories with her family. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Sho…

1,258 | Jaze Bordeaux on Cinema’s Power to Change History Jaze Bordeaux (pronounced “JAYZ bor-DOE”) is a Canadian filmmaker, writer-director, producer, and creative entrepreneur who builds films with a clear, practical playbook. An award-winning storyteller, he unites rigorous craft with bold, genre-defining ideas, working at the psychological, spiritual, and political edges of modern life especially where identity, technology, and power intersect. Shaped by diverse cultural landscapes and a belief in cinema’s transformative potential, Jaze pursues stories that challenge entrenched narratives and invite new ways of seeing. “It’s in moments of disruption, when things become more fluid, that a small group of people, or even a single individual, can change the course of history,” he says. That conviction runs through his work, from explorations of the weaponization of original thought to emergent intelligence and the search for self inside fractured systems. His aim isn’t just to e…

1,251 | How Dr. Josh McConkey Inspires the Next Generation of Leaders Dr. (Colonel) Josh McConkey is a best-selling, award-winning author and esteemed Emergency Physician with over 20 years of clinical experience. A former Duke University professor and Board-Certified Emergency Medicine physician, he currently commands the 459th Aeromedical Staging Squadron in the U.S. Air Force Reserves, where he continues to exemplify leadership and service. His acclaimed book Be the Weight Behind the Spear has earned multiple accolades, including a 2025 Telly Award and a Pulitzer Prize nomination. He resides in Apex, North Carolina with his wife, Elsa, where they raise their three children and work together to inspire the next generation of American leaders. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: Website: www.weightbehindthespear.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshmcconkeymd/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joshua.mcconkey Link…

1,248 | The Power of Self-Worth: Deborah Weed’s Inspiring Story Deborah Weed is a creative whirlwind and motivator. As the Founder of the Self-worth Initiative, her mission is to foster self-worth through creative IP’s and to elevate our world with stories that have a message. Deborah's raison d'etre came out of a personal crisis. After working on a 26 million dollar pavilion with Disney and Universal consultants for KIA Motors, then being the Director of Development for Citibank, 19 branches, she was misdiagnosed which left her bedridden for three years. Her self-worth plummeted. Especially from going to the top of her game in corporate, to being unable to function. Then, she heard about a 1943 pure copper penny that was worth $250,000. $250,000! How could that be?! A penny, which is perceived as worthless was more valuable than a house, car or the most amazing vacation. The penny became Deborah’s personal hero. The reason it was so valuable was because it was made by m…

1,234 | How to Inspire Commitment and Deep Connection with Valerie Greene Valerie Greene is a unique relationship mentor, author, and speaker who helps women to inspire their man to fulfill their deepest needs and desires. A highly successful alternative to relationship therapy, Valerie helps women and couples create a secure emotional CONNECTION--not just problem-solving or communication skills. Valerie holds numerous certifications in coaching, NLP, and emotional healing modalities. She leads workshops, retreats, and online courses for women and couples, and is the creator of the 12-week Man-ifest Lasting Love coaching program and the author of the book “The Commitment Roadmap” which teaches women how to inspire their man to commit to a lifetime of lasting love. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://coachvaleriegreene.com/ 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at …

1,223 | Marilyn Raichle on Caregiving, Creativity, and Connection Marilyn Raichle, author of Don’t Walk Away, grew up in the shadow of Alzheimer’s. Nearly everyone in her father’s family and many in her mother’s developed the disease. Her mother Jean told her, “When we get Alzheimer’s, walk away. There is nothing you can do, so live your life and don’t sacrifice it for us.” Instead, Raichle became transformed, embracing the value and joy of people who are living with, not suffering from, dementia. Marilyn Raichle began her career in the performing arts. She founded the Seattle International Children’s Festival, introducing children to world culture through the performing arts. In 2007, she received a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Upon returning to Seattle, her career was upended when she became the family caregiver for her parents, both of whom were developing dementia. It was a rocky journey, at first reluctant an…

Giorgio Michailidis is a mystic, visionary, travel connoisseur, philanthropist, and storyteller devoted to inspiring change and improving the lives of others. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: www.facebook.com/giorgos.michaelides 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creators, coaches, and brands ready to level up. 👍 Like this video 💬 Drop a comment & share your favorite part 🔔 Subscribe for more inspiring conversations Monday to Friday! #PositiveTalkRadio #Inspiration #Podcast ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

1,217 | Kate Castro on Music, Healing, and Finding Awe in Life Kate Castro, a Singer/Songwriter from Spokane, Washington. I started singing at the age of 5 and at age 15 began performing at ceremonial functions and city sporting events. I was a member of choirs and women's quartets in high school and college and was known as the wedding singer for years in Spokane and Seattle. I then moved to La La Land from Seattle in 2008 to pursue my love of music after taking a detour in the business world. My ability to trust life’s routes came from my deep level of spirituality. If I envisioned conquering a task, goal, or dream, I knew it could manifest. My first single, “You Make my Heart Sing” was released in 2013. The next song “In Love” was the first of mine to be played on Urban radio in five states in 2017-2018. That year was followed by a new song and music video recorded in Atlanta for “Gotta Have It”. The success of this single was garnered on many platforms; Spotify, iTunes, and …

1,204 | How Tricia Parido Transforms Perfectionists Into Emotionally Agile Leaders Tricia Parido is an Emotional Agility Strategist and the founder of Turning Leaves, where stressed-out, high-functioning perfectionists learn how to stop surviving and start living with clarity, calm, and emotional control. She isn’t just the architect of Total Emotional Performance™, she was client zero. After decades of people-pleasing, over-functioning, and emotional chaos, she walked the path, built the method, and now lives the result. With over 15 professional credentials centered in behavioral psychology, recovery needs, psycho-nutrition, and emotional intelligence, Tricia is a master-level practitioner known for transforming "coping addicts" into emotionally agile leaders. Her work doesn’t just inspire - it recalibrates. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.turningleavesrecovery.com/about-tricia-parido 🎬 Need stunning videos, …

1,201 | How Christine Sadry Dedicated Her Life to Service at the United Nations Christine Sadry was born in Krasne, Poland, and was adopted in 1964 by a Polish American couple who lived in the United States. After graduating from West Catholic girls high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Christine worked at the United States, Social Security Administration from 1973 to 1979. She started her 31-year career with the United Nations in June 1979. Christine was a single mother to her daughter and the wife of the United Nations diplomat after dedicating most of her life to Service, she now resides inNaples FL. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://christinesadry.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creators, coaches, and brands ready to level up. 👍 Like this video 💬 Dro…

1,200 | How Jennisue Jessen Turned Survival Into a Global Fight Against Human Trafficking Jennisue Jessen, a survivor of human trafficking and Founder & CEO of Compass 31, has dedicated over 25 years to combating human trafficking globally. Her remarkable journey, from being sold into the sex trade at the age of 4 to becoming a key figure in shaping federal counter-trafficking policies, reflects her passion for justice and resilience. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://compass31.org/ 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creators, coaches, and brands ready to level up. 👍 Like this video 💬 Drop a comment & share your favorite part 🔔 Subscribe for more inspiring conversations Monday to Friday! #PositiveTalkRadio #Inspiration #Podcast ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

1,199 | How Donavon Campbell Inspires Through Music, Writing, and Coaching Donavon Campbell was born in Jamaica and now lives in Canada with his family. He is a songwriter, singer, songwriting educator, author, presenter, and creativity and life coach. Passionate about using his gifts to inspire others, Donavon helps people through his talents, skillset, products, and services. Whether through music, teaching, writing, or coaching, his mission is to uplift others and create meaningful connections. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.dc-digital-products.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creators, coaches, and brands ready to level up. 👍 Like this video 💬 Drop a comment & share your favorite part 🔔 Subscribe for more inspiring conversations Monday to Frid…

1,191 | How Michael Bugary Overcame Addiction and Cancer to Inspire Millions Michael Bugary is a former Division I and professional athlete who played baseball at the University of California, Berkeley and with the Boston Red Sox organization. His journey, however, extends far beyond the field. Michael is a recovering drug addict and brain cancer survivor whose story is one of resilience, redemption, and hope. Today, he travels the country as a motivational speaker, sharing his powerful journey with audiences of all ages. His mission is to inspire others to find strength in their struggles, meaning in their adversities, and hope in the face of life’s greatest challenges. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.michaelbugary.com/ 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creator…

1,190 | How Todd Lingel Transforms Tragedy Into Hope With Kares Foundation Todd Lingel is the Founder and Director of Kares Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to saving lives and empowering at-risk youth with the tools to thrive. Growing up in a small Idaho community, Todd learned the values of communication and integrity at an early age. The tragic loss of his mother and sister in a drunk driving accident shaped his life’s mission and fueled his passion to help others. Kares Foundation is built on the principles of trust, service, and integrity. Its mission is to educate teens and young adults on making better decisions to prevent tragedies caused by peer pressure, impaired driving, and social media grooming. Todd reminds them that mistakes are part of growing up, but the key is to make mistakes we can learn from, not the kind that last a lifetime. The Meaning Behind the Kares Foundation Logo The name Kares is deeply personal. It honors Todd’s mother Karen and his sister She…

1,162 | Larry W. O’Nan Reveals How to Live and Give with Purpose Larry W. O’Nan is a passionate advocate for biblical stewardship with over five decades of experience in ministry and consulting. He served on the staff of Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ) for 18 years, dedicating 13 years to developing fund development initiatives that raised over $150 million for worldwide ministry. As Vice President of Stewardship Strategies at Management Development Associates, Larry provided counsel to Christian ministries, helping raise tens of millions of dollars. He is the author of “Giving Yourself Away” (1984) and “Intentional Living and Giving,” and has co-authored practical stewardship assessment tools. Larry’s passion also extends to helping children learn biblical values through his role as president of Andy Ant Productions Inc., creating engaging adventure books. Through his speaking, writing, and consulting, Larry inspires and equips people to live as faithful stewards, experie…

1,158 | Beth McDonough: From Breaking News to Breaking Free! Beth McDonough was a tenacious, resourceful, and seasoned television crime and public safety reporter. With a sparkle in her eye, an inviting smile, engaging personality, All-American good looks and a friendly demeanor, she was a paradox. Beth thrived on uncovering scandals, breaking news stories and holding those in power accountable. Her tv news job covering other people’s lives was everything to her until Beth was ultimately forced to dig deep and confront perhaps the darkest story of all, hers. Two DUIs completely ruined her life, and now she is speaking out on her recovery and 16 years of sobriety. Her journalism career began in the small town of Joplin, Missouri. She moved (a lot) and worked her way up from a rookie reporter and anchor into major markets like Oklahoma City, Houston, Philadelphia, New York and Minneapolis. During her broadcasting career, she worked for some of the biggest network owned affil…

1,153 | From Tragedy to Truth: Rob Rene on Resilience, Medical Deception & Natural Healing Solutions Rob Rene’s story is one of resilience, faith, and transformation. Once a gifted athlete with dreams of becoming a professional runner, Rob’s journey took an unexpected turn when a winter training run in Utah ended in a near-fatal accident. This accident not only shattered his dreams of a professional athletic career but also initiated a profound personal transformation. Forced to step away from the life he knew, Rob began a new chapter, leaving behind the world of elite athletics and embarking on a 25-year career in corporate America, working with Fortune 500 companies in the realm of enterprise software and services. Despite climbing the corporate ladder and achieving financial success, Rob felt a deep sense of unfulfillment, driven by a growing awareness that his purpose lay elsewhere. When Rob left corporate America to help his brother’s business, he got hit by a "second" truc…

1,142 | Create a Life of Legacy: Rabbi Daniel Cohen on Light, Meaning & What Truly Matters Most Popular motivator, mentor, and inspirational speaker, Rabbi Daniel Cohen’s unique blend of authenticity, humor, wisdom, and insight helps anyone better navigate contemporary society and lead a life of legacy. Rabbi Cohen has served in the rabbinate for over twenty years and is the author of What Will They Say About You When You Are Gone? Creating a Life of Legacy, and his newest book, The Secret of the Light. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.rabbidanielcohen.com/ 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creators, coaches, and brands ready to level up. 👍 Like this video 💬 Drop a comment & share your favorite part 🔔 Subscribe for more inspiring conversations Monday to Fri…

1,141 | Sima Collezione: How One Woman Turned 50 & Launched a Fashion Brand to Empower the World After living a complete life, at the age of 50, I decided to follow my passion and my dream as I created my fashion Company Sima Collezione. The mission of Sima Collezione is to empower the inner light and beauty within each woman and each sale will help another person in need through the brand's charity. Ever since its inception, I have featured Sima Collezione in 7 international fashion shows as well as have received top organic international press in the internet. My purpose and my mission is to create soldier's of light and spread positive consciousness for women all around the globe. As of now, my fashion collection is in a beautiful showroom in Milan and I am working with top fashion experts in Milan to bring the company of Sima Collezione into the world by 2026. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.simacollezione.…

1,124 | Stop Performing, Start Living: Rebecca Thomas on Identity & Becoming Unapologetically You Rebecca Thomas helps women stop performing for a life they don’t even want. Her work is about rebuilding from the inside out—identity, purpose, income, all of it—so they can finally live like they mean it. Her message, Nurture Your Nature, isn’t self-care fluff. It’s a call to stop abandoning yourself and start trusting who you actually are. This work isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about becoming unapologetically you. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.marieofvenus.com/ 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creators, coaches, and brands ready to level up. 👍 Like this video 💬 Drop a comment & share your favorite part 🔔 Subscribe for more inspiring con…

1,123 | From Tragedy to Triumph: Dr. James Perdue on Perseverance & Purpose Dr. James Perdue, Professor of Perseverance, is for you. Listen to his powerful message of how to persevered through challenges so you can gain strength to build your championship life. He is the host of Professor of Perseverance Podcast. James was a normal 19-year-old with the expectation of playing professional baseball. He attended Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, Tennessee on a baseball scholarship. With the attitude of being invincible, he was in college for two weeks and played one college game in the fall. Then unexpected tragedy came a calling. On September 11, 1983, James became a quadriplegic, dislocating three vertebra in his neck, from playing a football game. The doctor said, "James, I'm sorry. You'll never walk again and you might be paralyzed from your neck down." Later, the doctor advised his family to place him in a nursing home; he would be too much of a burden for them to take …

1,121 | From Student to Teacher: Mark Chartier on Tourette’s, Resilience & Teaching with Purpose Mark Chartier developed symptoms of Tourette’s syndrome when he was seven years old and demonstrated significant behaviors throughout school. He persevered thanks to positive relationships with school staff. He earned a BA in English at Colorado State University-Pueblo, where he discovered his love for writing; and two master’s degrees at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs despite suffering from newly diagnosed disabilities including a brain injury and a significant stutter. He now teaches special education in southern Colorado and gives motivational speeches, sharing his triumphs as a student with disabilities and how they led him to become a teacher of students with disabilities. He is an author of two books of poems, “Fingerprints” and “Tell Me Something Good” (Turning Point Press, 2019 & 2024), which chronicle the shared successes of Mark and his students in overcoming d…

1,115 | Why Learn-It-Alls Win: Damon Lembi on Leadership, Growth & the Future of Workplace Learning Damon Lembi is a 2x bestselling author, the host of The Learn-It-All Podcast, and CEO of Learnit – a live learning platform that has upskilled over 2 million people. Drawing from his prior baseball career, Damon brings an athlete’s perspective to leadership. Through his journey, he has gained invaluable insights into what helps organizations grow, how great leaders learn, and why learn-it-all companies outpace their competitors every time. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.thelearnitallleader.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creators, coaches, and brands ready to level up. 👍 Like this video 💬 Drop a comment & share your favorite part 🔔 Subscribe for more …

1,111 | Self-Publishing Made Simple: Rodney Miles on Launching Books, Brands & Author Careers Rodney Miles is a self-publishing expert, consultant, and provider of author services. In over 14 years he has helped create and publish over 300 books for clients and helped launch careers for authors and speakers, including self-help, business, memoir, fiction, and children's books. He writes about his experiences and methods anyone can follow in his latest book, "The Book Dude's Guide to Self-Publishing: The Modern Author. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://rodneymiles.com/ 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creators, coaches, and brands ready to level up. 👍 Like this video 💬 Drop a comment & share your favorite part 🔔 Subscribe for more inspiring conversations Monday …