Life Story Episodes

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…

1,138 | Bringing the 9th Century to Life: D. H. Morris on Genealogy, Historical Fiction & Legacy A native of San Diego, California, D. H. Morris has lived on four continents and traveled through many countries. She has four children and eleven grandchildren and currently lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Choral Music education and pursued graduate work in English at USU and law at the University of Utah. She is also a published playwright. As a descendant of Judith and Baldwin, the author discovered their intriguing story while doing a genealogical project. This journey inspired her to research everything about the 9th Century – including food, politics, travel, war, education, clothing, jewelry, religion, holidays, marriage customs, and medicine. She loves this remarkable time in history when the European countries we know today were being formed and fighting for their very existence. She is pl…

1,126 | 400 Farewells & 3,000 Miles: Diane Gansauer on Life, Loss & the Power of Sacred Ceremony Connected to respect for Nature, the power of places in personal history, and respect for each person's story. She founded the Celebrant Services Program for several funeral homes in the metro-Denver area while holding one of the few full-time Funeral Celebrant positions in the United States. She is also the owner of Lyrical Life Ceremonies, Ltd., through which she creates ceremonies across the full spectrum of life's transitions. Many of her ceremonies occur in the great outdoors. At home in the Rocky Mountains, Diane completed the Continental Divide Trail in 2023. She hiked most of this 3100-mile trek from Mexico to Canada when she was in her 60s-- 1000 miles of it by herself. She completed the trail at the age of 67. Her book The Waypoints: From 400 Farewells and 3,000 Miles chronicles the insights that overlapped from her experiences on the trail while also providing cele…

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…

1,110 | Healing Addiction at the Root: Meridee Hlokoff on Compassion, Trauma & Soul-Led Recovery Meridee Hlokoff is a passionate healer, entrepreneur, and devoted mother whose mission is to liberate lives from addiction and guide others toward deep emotional and spiritual transformation. As the founder of LaserQuit and co-host of a soul-led podcast, she weaves vulnerability, intuition, and truth into everything she does. Her deepest desire is to change the way the world views and treats addiction—by addressing the root causes and bringing compassion, trauma-informed care, and innovative therapies to the forefront. Meridee is driven by a vision of a healed humanity, where people are free, empowered, and living aligned with their highest selves. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://msha.ke/laserquit 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — …

1,106 | Dr. Dominique Carson: From NYC Prodigy to Award-Winning Healer, Journalist & Changemaker Dr. Dominique M. Carson, LMP, H.C., has been remarkable in her current state, Virginia, and her hometown, New York City. She has beaten all odds by becoming an award-winning massage practitioner, freelance journalist, author, and orator. From the time she was eight years old, she used her artistic and writing abilities to inform and inspire others, leading her to greater heights. As a result, she received her bachelor's and master's degrees before she was 25. Carson became the first African American to receive the Brooklyn College Wall of Fame award 2011. Carson has interviewed over 100 figures in popular culture as a freelance journalist. She has received various awards, including 2x Author All-Star, the Global Iconic Changemaker Award, the Global Recognition Award, and the 2025 Courageous Woman Magazine Trailblazer Award for her editorial and health/wellness work. In Spring 2024, she …

1,105 | From Black Forest to Vegas: Andy Dietrich’s Wild Ride Through Cold, Chaos & Comedy Andy Dietrich was born at an early age and lived a fairly uneventful life in the Black Forest of Germany. At age 14, he and his mom packed their things and moved to Alaska to experience the true meaning of "holy crap, it's cold!" At 19, while on a sugar high, he enlisted and became one of Uncle Sam's Misguided Children. He was released early due to good behavior and moved to Las Vegas where he now spends his time harassing, errr...."welcoming" the tourists and exercising his second-favorite drinking arm. If you come across a wild Andy in his natural habitat, do not feed him attention; he will only come back for more. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.andysbook.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 pr…

1,101 | Dr. Robert Wolf on Holocaust Survival, Family Legacy & Untold History Robert Wolf M.D., grew up as the only child of Ervin and Judit Wolf. Their stories of their escape from communist Hungary, and his father's tragic history of escaping the Nazis twice but having his own parents deported to Auschwitz, inspired Robert to document his parents' tales and share those stories with Jewish groups and others throughout the United States. In "Not a Real Enemy," Robert shares his family saga-and the forgotten history of the nearly half million Hungarian Jews who were deported and killed during the Holocaust-through an epic and inspiring tale of daring escapes, terrifying oppression, tragedy, and triumph. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: http://robertjwolfmd.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 …

1,094 | Nadee Fernando O'Driscoll on Writing, Womanhood & Breaking Social Conventions Mother, wife, daughter, sister, friend, colleague and now an author, Nadee is a woman who writes her own story, dances to her own tune, and sings her own song (off-key, she admits). Born and raised in Sri Lanka, Nadee earned her Bachelor of Science from the University of Pune in, India. In 2004, she moved to Ottawa, Canada, and now resides in the beautiful town of Carleton Place with her husband, daughter, two cats and a dog. Nadee and her husband also have two adult children who are out in the world, writing their own success stories. She cherishes sharing her life and passions with her husband, children and their precious granddaughter. Though she always had a knack for writing, it wasn’t until she was 49 that she considered writing a novel. As someone who has always felt strongly about social pressures and conventions- particularly in socially conservative countries-Nadee, being somewhat of an …

1,089 | From Emmy Winner to Bestselling Author: Jack Maher on Colorado, Family Legacy & Storytelling Historical novelist Jack Maher is a proud fifth generation Colorado native and grandson of Eric Douglas, pioneering Denver Art Museum curator, Native arts champion and the focus of Jack's best-seller "Poppy: A Novel About A Colorful Colorado Life." Prior to becoming a novelist, Jack worked at top rated NBC affiliate KUSA-TV in Denver as a 9NEWS Multimedia Journalist and Executive Producer. A four time Emmy winner, Jack is the recipient of multiple broadcasting honors from the Associated Press and the Colorado Broadcasters Association. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://sandgoatmanorpubishing.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 leve…

1,087 | From Survivor to Warrior: Sondae Esposito’s Powerful Mission to End Domestic Violence I'm Sondae Esposito, my mission is deeply personal—it's born from my own journey through the darkness of domestic violence. I've felt the fear, the pain, and the suffocating silence. I refuse to let those experiences define me. Instead, they've ignited a fire within me to stand up, speak out, and be a beacon of hope for others. Through 4 Rescue, I'm not just fighting against abuse and exploitation; I'm fighting for the survivors. I know firsthand the healing power of support and the importance of a helping hand during the darkest of times. This isn't just a cause to me; it's a calling—a calling to turn pain into purpose, fear into strength, and silence into a voice that roars for change. Join me on this journey. Together, we can make a difference. Together, we are 4 Rescue. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.4rescuef…

1,081 | Blind Marine’s Unbelievable Comeback After Suicide Attempt: Zach Tidwell’s Story of Hope Zach Tidwell is a completely blind Marine Corps veteran, writer, speaker, entrepreneur, and athlete who lost his sight in 2019 to a suicide attempt. When he was taken off of life support he awoke to find that the bullet hadn't killed him, but it had taken all of his sight and hearing in one ear instead. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://zachtidwell.net/ 🎬 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 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

1,072 | How High Performers Are Made: Success Strategies from Athlete & Entrepreneur Michael Seiler Michael Seiler combines a background of 30 years in a variety of industries with experience as a high-level endurance athlete for a unique perspective to the path to success. Michael works with organizations, teams, and individuals to support the development of sustainable high performance. His approach is hugely practical, harnessing the simple (but not easy) ingredients of what it takes to deliver sustained success. Michael has over thirty years in the corporate world in a variety of roles and industries including human resources, television and healthcare. For over 20 years, Michael led digital strategy initiatives to solve consumer problems. Michael is also a serial entrepreneur who has founded successful companies in e-commerce, digital strategy and endurance coaching. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.me…

1,070 | How Philip Wilder Uses Storytelling to Inspire a Wild Life with God Philip Wilder has been writing since the age of seven, has authored seven novels, two nonfiction books, and is both an ACFW Genesis Contest finalist and a Realm Makers Aurora Contest double finalist. Philip is a twelve-year-old with nineteen years of experience (aka 31 years old). He believes that as God’s children, being mature isn’t about not acting like a child, it’s about knowing when to act like a child. He loves playing with lightsabers, climbing trees, and taking his wife, seven-month-old son, and dog on adventures.The wilderness has always drawn Philip. He achieved the rank of Eagle Scout and has dreamed of surviving out in the wilderness if his extreme extrovert side would ever allow it. He loves the outdoors, whether he’s camping, hiking, snowboarding, or floating miles down a river on a handmade raft. Philip has served in full-time ministry since 2015. He has lived in the Middle East for t…

1,067 | From Farm Boy to Air Force Vet to Author: Douglas Berry’s Incredible Journey of Inspiration Douglas Berry’s life story reads like a tale from one of his children’s books—a mix of adventure, perseverance, and heartwarming lessons. Born in Washington, NJ, Doug enjoyed a carefree childhood filled with outdoor adventures. He developed an early love for nature and animals, a passion that would later become a cornerstone of his literary works. In 1979, at the age of 15, his family relocated to Maryland to start a new chapter as poultry farmers. The move marked a significant change for young Douglas, who spent his teenage years helping his parents build a thriving farm business. These formative experiences with farm life would later inspire one of his most anticipated books, Farmer Jasper. After graduating from high school, Doug sought a different kind of adventure and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1985. As an Armament System Specialist, he served his country for 20 ye…

1,062 | From West Texas to the White House: Bill Williams' Epic Journey in Media & Government Bill started his career in West Texas working his way through Texas Tech as a photographer and writer for the local newspaper and working in the campus radio and television stations while getting a BA and MA in broadcasting and journalism. After graduating he went to the University of Texas at Austin as director of both a four-city instructional television network and the university’s four channel instructional television system. While there he also taught graduate level TV courses and worked on a doctorate in mass communications. From Austin, Bill moved to Ohio where he accepted a position at Bowling Green State University’s new television station to become their Director of Instructional Television and Special Projects. Bill then moved to Washington, DC where he started his own communications consulting firm. His clients included trade associations, corporations, and many govern…

1,059 | From No English to Nurse Practitioner & Podcast Host — Rosabel Zohfeld’s Inspiring Journey Rosabel V. Zohfeld is a nurse practitioner, writer, and podcast host based in Texas, USA. Originally from Colombia, South America, Rosabel immigrated to the United States over two decades ago, initially without knowing any English. Her journey is marked by resilience and a passion for learning, which propelled her to become a dedicated healthcare professional and advocate for personal growth. In addition to her medical career, Rosabel is an avid writer, exploring topics ranging from health and wellness to personal reflections on life. She shares her insights through her blog, Rosabel Unscripted, where she delves into meaningful moments and experiences that shape her perspective. Rosabel's podcast, Life Unscripted Podcast with Rosabel, co-hosted with her husband Reid Zohfeld, covers a diverse range of topics including health, personal development, and the human experience. Throug…

1,058 | He Built a Comedy Empire at 24 — Scott Edwards on Launching Legends Like Saget & Shandling Scott Edwards started his first company at age 17, and at 24 opened Laughs Unlimited, (1980) just the 12th full-time comedy club in the entire United States. Scott was fortunate to fall in with comedy greats like Bob Saget, Dave Coulier, Garry Shandling, and many others who helped him develop an extremely successful chain of comedy clubs in Northern California. — Let’s make your brand unforgettable. Whether you need polished videos, eye-catching photos, crisp audio, custom scripts, or social media that actually connects, KM Media has the tools to help your business shine. We keep it professional, creative, and affordable! Check us out: https://www.kmmedia.pro/ 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5532432212426752

1,055 | Taylor Bowden’s Guide to Unlocking Your Potential Taylor Bowden is the creator of Life's Value Learning, a platform designed to help anyone master their mind and ultimately build the life they desire. He believes the world is filled with opportunities waiting to be manifested and brought into reality. However, many of us including Taylor himself at one point has allowed mental barriers to stand between us and our deepest desires. Taylor plans to inspire thousands if not millions because he truly believes that we all possess extraordinary potential. It’s time for you to master your state of mind. Life's Value Learning can help you do just that. — Let’s make your brand unforgettable. Whether you need polished videos, eye-catching photos, crisp audio, custom scripts, or social media that actually connects, KM Media has the tools to help your business shine. We keep it professional, creative, and affordable! Check us out: https://www.kmmedia.pro/ 🎙️ New to…

1,052 | From Stolen Truck to Global Adventure: Pamdiana Jones' Wild Journey Pamdiana Jones is an adventure author. After my moving truck was stolen full of everything I owned, I set off on my unexpected travels. "When in ROAM" is my fast-paced action-packed comedy travel memoir about how my 3 month trip accidentally turned into 3 years around the world Solo through South Africa, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii. The cover is me getting shoved from the bungee platform after I changed my mind about jumping, setting the tone for the entire book of me fumbling my way through outrageous I-shouldn't-be-alive adventures. Heads-up, it's rated R... starts out rough... my kids can't read it until they're 30! "The Secret of OAK ISLAND" was written by my Grandpa in 1963 about my triplet mother searching for treasure on Oak Island. I recently found the unpublished manuscript in the attic and published just in time for my mother's 75th birthd…

1,047 | Therapist Kurt Warner on Mental Health, Disability, & Finding Victory in Every Fall Kurt Warner is a licensed clinical social worker and therapist and has been practicing social work for eighteen years. He has a bachelor’s degree in English literature and a master’s degree in social work. He has been published in the academic journal Disability in Society. He was also a contributing writer in the book Same Time Next Week: True Stories of Working through Mental Illness. He previously served as vice president Mental Health Association of Cortland County and served on the board for the MHA for fourteen years. He is the author of Victory in Every Fall: The Antaeus Approach to Overcome Disabilities and False Idols: How Diversion is Destroying Democracy. Support our podcast show by: https://kmmedia.pro/our-store Affiliate(s): Lyric Vids - https://positivetalkradio.net/Lyricvids NordVPN - https://positivetalkradio.net/NordVPN Patreon - patreon.com/positivetalkradio …

1,046 | From the Inner City to Inspired Living: Shaun Robert Grant's Powerful Journey of Purpose Shaun Robert Grant was born September 4, 1981 in New Orleans, LA. The third of four children, Shaun was always quiet, but this quietness could not stop him from destiny. However, he displayed an early disposition toward sports; his early love being football. Growing up in the inner city he was hailed for his athletic prowess as he performed like an artist on the field. Support our podcast show by: https://kmmedia.pro/our-store Affiliate(s): Lyric Vids - https://positivetalkradio.net/Lyricvids NordVPN - https://positivetalkradio.net/NordVPN Patreon - patreon.com/positivetalkradio Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/positivetalkradio Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/positivetalkradio/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@positivetalkradio?lang=en Twitter - https://twitter.com/positivetradio https://www.positivetalkradio.net/support/

1,045 | From Abuse to Purpose: Ana Megrelishvili's Journey to Faith, Freedom & Impact Ana Megrelishvili grew up in the country of Georgia in Eastern Europe in a highly dysfunctional family, experiencing hunger, violence, and abuse. Ana immigrated to the United States at the age of twenty on scholarship with Berea College in Kentucky, where she hoped to begin a better life. After years of success in business, Ana had a transformative experience that resulted in surrendered faith. As a result of a God-given vision, Ana founded the Christian Professionals Network Worldwide (CPNW) in Atlanta, Georgia, blending her passion for positive change with actionable initiatives. Support our podcast show by: https://kmmedia.pro/our-store Affiliate(s): Lyric Vids - https://positivetalkradio.net/Lyricvids NordVPN - https://positivetalkradio.net/NordVPN Patreon - patreon.com/positivetalkradio Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/positivetalkradio Instagram - https://www.instagram…