Make Life Less Difficult
By Lisa Tilstra
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"What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?" - mary anne evansThis quote summarizes my life purpose. Life isn't easy. It's complex, filled with the unexpected, and sometimes really hard. While life is full of challenges, I believe there are myriad things we can do to help make life less difficult for each other.On this podcast we'll share stories, struggles, and successes that help us know we're not alone. And knowing we're not alone is one way to make life less difficult.
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Jessica Vogt: Leading a Life that Feels Like Home
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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Sava Riaskoff: The Inner Battle between Safety and Vulnerability
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Nicole Anderson: Seeking Freedom & Defining Success
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Linda Hoopes: Prosilience - Building Your Resilience for a Turbulent World
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Elif Malmqvist: Understanding Neuroplasticity to Create more Happiness in Life
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Jules Kuroda: The N8 Self... You are more than your Mind, Body, and Emotions
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Michael Ulrich: Meeting Ourselves and Others through the Practice of Presence
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Andra Davidson: Finding Your North Star through Divorce
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Debra Kiva: Grieving Complex Loss & Relationships
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Milena Trevisani: Finding the Good Tension
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Maura Lightfoot: Exploration Leadership
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May 30, 2025 |
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Mikaela Seligman: People and Practices that Make Life Less Difficult
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May 27, 2025 |
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Tommy Jiang & Kevin Harrington: Psychosynthesis, Healing, & Connection
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May 15, 2025 |
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Steve Whearty: Staying Present through Disruption
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May 07, 2025 |
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Jessica Zucal: Learning from Cancer... the Journey No One Chooses
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Louiza Kiritopoulos-Adams: Seeing Each Other With Kindness
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Ravi Ram: No Longer Sitting Alone
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Shimrit Nativ: Co-Creating our Collective Reality
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Kenny Leahman: Dropping Cover... A Story of Authenticity and Risk
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Seth Yelorda: Building Your Soul Muscle
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Anna Sparks: You Can't Be Perfect All the Time
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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Russ Watts: When Pain is a Teacher
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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Stephen Barry: Re-Finding Community, Faith, and Love
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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Gai Ben Dor: The Importance of Discovering Who We Are
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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Allison Ebert: Finding Purpose Through Strengths AND Weaknesses
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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Lynn Ellen Queen: Stories of the Sacred and Shameless
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Jerome Deroy & Julienne Ryan: What makes Storytelling Transformational?
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Jan 25, 2025 |
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Dr. Adam Dorsay: Unleash the Power of 4 Types of Connection
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Dan Henderson: Understanding ADHD in Adults
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Annie Peguero: Transforming Fear into Confidence!
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Megan Broker: The Pause Effect - Lead and Belong
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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John Burdock: Understanding and Responding to a Brain with OCD
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Adela Warkentin: Finding Strength through Transitions and Challenges
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Celebrating 200 Episodes of Make Life Less Difficult!
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Wencke Meteling, PhD: Learning from Equine Partners
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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4 Women Talking: Employment as Expat Spouses
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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Mary Seals: The Difficulty of Shifting Beliefs and Faith
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Kerri & Steve Boone: Grief, Loss, and Gratitude
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Tony Cerella: The Instincts of Making Life Less Difficult and Other Musings
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Teresa Ramos: The Importance of Playful Curiosity
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Dr. Britt Yamamoto: Digging into the Soil of Leadership
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Nadine Keller: Weaving Together Grief and Gratitude
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Morgan Adams: Transform Your Sleep!
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Kamini Wood: Live Joy Your Way!
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Lorca Smetana: Choosing Love in the Midst of Grief and Loss
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Silvia Iaia: Finding Freedom through Goals, Intention, and Fun!
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Alicia Ford: Stories from US Women Diplomats around the Globe
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Nane Bittencourt: Living and Thriving in New Countries, New Languages
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Vinay Kumar: The Cost of Reactivity
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Istvan Rab: The Upsides of the Unknown
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Shawnette Rochelle: Self-Leadership is the Foundation (+ 3 years of Make Life Less Difficult!!)
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Alicia Rodriguez: The Shaman's Wife, A Mystical Journey of Surrender and Self-Discovery
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Max Palomeque: What Happens to Us vs. What Becomes of Us in Life
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Aug 24, 2024 |
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Sophie Cerella: Mountain Adventures, Intentional Living, & Autism
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Patrick Murphy: Trust the Process and Go Make a Healthy Mess!
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Ravi Ram: Disturbing our Equilibrium
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Cathy Carroll: Leading Family Business with Love and Logic
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Mikah Meyer & Dr. Larry Edwards: The Power of being a Mentor and Friend
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Alex Korb, PhD, Author, Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Tom Finn: The Shift Effect (How small shifts can make huge impacts!)
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Claire Uncapher: Finding and Healing Root Causes and the Subconscious
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Kim Brundage: A chat about Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski, Ph. D.
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Jaylee Kordosky & Jessica Cotton: Shenanigans Comedy Theatre
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Caitlin Avery: The Courage to Overcome, Make Amends, and Heal
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Natasha Smith: Finding the Positive Ingredients in EVERY ONE!
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Diana Buickel: Faith and Fortitude in the midst of Loss and Difficulty
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May 31, 2024 |
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Neta Ein-Gil Glassberg: Creativity and the Ripple Effect
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May 23, 2024 |
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Alorah Bliese: Existing on a Spectrum and Increasing the Visibility of the Queer Community
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May 14, 2024 |
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Andrea Barton, Author: The Godfather of Dance
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May 01, 2024 |
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Joan Fletcher: The Leadership Evolution
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Bethany Cerella: Navigating Life as a Military Spouse
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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4 Women Talking: Fitness, Health, Wellness, and Finding what works
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Kris Burbank & Dr. Linda Hoopes: Embracing Another Normal
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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David Lapin: Lead by Greatness
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Kim Brundage: Beautiful and Confident On and Off Camera!
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Vandana Allman: Curiosity, Saying Yes, and Real Love
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Shannon Cochran-Yzquierdo: The Year that Almost Broke Me
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Maya Harris: A Journey of Transitioning
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Paulo André: Living Better, Working Better, and Accepting What Can't be Changed
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Elizabeth & Jakob: A Story of Partnership and of BETTER BÅLLS
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Julie F.: Live Big, Love Better!
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Deiadre Rauch: How are your Thoughts affecting your Life?
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Kelly Kienzle: The Adventures of Achieving Less and Being More
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Retired Lieutenant Colonel Tony Cerella: The Bookend to the Journey to Retirement
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Dorcas Cheng-Tozun: Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Crystaline Randazzo: Transformational Truthtelling - Stories that heal shift and transform
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Major Cassandra Ross: Digging Deep and Living Well after Trauma
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Anne Blunden: Leading Self First, then Others
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Cherise Tuttle: Aligning Values, Work, and Life
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Anna McMahon: Transitioning to Motherhood as an Entrepreneur and Expat
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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David Achata: Writing a Book to Yourself
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Alan Questel: Practice Intentional Acts of Kindness... and like yourself more
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Noel Bulger: Reflections post-divorce and reentering relationship after loss
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Federica Vinci: Bringing Purpose and Values to Politics
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Rob Allan: Failure, Identity, and Approval Removal
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Andrew Kauffmann: Exploring Male Mental Health
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Russ Watts: The Story within The Story within The Story...
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Julie Perkins: Learning the Impact of Letting Go
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Michelle Hervy: Making Menopause and Midlife Less Difficult
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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John Tilstra: Marriage... can it be less difficult??
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Sandene Chetwynd: Finding Resilience and Wellbeing
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Kenza Barrada: Post-Earthquake Reflections from Morocco
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Make Giving Feedback Less Difficult!
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Brief Reflections
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Amy Achata: Untangling Generational Trauma
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Lisa Hope Tilstra: What 'Make Life Less Difficult' means to the Host
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Severine Flores: The Difficulty of Infertility
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Titus Mott: Reframing Difficult Seasons of Recovery and Changing Identity
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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Pichi Hernandez: Releasing Hurt, Forgiving, and Moving On
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Laura Baringer: Making International Life & Entrepreneurship Less Difficult
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Exploring the Impact of Story with Russ Watts
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Susan Sjolund: Choosing Change; Choosing to go on…
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Lieutenant Colonel Tony Cerella: Living and Managing the "In Between"
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Freya Birdie: Exploring Cultures, Self, and Community
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Kenza Barrada: Creating and Sharing a Home with Intention
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May 31, 2023 |
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Miranda Holder: Embodied Living - Connect with yourself, connect with your world
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May 23, 2023 |
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Andrew Kauffmann: Awful & Transformative... Coming Face to Face with Oneself
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May 17, 2023 |
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Befriend your Brain, Transform your Life
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May 09, 2023 |
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Mandy Walters: Courage through Loss
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May 02, 2023 |
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Mary Seals: Pax the Giant Schnauzer
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Kenza Barrada: Journey to Mindfulness
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Sue Callaghan: Values, Purpose, Humor, and Serendipity
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Wendy Moomaw: Consciously Reimagining to Create a more Equitable World
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Nadia Rivera: How Discovering Neurodiversity became a Catalyst for Connection
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Eka Aleksandrova: Choosing Identity, Simplicity, and Connection
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Baktash Ahadi: Retrograde - A Documentary Film of the American Withdrawal from Afghanistan
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Todd Hess: Finding Relief from Stressful Beliefs
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Arianne Rice: The Land of 'OK'
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Bechara Abi Assi: Choosing Awareness, Humble Honesty, and Self-Compassion
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Alex Tonsberg: YOLO (You only live once!)
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Sue Harvey: Courage is Contagious - be a super spreader!
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Thiago Hanken: We are on this Journey Together!
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Beatrice Redi: Moving through Life with Love
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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Noel Bulger: From Survival and Loss to Building the Future
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Dr. Tony Cerella: Reflections on Retiring from a Career in the Army
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Charmetra Guess: Scientist, Content Creator, & Grace-Filled Optimist
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Becky Tibbetts: Courage, Boundaries and Mental Fitness
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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Valerie Brown: Hope Leans Forward
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Chris Thyberg: The Art of Beginning Again
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Make 2023 Less Difficult!
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Wrapping Up and Reflecting on 2022
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Cameron Smoak: A Journey from Rural Georgia to Italian Citizen
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Brigi Perez: Understanding Highly Sensitive Persons
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Srikanth Seshadri: What are you willing to suffer for?
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Michael Koehler: Staying in the Learning Zone during Complexity
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Ana Cristina Lapera: Learning from Cultural Differences
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Eric de Nijs: G.R.A.C.E. at Work makes life less difficult
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Emily Cornell: Authenticity, Transitions, and Recovery
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Rebecca de Reht: Autism, Simplicity, and Navigating Neurodivergence
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Baktash Ahadi: From Afghanistan to America, Telling Stories that Matter
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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David Achata: From Chaos to Stability, Meaning, and Story
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Rebecca Scott: Living with Chronic Illness, Self-Compassion, & Humor
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Nick Jefferson: Making a Difference Where You Are (and then expanding that!)
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Eric Skinner: Starting Over & The Challenge of Asking for Help
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Shannon Cochran-Yzquierdo: Pivots, Depression, and Embracing the Puzzle of Ourselves
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Dr. Tom Tonkin: Sincerity, Journaling, and Legacy
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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One Year of Make Life Less Difficult!!
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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David Corfield: An Equal Future... Progress & Setbacks
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Janice Caillet: Shifting from Fear to Love & Synergy
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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A Brief Pause with Gratitude and Appreciation
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Cherise Tuttle: Grief and Loss, the Messiness and Beauty
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Lee Self: An Intense Rollercoaster of Life Events & the Resulting Wisdom
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Julie Salganik: Identity Disruptions and How to Put Things Down 'For Now'
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Dr. Margareta Sjölund: Exploring Emotional Intelligence
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Crystaline Randazzo: Storytelling, Community, and Messages from Me to Me
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Dave Warnock: Dying Out Loud
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Josefine Wanner: Find the Courage to Take Risks and Create Clarity
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Erin Jean Warde of Discerning Sobriety: Exploring a Mindful Relationship with Alcohol
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Anna-Marie Watson: From Ultra Marathons to Exquisite Self Care
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Sunny Watts: Healing through Theatre and Storytelling
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Sadness is a Superpower... and surprisingly can make life less difficult!
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Angela Melfi of Threads Worldwide: Empowering Women with Meaningful Work
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May 27, 2022 |
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Anna McMahon: Enhanced Wellbeing, What makes you happy?
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May 24, 2022 |
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Mary Foerster: Conversations that Change our Lives
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May 20, 2022 |
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Tim Robinson: Honoring Those We've Lost by Telling Their Stories
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May 17, 2022 |
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Aimee Gibson: Facing Difficulty with Brave Joy
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May 13, 2022 |
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Camille Neyhouser: Bravely Exploring the Depths that Lead to New Heights
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May 10, 2022 |
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Chris Luth: Uncertainty and Paradox
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May 03, 2022 |
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Nicole Webb: The Joys and Difficulties of Expat Life
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Emily Cornell: Strategist, Coach, & Woman in Recovery: "Stories saved my life"
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Yun Rhee: Reprogramming Ourselves to Discover our True Capabilities
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Ellen Grealish of FlexProfessionals: Creating Flexible Jobs for Companies & Employees
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Liz Doyle Harmer: Unwinding, Deconstructing, and Disentangling Religious Beliefs
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Adele Fedorak: Story Telling, Listening, & Eliciting
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Arianne Rice: Grief, sadness, and difficult times explored
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Grace Aduroja Kolker: Amygdala Hijacks, Simple Stories, and the Oscars
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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GG in Pokhara, Nepal: Baking the World a Better Place
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Mike Meydenbauer: Loss, Miracles, and Faith
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Russ Watts: Plant Medicines & Psychedelics
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Chris Thyberg: Getting out of your own way
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Larry Center: Self-Awareness & Authenticity are the Keys to Effective Leadership
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Devon ONeil: What it Costs to "Live the Dream"
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Elizabeth Tilstra, PT, DPT: Professional Dancer to Doctor of Physical Therapy
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Sarah Cole: Peacemaker or Peacekeeper?
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Kris Burbank: Navigating Disability in Families
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Miranda Holder: Listening to our Bodies & Other Wisdom
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Aaron Brown: Importance of MINDSET
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Melina Cordero: Changing the Way We Work
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Gavin McClurg: Red Bull X-Alps Pilot, Sailor, Adventurer & Seeker of Simplicity
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Anna Sparks: "UNBOUND" reflections
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Madeha Al Ajroush: Therapy as a Process of Self-Discovery
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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Dr. Lisa Clark Diller: Exploring IMPERFECTION
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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Nickie Foley: Making Peace with our Past
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Melinda Grafton: Being the Bridge Makes Life Less Difficult
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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Amanda Elo'Esh: "Healed people, heal people"
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Mary Kay Campbell: The Heart of Storytelling
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Brian Levenson: Exploring Performance through Mindset Shifts
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Russ Watts: The Powerful Impact of EMDR Therapy
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Make the end of 2021 less difficult!
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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EVERYONE has a Story! New Perspectives for Sharing Yours
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Matthew Thomas-Malani: Challenges of Coming Out in Religious Spaces
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Rashmi Zimburg: Choosing Health
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Jennifer Adams Murtaugh: The Courage to Keep Learning & Growing
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Paula Widerlite: Why Titles don't Tell us Anything about Someone's Journey
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Matthew Gamble: Creating Alignment Inside & Out
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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Julie Salganik: Reflections on Immigration and Storytelling
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Arianne Rice: We are People, not Problems
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Making Conflict Less Difficult (Even for Avoiders!)
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Anna Sparks: "Professional Troublemaker" reflections
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Kelly Kienzle: Self-Care Through Loss & Challenge
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Shannon Cochran-Yzquierdo: The Courage of Authenticity and Coming Out
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Darcie Milazzo: Transformation and Healing through Storytelling
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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The Surprising and Powerful Impact of Self-Compassion
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Susie Csorsz Brown: A Journey of Loss and Complexity
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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Evelyne Fallows: Learning New Relationship Dance Steps
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Michaela Lawrence: Connecting through Pain & Loss
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Brenda Harrington: Facing Discrimination & Racism
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Change your relationship with Change!
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Titus Mott, The Arthritic Athlete: It's the Small Things that Matter
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Russ Watts: Barely Escaping Death (Twice!)
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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Who is Lisa Tilstra? part 2
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Who is Lisa Tilstra? part 1
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Welcome and Introduction
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Sep 01, 2021 |