Never Ever Give Up Hope

Glenda Oakley Cook is a Transition Strategist, Leadership Coach, and Market Place Mentor. Utilizing her experiences as an Army “Brat,” former Army Captain and current Army spouse, she helps women take command of their lives to command the life they desire.                                  Glenda founded the Institute of Transitions, a consulting firm specializing in personal and professional development with an emphasis on transitions, leadership and confidence.  Her firm’s courses, training, events and coaching programs prepare emerging influencers with the ability to transition into their next stage of life with ease!  A combat veteran and a net worth over a half-million dollars by the age of 30, Glenda truly believes you can achieve anything with determination, dedication, and discipline.   She has been featured on over 40 different websites and publications; including the hit national television show on Esquire Network, Friday Night Tykes.   Her Philosophy – “If you transition your mindset,

Kathleen Pooler spent the first 18 years of her life in a loving, supportive family. The next 25 years were engulfed in the abyss of two abusive marriages. Pooler rescued herself and is now dedicated to helping other women (and men) do the same.   She hopes to help others find their inner strength through sharing her hard-earned lessons in her new memoir.  In addition to dealing with her two failed marriages, she was diagnosed with cancer and her son was abusing drugs.   “When we claim and honor the God-given strength within, we are able to climb out of the abyss of poor decisions and go on to live a meaningful, peaceful life.”   Ever Faithful to His Lead: My Journey Away from Emotional Abuse offers readers insight into her poor decisions and how they can learn from her story.   “I want to inspire hope and action for my readers who need to find their own inner strength,” Pooler explains.   She sums up her message in these six tips: A loving family, solid career, and strong faith foundation do not guarantee

Jamaican born Claudette Esterine studied International Relations at Kiev State University in the Ukraine and then theological studies at Newman Theological College in Alberta, Canada.   She has worked as a chaplain for both hospitals and prisons and has further studied Behavioral Counselling and Case Management in the Federal Correctional System.   As an active blogger, she helps women (and men) work through the daily realities of life including child abuse, domestic violence and racial marginalization.     She endured sexual, physical, emotional and mental abuse her entire life -- was stabbed by her own mother and used as a sex object 'pimped out' for years.     After realizing something was missing in her life during a 10-year same-sex relationship, she was able to turn her life around.   Now free from guilt and pain she is a WOUNDED healer - helping women from all walks of life to allow their pain to be the propellant for the life they want to live.   Her interview was not only inspiring but motivating

Ulka Shrikhande is an R&D Scientist, a natural motivator, consultant, and national speaker. She is passionate about building strong collaborative leaderships across organizations.  She works with academic institutions, start-up to mid-size companies and non-profit organizations. Ulka is a strong advocate of compassion and collaboration who uses coaching and national workshops as avenues to spread the message and create a positive impact on society - both for personal as well as professional enrichment. Her dream is to empower women and children with the power of dreams, to become advocates for building peaceful families. Ulka shares how to find your inward anchor points that show others who you are and what you stand for.  

Tony McAleer is a former organizer for the White Aryan Resistance (WAR), Tony McAleer served as a skinhead recruiter, proprietor of Canadian Liberty Net (a computer operated voice messaging center), and manager of the racist rock band, Odin’s Law. Tony was eventually found to have contravened Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act that prohibits the dissemination of messages likely to expose groups to hatred by telephone.   However, there came a time in Tony's life when he had to make a choice.  Tony's love for his children led him on a spiritual journey of personal transformation. Financial hardship and the harsh realities of single parenthood brought him to a place of compassion and forgiveness for himself and for others. Tony has spent the past six years as principal of McAleer & Associates Wealth Management and traveling as a motivational speaker. Today he is Executive Chairman of Life After Hate and shares his practice of compassion as a presenter of Kindness Not Weakness curriculum.   LIFE AFTE

No one plans to be unemployed for more than two years, nor to go without a consistent means of income for more than a year. Nevertheless, that’s my story.   Although, it was never my intention to join social media, I accepted an invitation and began using it as a platform to write and share my Inspirational Readings to encourage, inspire and empower people of all nations.     Vernita is a free-lance writer for Linkedin Pulse, Community Christian Service Worker and Faith Filled Magazine   Her message is that God loves you and has designed a purpose for your life. You can rise above having a low self-esteem, feelings of depression, rejection, fear, insecurities, inadequacies, being negative, complacent and overcome addictions of any kind.   Be encouraged to hold on through the darkest times for God will never leave nor forsake you. Learn the power of God’s Forgiving Grace and how He has commissioned you to change the world. God will restore your brokenness and heal you that you may move forward to a Progressive

For over 20 years, Mrs. X was married to a psychopath - a Captain with a major airlines.   When people think of psychopaths they think of violent criminals but most of them appear quite normal.   Experts tell us that 4% of the population are psychopaths and Mrs. X helps listeners recognize and avoid these untreatable social predators without a conscience.   She shares her determination to get her daughter back while surviving the aftermath of living her life with a psychopath.     In her interview, she lists the signs to look for and how to protect yourself.  You will be shocked.

Peri Hoskins is an author and an attorney who also has a degree in film and television production. He worked as a lawyer in New South Wales, Australia before embarking on a five-month road trip all around Australia.     What he gleaned from that experience he shares in his book, East - soon to be released.     In Millennium - A Memoir  we can travel with Peri, our narrator, to see the sun set on the eve of the old millennium and rise on the dawn of the new.  In Kate Pills review, she states that "it is a thought-provoking examination of the human character...."   In his interview, he encourages listeners to "enjoy the journey moment by moment as it is more about the journey than the destination."   As narrator in his memoir, he shares how he overcame his own life's struggles and that above all else to 'Know Thyself.'  

Maja Kazazic is a living miracle. She is an internationally recognized motivational keynote speaker, an entrepreneur, a strategist and above all - a survivor of war. She has taken the lessons of a life forever altered by what could have been catastrophic wounds of war and parlayed them into a vision and passion for providing the strategies and solutions people and organizations need to create positive, inspired change in their personal and professional lives.   Maja shares how the opposition created fear in the fearless country of Bosnia escalating into revenge, motivated by money and calculated to the end. She lived with her family who lost everything they had and there was no food to eat - anywhere.   How do you stay positive when your body has been blown to bits - yet Maja did.  Her attitude of the victor was innate. Saved from a make-shift hospital she came to the United States with her teddy bear that she used to bite down on to help relieve the pain, a rock from her hometown, and a T-shirt.  She spoke n

Lucinda E. Clarke has lived in various parts of the world from Dublin to Kenya to South Africa to Spain.  She has authored four books including Walking Over Eggshells to raise awareness of personality disorders.   She has worked as a writer in a variety of formats including documentaries, advertisements, training videos, radio and TV script, newspaper and magazine articles.   As a director and producer for television, she founded her own video production company and has received over 20 awards specializing in the fields of education and documentaries.   Her memoir, Walking Over Eggshells, is to help bring awareness to the silent and invisible disease of personality disorders.  Having a narcissistic mother, she had to figure out on her own that she had a greater purpose on this earth than to be an oxygen thief.   Her secret?  Humor   You must listen to her funny but, not so funny, story of survival here

Sarah Jane Butfield is an Indie author and freelance columnist.  Her Memoirs, Glass Half Full and Two Dogs and a Suitcase are Australian adventures written in a reality T V format. Sarah is a mother of seven children who has suffered severe trauma in her life.  Due to medical error, her daughter is disabled with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome which affects the entire family.   Sarah has Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome as a result of a car accident.  During the Brisbane flood in 2011 they lost their home and every single thing in it but their lives were spared - for this she is eternally grateful. She says "I lost many things I would have wanted but left with what I needed.  I have my family and my dogs, who were spared." Listening to her story you will want to cry, but Sarah has such a remarkable attitude you will stand up and applaud her strength and joy with which she approaches life. Her quotes:  "Don't be beaten.  Ask for help.  You are not an island." "Believe there is something better coming." "Find some

 Nigel Vardy is a mountaineer, author and speaker who has had his share of close calls in the "hills."  He has lost ALL his fingers and toes and his nose to FROSTBITE.   He has written two books - Once Bitten and Seven Peaks - Seven Islands, along with numerous press articles sharing his experiences across the UK and Europe.  He has climbed over 30 major peaks! Nigel was rescued by helicopter only 300 feet from his goal to reach the summit.  It was minus 67 degrees and a matter of life and death.  It was the highest helicopter rescue on record.     Nigel epitomizes the life principle that "The only limits in our lives are those we accept ourselves."  He challenges each of us to examine our own lives and goals.  During his interview, his drive and passion were exquisitely clear.  But his passion is not only for himself and what he wants to accomplish.  He hopes to teach and share with us, the listeners, to "be the best person you can be."   "It is very easy to fall into the trap of self-destruction when life

Lisa Davis Budzinski worked as a Paralegal Specialist in the Florida State Attorney's office where she had received prestigious awards for her service and work ethics including Champion of Justice Award.     Smack in the middle of a busy lifestyle, Lisa had a stroke causing Central Pain Syndrome, thyroid cancer and Grave's Disease.  Her life was changed FOREVER!   During the process of learning to deal with these life changes, a book was born.  In her memoir, At the End of the Day, Lisa shares how these experiences can give you strength and courage to face life.   There is no cure for Central Pain Syndrome.  She is VP of the Central Pain Syndrome Foundation and desires to bring awareness of this syndrome that is affecting over three million people in the U S alone.  For more information, you can contact   lisa@centralpainsyndromefoundation.org   Lisa's story is riveting as none of us has a guarantee what tomorrow may bring.  Her life stopped overnight.  She shares her coping mechanisms and tips in her intervi

Amy had a severe pain in her stomach while she was at a family celebration that caused her to pass out and remain comatose.  "My stomach exploded!  How cool is that!"  were Amy Oestreicher's first words to her biology instructor when she came out of a four-month coma.     She was given 122 units of blood and survived 27 surgeries to rebuild her digestive system.  She was told she would never dance again, never sing again and never eat food by mouth again.  She proved them wrong on each count.   Amy is a 28-year-old actress who tried out for a local production of Oliver and got the lead - WHILE hospitalized.  She wrote and starred in her one-woman musical, Gutless and Grateful, and was nominated for the Broadway World Award for Best Theatre Debut.   While in the hospital, she used various media types to produce 70 pieces of art (from tissue to cardboard) that were discovered by "The Today Show" and she is now a renowned artist.   She is a tornado to be reckoned with -- a one-woman powerhouse of determination a

Eileen Lichtenstein, MS. Ed. specializes in personal development coaching and training, including stress and anger reduction management, life and career coaching, effective communication and career challenges.    Her background includes bio-feedback, adjunct at Hofstra University, certified Anger Management Specialist and EFTtapping Emotional Freedom Techniques practitioner.  Based in Westbury, NY, Eileen also conducts one:one coaching and group training via video skype, webinars and onsite.     She is the author of   "SOAR! with Resilience®: The Interactive Book for Overcoming Obstacles & Achieving Success" and eBooks.    Empowering individuals and organizations to Succeed, Overcome Obstacles, Achieve Goals, Reduce Stress and SOAR to new heights of happiness and productivity!

Teresa Bruni is a Certified Professional Life Coach, an in-demand keynote speaker and co-author of An Unsinkable Soul - From Fear to Fabulous. She is a member of International Coach Federation, Psychology Today and eWomen Network and the founder of Less Fear, More Flow.   Teresa had to leave her corporate job.  Her new career became one of visiting doctors to gain her health bank.  She was extremely ill for over ten years until she realized she needed to turn within herself to find her own answers --- which she did. She shares how unresolved emotional issues cause a breakdown of the physical body leading to chronic illnesses - from heartburn to cancer.   The best doctors in the world will be unable to cure you with surgeries and pills if you don't clean up your emotions. Now she is a vibrant full-time professional sharing her discovery of health and self-awareness.  

Erica Fye has lived in Northern Uganda for the past eight years.  She has endured threats and severe illness but continues to work as a missionary in remote villages.     Her first book For the Joy Set Before Us: Insights into the Missionary Journey shares her inspiring story.   Erica has a heart for the people that much of the world has rejected or forgotten.  She went to a war-torn country to educate people in remote villages.  With a heart of gold, she endured hardship, loneliness, and life-threatening disease.    

Gregory Berge is a true champion.  He is a man of determination who has set a goal of becoming a Gold Medal winner in 2020 at the Tokyo Olympics. His journey to reach this goal has had many hurdle including overcoming severe depression and fear. He had to travel around the globe to fulfill his passion and to find his 'soul job.'   His experiences during a nuclear meltdown, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, and a tsunami had prompted him to write the book How To Find Your Soul Job. Finding his niche in life has brought him success and he wants to share his secrets with you.  

You will not want to miss this interview.  Tommy's story made such a huge impact on me that I had to sit and ponder it at great length.  It will affect you in ways you did not think possible -- I guarantee you will enjoy it immensely. Dr. Tommy Shavers is a speaker, author, minister, and teacher. He is president and co-founder of Unus Solutions Inc., a Christ-centered non-profit organization focused on practicing and promoting collaboration and teamwork as the way to make a difference.  "Show people your value, then opportunities can happen."  Dr. Tommy Shavers   He is the lead teaching minister for the Unus Solutions initiative, True River Ministries. Dr. Shavers is the president of Tommy Speak LLC., a speaking and consulting company which focuses on leadership, teamwork, and development. He is also Lead Consultant/ Partner for Atlas Group Advisors; a personal and professional consulting group for high-profile clients.  Tommy is a member of the NeuroLeadership Institute and is a contributing author to the Li

Have you ever suffered from broken dreams?   Have you ever doubted the existence of god?     After broken dreams and discouragement, Lynda Alsford thought food could satisfy her. She soon realized she was addicted and couldn't stop. Working in a large church as an evangelist, she began to lose her faith in God and soon realized she was, in fact, an atheist. Listen to her story as she shares her triumph over this downward spiral.