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Persistence U with Lizbeth Podcast
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Episode 71: Unfreezing Trauma Using EMDR With Author Mary Held
First, the diagnosis was epilepsy. Then, a host of other symptoms besides seizures were identified and treated. By the time Mary Held finally found a doctor who landed on the right intervention, she'd lost mobility and nearly all the ability to work and live as she'd...
Episode 70: Filmmaker/Writer Daniel Hess Shares Why He Couldn’t Afford to Delay Pursuing a Career That Mattered
Daniel Hess was just a little boy when his close-as-a -brother cousin died. Daniel himself was born with aortic valve stenosis, a heart defect that meant he couldn't play sports like other kids. He could have easily focused on the limitations, but from the beginning,...
Episode 68: Would You Trade Financial Security for Personal Passion? Actress Jinny Wong Shares How She Did It Responsibly
Jinny Wong was living the dream. With a supportive husband, a secure job with great benefits, and a growing family, what could be better? But she wasn't living her dream. Jinny wanted to pursue her passion of acting. But should she? How could she? What all was she...
Episode 67: When Can You Second-Guess Your Doctor? For Robyn Moore, the Answer Flipped an Internal Switch that Led to Big Change
When Robyn Moore's doctor told her she needed an 11th medication to manage her mental health, inwardly she balked. It took some encouragement to address her concerns directly, and the decision to do so spurred a series of other opinions that needed challenging. [video...
Minisode: The Book-to-Movie Journey, Mistakes Made, and Your Questions Answered, Pt 3
Welcome to this three-part miniseries about the book-to-movie process. This is episode 3. I'll be sharing some of what I learned when my memoir, Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters, became Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime Television, and mistakes I made...
Minisode: The Book-to-Movie Journey, Mistakes Made, and Your Questions Answered, Pt 2
Welcome to this three-part miniseries about the book-to-movie process. Contrary to what I mentioned in the recording, the next two will be published this week! 🙂 I'll be sharing some of what I learned when my memoir, Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters,...
Episode 66: Ed DiGangi Gave Himself The Gift Best Given as He Neared 70 and Found His Biological Mother
Ed Di Gangi wasn't an adopted person who'd always wondered about his biological family. His childhood had been a good one. That changed as he approached his 70th birthday, when Ed's curiosity was piqued by a trip to the graveyard. His journey to know his history is...
Minisode: Minisode: The Book-to-Movie Journey, Mistakes Made, and Your Questions Answered, Pt 1
Welcome to this three-part miniseries about the book-to-movie process. Contrary to what I mentioned in the recording, the next two will be published this week! 🙂 I'll be sharing some of what I learned when my memoir, Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters...
Episode 65: LaTonia Edwards Talks Healing for Sexual Abuse and Military Sexual Assault, and the Signs She Saw in Herself that She’d Healed
For LaTonia Edwards, seeking help to heal from childhood abuse and, later, military sexual assault, wasn't something she learned from her family growing up. [video width="1080" height="1080"...
Episode 64: Stel Coombe-Heath Talks Beating Binge Eating and How Trying Less Can Lead to More
Stel Coombe-Heath sat in her home a few years ago, surrounded by the evidence of fast food and donuts she'd eaten, and realized it was her time to ask for help. She'd long taken her fitness and weight to punishing levels, depriving herself for period of time, followed...
Episode 63: How Village Life in Alaska Has Transformed this Ohio Native Educator
Ohio native Jacob Deskins was already an anxious young man when he finally graduated from college and got a job as a teacher. Then the pandemic came, and wiped away his sought-after opportunity. He and his wife faced a difficult choice. Move to Los Angeles, or to the...
Episode 60.5 The Truth About Happily Ever After and the Journey of Recovery (From Anything!)
Today is so very significant to me. Stolen By Their Father, the Lifetime Television movie based on my book, Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters, premiers today. And it's 32 years to the day after leaving abuse behind, something to celebrate, indeed. [video...
Episode 62: Dr. Naeema on When She Learned She Was Raised As a Lie
It wasn't until new schoolmates threatened to lynch her in her teens that (now) Dr. Naeema's mother had to tell her the truth: her father was not the man on her birth certificate, and was a Black man. In that moment, whom she believed herself to be was forever...
Episode 61: How Kerryn Vaughan Allowed the Loss of Her Younger Sister to Help Others and Create Her World
Kerryn Vaughan was living her best life in her 30's, playing in a rock band in Australia and enjoying the adulation when her younger sister received a cancer diagnosis. Kerryn felt helpless, watching her sister die, and it took a long while before she was able to...
Episode 60: Indie Author LoLo Paige Finds a Back Door to Her Dream of Being Traditionally Published and Sets the World on Fire With Her Alaska Romance Series
LoLo Paige had already enjoyed a career in fire science and retired from a career in federal government when she decided granted herself permission to pursue her writing. She had a vision of being traditionally published. But the publishing world changed. (Authors,...
Episode 58: The Day Joann Keder Created Space for a Whole New Identity as a Writer
As Joann Keder sat next to her husband's hospital bed after his cardiac arrest, she knew there was no more time to waste in pursuing her dream as a writer. Many books later into her author journey, Joann has a sense of satisfaction and a supportive community that...
Episode 57: What Helped Fitness Instructor and Wellness Coach Jenn Smrz Make it Through Five Surgeries in 18 Months to Beat Breast Cancer
Jenn Smrz lived so many women’s reality: shrinking to fit her work hours to accommodate her mom duties without falling down on any of the details at home or at work. Then, in May 2019, she was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer, which she equated with a future of...
Episode 56: What Happens When A Stranger Shows Up at the Home You’ve Known the First 12 Years of Life to Take You Away? If You’re Bee Baumann, You Become a Stand-Up Comedian (of course!)
Author Annabelle "Bee" Baumann says that her world went from vivid color to black and white the day her real mother showed up unexpectedly at when she was 12 and took her home. All feelings of security evaporated as she was plunged into poverty to with strangers, who...
Episode 55:Is the Pandemic Killing You Softly? Physical Therapist Teresa Moerer Shares Easy Ways to Stay Sharp and Healthy
Teresa Moerer was certain...
Episode 54:Author Evelyn LaTorre talks about Love in Any Language and family reaction to writing memoir
In this interview with return guest Evelyn LaTorre, she shares her journey in creating a love that's lasted for more than five decades, despite...
Episode 53: Why Does Mental Illness Inspire Vastly Different Reactions than Physical Illness? Conversation with Podcaster and Intelligence Officer Suswati Basu
After a life she describes filled with a "tankload of trauma," Suswati Basu exceeded all expectations. She became a journalist. Later, an intelligence officer, and a fierce victim's advocate. But then, her mental health took a turn. Years after that, she became...
Episode 52: When Exercise Hurts Due to Auto-Immune Disease or Other Conditions, Meet Aqua Yoga Instructor Christa Fairbrother
When Christa Fairbrother's pain...
Episode 51. Miracles and Fate on 78 Author Ari Schonbrun shares his transformation after surviving 9/11 in Tower One
Ari Schonbrun was late to work for his job on September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center. He was inside an elevator when the building was struck by jets, one of four survivors from his workplace of more than 600 employees. Sound bite below. [video...
Episode 50: My Persistence U Review of 2021
This week marks the 50th episode and end of 2021, so let's rewind and look at some of your favorite...
Episode 49: Educator/Author Lynne Podrat’s Personal Story of Why She’s Passionate About Celebrating the Contributions of People With Special Needs
Lynne...
Episode 48: Think There’s Only One Way to Treat Anxiety and Depression? Toby Passman is Here to Talk Neurostimulation
Toby Passman isn't your typical...
Episode 47: Mindset Maestro Melanie Wexler on Why Career Coaching Is Not About Amplifying Employee Skills
Melanie Wexler understands well what happens when we spend...
Episode 46: Comedian Katie Barbaro is Fed Up with How We Torture Ourselves With Food and Body Image, So She’s Creating Change
Katie Barbaro's world was rocked when a...
Episode 45: What Happens When it Seems You’ve Had Your Share of Loss and Someone Else’s, Too? Author Emily Thiroux Threatt Shares Lessons Learned As She’s Navigated How to Love and Live Her Way Through Grief
Losing a spouse once in a lifetime is hard enough, but against all odds, Emily Thiroux Threatt found love again. And then he died. While it would've...
Episode 44: The Story of a Dream Delayed and Growing Into Our Gifts with Author Evonne Marzouk
Evonne Marzouk was initially inspired to write while...