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Persistence U with Lizbeth Podcast
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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...
Episode 43: Judith Joy on Midlife Re-Do’s and Being an Influencer to Her Daughter
When Judith Joy's daughter asked her mom to teach her whatever she'd...
Episode 43: How New Author Cassie Sanchez Pursued a New Dream and Identity After Two Decades as a Stay-at-Home Mom
Cassie Sanchez knew she was lucky. She'd...
Episode 42: Two Heart Attacks in His Early 20’s Turned Cartoonist and Comic Trenton Hudson into an Entrepreneur to Bring a Healthy Coffee Alternatives to All
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Episode 41: Liz Merrill’s Learned the Art of Separating Peacefully and Now Helps High-Conflict Couples in Her Role as Divorce Navigator/Mediator
When Liz...
Episode 40: Hearts Need Art, and Helping Hospitalized Patients Have Access Allowed Talkshow Host Richard Wilmore Mend His Own
At a low point after his...
Episode 39: When Illness Impacts Libido, What Can You Do? The Founder of Entwine Dating App Tells About Her Journey From Cancer to Creator
Eight years ago, cancer and subsequent treatment impacted what was left of Anna Leonarda's libido. Later on, her marriage to her childhood sweetheart...
Episode 38: Persistent Growth’s Michael Landau Gets You Results in a Few Minutes a Day
Fancy supporting this podcast? Click here for a one-time donation and BUY ME A COFFEE. And big thanks! Let's be honest. The last year-plus hasn't been super inspirational for a lot of us. Today's guest, Michael Landau, had long been working with clients to get them...
Episode 37: Domestic Abuse Victims Aren’t Always Who You Think/That Moment When Police Officer and Author Nenia Corcoran Knew She Needed to Leave
When you hear about someone in an abuse relationship, do you picture the victim as passive? Former police officer Nenia Corcoran shares that exact...
Episode 36: Author MK Meredith on Her Journey from Romance Writer to Breast Cancer Survivor and the Importance of Being OK with Not Being OK
Author MK Meredith dreaded turning 39, the age her own mom was when she died of breast cancer. MK had watched her health, did BRACA tests to look at her...