1 JUL 2024 · When Jenell noticed that Mercy, a child who suffered abuse and trauma, needed a home, she chose to adopt her as her own daughter. She shares her daughter's story of inspiration. Jenell shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: children need a voice and advocates no matter what, we should be grateful accept what we have been given we are going to go on tomorrow is a new day it can get better we can learn how to navigate through challenges we are much more stronger than we think we are tags: Jenell Jones, writer, author, Shattered, education entrepreneur, childcare and early learning centers, children who experience trauma in low-income areas, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,  

24 JUN 2024 · Liz identified a need and chose to serve at risk teens in underserved communities. Through creative expression, she enabled them to find an oasis amidst their lives of hardship and to think bigger about their lives. Additionally, Liz conducts workshops and seminars on creativity for Lady Boomers (women of the Baby Boomer generation). She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: creative thinking is transformative make something out of nothing navigate the second half of our lives good things in life are hard taking risks is good for us, as it promotes flexible thinking and openness tags: Liz, Kitchens, writer, author, artist, Be Brave. Lose the Beige: Finding Your Sass After Sixty, Lady Boomers, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,  

17 JUN 2024 · Growing up in an orphanage, Roberta felt she didn't have choices. She had aspirations and dreamt of being superwoman. Roberta chose to have hope and survived by seeking purpose. Choosing to move to Maine and build her own home enabled her to find a meaningful connection to her past. Roberta shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: survive by seeking purpose share hopefulness our attitude is key we can get through difficult times ask ourselves "what can we learn from this?" choose to have hope we can find positivity out of bad situations give optimism tags: Roberta, S, Kuriloff, writer, author, speaker, community activist, attorney, Everything, Special, Framing, a, Life, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,  

10 JUN 2024 · After Etienne experienced a severe infection in his heart and kidneys, he felt he couldn't survive. He panicked, because it felt like a death sentence. Etienne spent four days and nights in nature in the woods. He found that preparing to die brought him the clarity of total silence and he was able to heal his own body. Etienne shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: follow our intuition the power of touch go into the "no-mind space" when you experience touch, you become one, which is love   tags: Etienne, Peirsman, Cranio, CranioSacraal, Therapie, Academy, Tantric, Aspects, of, CranioSacral, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,  

3 JUN 2024 · After Suzanne's husband was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, she found that she didn't know how to be a caregiver, initially. However, as it progressed, she felt that she entered a spiritual and psychological journey. Suzanne was determined to be the best caregiver to her spouse. Consequently, as a result of their trust growing, she found that their marriage improved. Suzanne shares these nuggets of life wisdom: meet challenges that come up tap into our spiritual practices rely on our intuitions our self worth is more than our roles as caregivers tags: Suzanne, Marriott, author, Watching, for, Dragonflies, A, Caregiver's, Transformative, Journey, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,  

27 MAY 2024 · Michael teaches entrepreneurship. He is so passionate about entrepreneurship, that he travels 4,000 miles by bicycle across America to interview community leadership who have built thriving organizations. Michael is currently training for another 4000-mile ride across the United States. He shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: have a strong, engaging purpose be driven by something bigger than ourselves purpose drives perseverance and passion give back to our communities find a team of mentors hire for character make a contribution and add value anyone can become an entrepreneur tags: Michael, Glauser, university, professor, organizational, consultant, author, entrepreneur, Pedaling, to, End, Poverty, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com

20 MAY 2024 · Francesca shares how she moved from a relationship with an abusive spouse to surrendering to a higher power. This enabled her to heal and feel a call to peace and joy. Francesca was inspired to embark on her spiritual journey. As she felt a shift energetically and in her mindset, she noticed that her situation began to improve. A Course in Miracles and writing her memoir have helped Francesca experience a renewed life of purpose and fulfillment. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: surrender, when we are ready to heal the more centered we are, the more our circumstances improve sometimes, a saga can lead to an awakening forgiveness is the cure offer ourselves compassion listen to our inner voice a higher power is trying to guide us to a life of peace regarding generational trauma, be cycle breaker when we're anxious, angry or depressed, look within tags: Francesca, Miracola, author, life, coach, Protagonist, Within, I, Got, It, From, Here, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,  

14 MAY 2024 · Ann is a two-time breast cancer survivor. Two points of light gave her strength in her empowering journey; the ability to see humor in dark places and connections with women in treatment. Ann shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: laughter is immensely healing humor can be found almost anywhere the importance of connections with women in treatment face up to our fears facing mortality is freeing see ourselves through the eyes of others writing can help remove us from our own cancer experience we keep living being of service can be healing have compassion for others tags: Ann, Bancroft, writer, author, Almost, Family, breast, cancer, survivor, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,  

14 MAY 2024 · Debra grew up in poverty.  She transformed herself by using her initiative, persistency and curiosity to learn new skills. When opportunities presented themselves to her, she was committed to get those jobs. Debra shares her career journey of trials and tribulations, which eventually led her to become a successful author. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: celebrate everything take a risk be persistent tags: Debra, Borchert, author, of, historical, fiction, Chateau, de, Verzat, Her, Own, Revolution, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,  

13 MAY 2024 · Jose shares the joys and challenges associated with creating, building and sustaining various lines of businesses. The journey was not always easy. One of the takeaways was recognizing that each challenge is a part of the trajectory. Jose encourages others to consider taking the leap and starting a business. He shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: don't wait, just start create opportunities solutions are simple problems can develop into positive things a failure is part of the trajectory eliminate the ego document and analyze what went wrong understand our personal limits we can break the barrier of our own limitations tags: Jose, Berlanga, enterpreneur, businessman, author, The, Business, of, Home, Building, How, to, Start, and, Operate, a, Residential, Construction, Company, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,