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E95 - Raven Scott - The Empath and the Narcissist

This week’s guest is a survivor of narcissist abuse, the author of Empath and The Narcissist, Raven Scott's mission is to bring relatable connections and inspiration to everyone’s spiritual journey whether you are healing from a narcissist in your life or finding your spark and purpose during a difficult transit.  She is passionate about empowering people to break ancestral trauma, healing childhood trauma, co-dependency, and extreme religious oppression, and dispelling narcissism.
Her mission in producing her own show Empath and the Narcissist Healing Guide from Abuse & PTSD show is, through grounded and heart-centred teachings, to elevate your self-help journey. She is here to remind you, contrary to your doubts, you are uniquely magnificent and, you are here for a purpose. 
Her unique approach to addressing your soul’s journey with astrology, spiritual modalities, and effective exercises, provides people with hope and clarity in their recovery from the narcissist. 
Because everyone is worthy, and you deserve love and freedom. The bigger goal is to dispel the power of the narcissist in our families, partnerships, and systems one soul at a time. 
Find Raven here
www.ravenscott.show
www.youtube.com/channel/UC7aia23E-LDXhZobUmzTcgg
 

E94 - J. Rosemarie Francis - Solo Mum Who Drove 900 miles With Her Kids To Survive

Rosemarie is a divorced mom of 3 adult sons.
She’s the creator of two podcasts: SoloMoms! Talk and Tools of the Podcast Trade. She began her broadcasting journey in 2014 when she started an online radio station to encourage single moms to find the answers to their questions.
She considers herself a mindset maven who believes mindset is everything. And things only happen when we have the courage to believe.
One example was when she drove 900 miles with her kids and all their belongings packed into their Toyota Camry to accept a two-week job and didn’t even know where they would live.
She has dealt with the sacrifices and fortitude it takes to raise three sons on your own (having multiple careers/jobs, dealing with being homeless, traveling across several states for work,
she is here with us today to tell us what it means to have the courage to believe and just do it.
Find J Rosemarie here
www.solomoms-talk.com
www.jrosemarie.com

E93 - Kelly Murtagh - Shapeless - a Movie about a mother’s struggle with an eating disorder

Kelly Murtagh is a single mom, Louisiana native, and an award-winning actress, writer, producer, singer, and children’s book author who works in film, television, and theatre. She has received multiple awards including the Best Actress Award at Festival South, and the Best Actress Award at the 48 Independent Short Film Festival. Kelly wrote the feature-length film Shapeless, telling of her personal struggle with an eating disorder, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and internationally at the Raindance Film Festival and is now on VOD. Kelly also produced, co-wrote, and was the lead actress in the film.
Kelly also regularly sings with her partner, musician and singer-songwriter, Will Dickerson in New Orleans and the southern California area. And if she isn’t busy enough with everything else, she has authored the children’s book Zoo Krewe about a magical journey through the New Orleans Mardi Gras where the littlest fans learn their ABCs with the help of some animal friends! 
Where to find Kelly
www.instagram.com/kellymurtagh
www.instagram.com/shapelessthefilm
 

E92 - Marjorie Aunos - Mum on Wheels

This week’s guest is a psychologist, inspirational speaker, author, and researcher from Montreal. Her expertise is working with parents who have intellectual disabilities. In 2012, she sustained a spinal cord injury in a car accident. Mother to a 16-month-old at the time, the accident and subsequent injury gave her an interesting perspective on parenting and disability. Marjorie believes that focusing on our strengths of character can lead to living a fulfilling life. With her family, she learned to be a solution-finder to make her world more accessible. 
She has just written a book “mum on wheels”
Where to find Marjorie Aunos
www.rollfwd.com
www.facebook.com/themarjorieaunos
www.instagram.com/marjorieaunos
www.youtube.com/channel/UCWSNPawpxFqWctKUJ5KR2qg
 
 

E91 - Kathryne Imabayashi - The Emotional World of Boys

This week’s guest is a Canadian educator, parent, and coach, residing in Fukuoka, Japan.
During a rich career in education spanning four decades, she has been dedicated to empowering children, parents and teachers to be their best and do their best.  
A self-confessed nomad, she has experienced a variety of countries and cultures, both as a teacher and a school leader, and her perspective of the critical role parents play in the life of a child has deeply impacted her mission. 
She has been on a mission for almost 25 years to understand and then share with others the emotional world of boys, and the pressures society places on them. The discord between what expectations are and how boys really feel often results in them shutting down their true self and resorting to misbehaviour, rebellion or depression. 
In the last two years she has created a business (sonhoodcoaching.com), published five on-line courses, established an online community for parents raising boys (The Sonhood Society Membership), published a book and is co-authoring another, and has used social media to share her knowledge of boys (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube).   
Where to find Kathryne Imabayashi
www.sonhoodcoaching.com
www.sonhood.thinkific.com/bundles/the-sonhood-society
www.facebook.com/sonhoodcoaching
www.instagram.com/sonhoodcoaching
 

E90 - Marcus Hunter Neill - Life is Definitely Not a Drag -Helping Kids and Their Sexuality

This week guest has a coaching business, a communications facilitator and leadership mentor
Leaving school with no qualifications – a result of severe dyslexia & bullying – he very quickly excelled his way in adult life and a career by cultivating the art of listening, watching & reading human behaviour to figure out what makes people tick.
Being one of the first leading drag artists & only male cosmetic salesperson in Northern Ireland – during the time before the ceasefire – was quite a challenge, yet this did not stop him breaking down barriers and bringing communities of people together. 
Marcus Hunter Neill knows how to identify a weakness or quirky characteristic and turn it into a strength and his knowledge helps others, to help, inspire & drive themselves forward in their own careers. If anyone knows how to conquer a blockage of self-belief or esteem, it’s Marcus.
As well as running a successful business Marcus has worked with BBC, Ch4, ITV, UTV, This Morning, while continuing his successful drag career globally, He also has his own production company, and is currently working on his first novel, again another challenge with dyslexia!
Find Marcus Hunter Neil here
www.instagram.com/ladypandme
www.facebook.com/marcus.hunterneill
www.youtube.com/channel/UCK6_YPg5nmx63YRQw4rqnaA
 

E89 - Larry Sharpe - The Sharpe Way to Happiness

This week’s guest is a Husband, Father, Marine Veteran, Entrepreneur, Teacher, and Political Activist.
His mission is to help people find happiness through community and purpose, often by overcoming bad policy decisions in government. He was the 2018 Libertarian New York State Gubernatorial candidate and garnered about 100,000 votes—more than any previous Libertarian candidate.
He has appeared on the Joe Rogen show about legalising cannabis and many other subjects
If all this wasn’t enough Larry Sharpe also has an upcoming book being released On Happiness which takes you on a journey to a happier life. In it he shares stories about how he faced challenges including a failed business and a strained marriage.
Yet, he was resilient and worked through those hardships and will mentor you to overcome challenges in your personal, professional, social, and family life.
Find Larry Sharpe here
www.larrysharpe.com
www.sharpeway.com/on-happiness/
www.instagram.com/sharpe_way/
 

E88 - G Scott Graham - Grief - Losing a Loved One and How To Deal With It?

Scott Graham is an author of 15 books and counting, a career coach, and a business coach in Boston, Massachusetts.
Scott coaches’ clients to identify the true focus of their life — something that speaks individually to them. It means recognizing the forces that push their lives off course and adjusting to them, so you get where you want to go. It means that when you are 90 years old and you look back on your life you have a sense of pride, accomplishment, and meaning — with no regrets.
This guy can talk on just about anything from gardening (I wrote a book on Good King Henry) to running a 501c3 Farm Animal Rescue to cannabis to long-distance hiking to grieving to meditation and everything in between!
Facts you need to know about this weeks guest
261 DAYS SPENT IN SILENT MEDITATION
15 BOOKS PUBLISHED
30 ADVANCED CREDENTIALS
1610 NIGHTS SPENT SLEEPING OUTSIDE
12 MUDDY, ENDURANCE, OBSTACLE RACES
2 TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENTS
Where to find G Scott Graham
www.gscottgraham.com
www.facebook.com/author.gscottgraham
www.youtube.com/c/TrueazimuthBiz-BusinessCoach
 

E87 - Julie Coraccio - Declutter Your Life

This week’s guest is an award-winning professional declutter’er, life & end of life organizer, author, and certified life coach. She is passionate about supporting people in clearing clutter in all areas of their lives; preparing for death to live life more fully; getting organized and becoming more mindful and aware.When children are taught to declutter and organize, they are more likely to find success. She has worked with many adults who weren't taught this skill as children and not knowing how to clear your clutter or get organized can have a huge impact on life. As she has cleared her clutter she’s found more success, abundance, and freedom.Clutter affects us not only personally but professionally as well.
Julie's been in business since 2009 and has worked with thousands of people through professional speaking, classes and workshops. She's the author of 15 books including the Journal Prompt Series, Got Clutter? 365 Journal Prompts to Clear Clutter and hosts the popular self-help podcast Clear Your Clutter Inside & Out. 
Julie recently moved back to her hometown of Wheeling, West Virginia in the United States and works with people all over the world.  When not working, she's with her husband Tony or at the beck and call of her three black cats, Antonio, NiNi & Gus.  Julie enjoys hiking and playing tennis, reading mysteries and more, learning and her woman cave is the bathtub.
Find Julie here
www.reawakenyourbrilliance.com
www.instagram.com/reawakenyourbrilliance
www.facebook.com/ReawakenYourBrilliance
www.youtube.com/user/SeibertRadio
 

E86 - Mayara Souza - How To Survive A Traumatic Childhood and Come Out the Other Side

She was raised in a poor neighbourhood Southeast of Brazil, in a family of heavy drinkers. When she was 4 years old, her father had a heart attack and died. She had a rough childhood with lots of struggle and violence, sexual, physical, and mental abuse, that brought a lot of pain and fear into her life.
She started drinking heavily to numb the pain and hopelessness when she was around 12 years old.  The addiction to alcohol and the destructive behaviour were a big part of her life for many years.
When she was 26 years old and with a 3-year-old daughter she finally moved to the US, she was so thirsty for a change that she taught herself English in that first year; worked in a variety of different jobs – including house-cleaner and as a prepper that became a painter at an auto body shop; all while taking night classes and being a single parent to her daughter.
Finally, after a few years of hard work, she got what she wanted “9-5 office job.” She was still drinking heavily and feeling miserable…..That’s when something started changing inside of her, I started rethinking my life and my decisions. There was this subtle voice, always reminding her of her father’s premature death
She realized that something had to change, or she would end up like her father and just the thought of her little girl losing her to alcohol was unbearable. 
But I’m not going to tell you the whole story as I’m going to let her tell you how she found herself and got over her alcoholism.
Find Mayara Souza here
www.mayara-souza.com
www.instagram.com/iammayarasouza
www.facebook.com/mayarasouzaholisticwellness