​BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS A STORY "BEHAS"

Daniela Stockfleth-Menis
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BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS A STORY / PORQUE TODOS TENEMOS UNA HISTORIA QUE CONTAR. My podcast connects and relates through the sharing of regular peoples' stories of courage, transformation, adventure, love, overcoming life’s challenges and career changes. It is a platform to give ordinary people’s stories from all over the world the chance to be shared and preserved. You will listen to stories of captivating people, both young and elderly, that I, your host Daniela, meet on my life journey. Communicating wisdom, knowledge and personal experience, these stories will connect, motivate, inspire and relate to your own. Our stories become the language of connections. Let's ENJOY, CONNECT AND RELATE. COMPARTE, CONECTATE Y DISFRUTA. I have shared stories of people from Asia, Europe, North America and South America. If you want to share your story on my show, please get in touch because everyone has a story.

  1. From a Shelter to a Chef’s Coat With Faith and Grit - Neena Perez : 181

    MAR 23

    From a Shelter to a Chef’s Coat With Faith and Grit - Neena Perez : 181

    How can life’s hardest challenges become the starting point for a journey toward purpose? In this conversation, Neena Perez shares how she turned trauma, homelessness, and judgment into a life grounded in self-belief and helping others rebuild. We follow the turning points that reshaped her identity, from escaping violence to becoming a chef, author, and mentor supporting people as they step back into work and confidence. Neena Perez is a bold, faith-fueled storyteller, chef, and speaker who helps people reconnect with their God-given purpose through food, faith, and authentic conversation. Her story then opens into the work of rebuilding. Returning to culinary school as an adult, earning top grades, and later guiding underprivileged adults through job-ready cooking skills, resumes, and interview preparation, Nina shows how structure, faith, and community support can change lives, one step at a time. We also explore the quieter chapter many people recognize but rarely name: burnout and midlife emptiness. Nina explains why she stepped back from coaching, how journaling and her “CEO meetings with God” helped her release control, and how that pause sparked a new creative direction with The Purpose Filled Kitchen. https://www.youtube.com/@chefneenaperez https://sleek.bio/chefneenaperez Send BEHAS a text. Support the show To Share - Connect & Relate: Share Your Thoughts and Shape the Show! Tell me what you love about the podcast and what you want to hear more about. Please email me at behas.podcast@gmail.com and be part of the conversation!To be on the show  Podmatch Profile  Ordinary people, extraordinary experiences - Real voices, real moments - ​Human connection through stories - Live true storytelling podcast - Confessions - First person emotional narratives - Unscripted Life Stories. Thank you for listening - Hasta Pronto!

    47 min
  2. Connection Is The Currency - Building Belonging, Community, and Courage - Stephen Seidel : 180

    MAR 9

    Connection Is The Currency - Building Belonging, Community, and Courage - Stephen Seidel : 180

    What if belonging shows up only after you tell the truth about who you really are? That question drives Stephen Seidel’s journey, from a childhood shaped by divorce and people-pleasing to a life built on intentional connection, creative risk, and helping men find spaces where they can be fully seen. We explore how being the “glue” between his parents built empathy but weakened his confidence, and how college became a turning point: leading groups, seeking diverse friendships, and replacing judgment with curiosity. Stephen shares his pivot from industrial engineering to acting and improv, the trap of waiting for permission, and the breakthrough moment when he created and sold his own YouTube series of social experiments, discovering how honest questions build bridges where opinions often divide. Stephen is a TEDx keynote speaker, media expert, and brand strategist who helps entrepreneurs, startups, and HR leaders drive cultural alignment and authentic leadership. A best-selling author, podcast creator, and co-founder of the men’s collective Gents Journey, Stephen blends humour, heart, and actionable tools to inspire resilient teams and lasting change.  In 2020, while caring for his mother during the pandemic and raising two young daughters, Steve lost clients and felt deeply isolated. So he built what he needed: Gent’s Journey, a men’s community centred on real conversation and accountability. Guided by pillars like faith, family, friendships, finances, fitness, focus, and freedom, the group uses tools like the Journey Deck’s 52 prompts to spark powerful reflection.  We also dive into storytelling for leaders and founders. Stephen’s mission-message-media-movement framework helps people root their work in authentic stories. At the same time, his G.R.E.A.T. test: Gratitude, Reflection, Empathy, Accountability, Transformational, offers a simple check-in for personal growth. If you’ve ever wondered whether your story matters and if it resonates, share it with someone who might need it, subscribe to future episodes, and leave a review. To connect with Stephen:  Agency: TheSeidelAgency.comCoaching: StephenSeidel.com/MediaMen’s Group: GentsJourney.co/joinTEDx Talk: https://rebrand.ly/seidelspeaking@StephenSeidel @TheSeidelAgency @GentsJourneyco Send BEHAS a text. Support the show To Share - Connect & Relate: Share Your Thoughts and Shape the Show! Tell me what you love about the podcast and what you want to hear more about. Please email me at behas.podcast@gmail.com and be part of the conversation!To be on the show  Podmatch Profile  Ordinary people, extraordinary experiences - Real voices, real moments - ​Human connection through stories - Live true storytelling podcast - Confessions - First person emotional narratives - Unscripted Life Stories. Thank you for listening - Hasta Pronto!

    41 min
  3. From High-Functioning Anxiety To Intuitive Leadership - Sara Byers : 179

    FEB 23

    From High-Functioning Anxiety To Intuitive Leadership - Sara Byers : 179

    What if the life you’re chasing can’t be caught because it’s already inside you? In this episode, we sit down with Sara Byers, CEO, intuitive strategist, poet, and leader of her family’s business, Leonardo’s Pizza, for a heartfelt conversation about success, anxiety, and coming home to yourself. Sara also chairs multiple corporate and nonprofit boards and is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from Champlain College. She shares how dropping out of college cracked her perfect façade, how a 70% pay cut led her to unexpected purpose, and how an unexpected song the night her stepfather passed reshaped her understanding of connection. We explore high-functioning anxiety, public achievement and private collapse, becoming Reiki certified, receiving over 3,500 poems, and bringing grounded intuition into boardrooms and governance spaces. This isn’t about escaping reality; it’s about leading with presence. About learning to distinguish fear from inner guidance. About redefining success by how fully you show up. If you’ve ever felt like an imposter or reached a milestone only to feel empty, this conversation offers practical wisdom, honest stories, and a new way forward. Listen, share with someone who needs permission to slow down, and if it resonates, leave a review to help others discover the show.  https://sarasbyers.com/ Send BEHAS a text. Support the show To Share - Connect & Relate: Share Your Thoughts and Shape the Show! Tell me what you love about the podcast and what you want to hear more about. Please email me at behas.podcast@gmail.com and be part of the conversation!To be on the show  Podmatch Profile  Ordinary people, extraordinary experiences - Real voices, real moments - ​Human connection through stories - Live true storytelling podcast - Confessions - First person emotional narratives - Unscripted Life Stories. Thank you for listening - Hasta Pronto!

    44 min
  4. Beneath the African Sun - A Journey of Serendipity, Friendship, and Grit - Barry Maughan : 178

    FEB 9

    Beneath the African Sun - A Journey of Serendipity, Friendship, and Grit - Barry Maughan : 178

    What happens when a comfortable life starts to feel small? We sit down with Barry Maughan to trace an 8,000‑mile drive from Alexandria to Africa’s southern tip in a 1969 VW combi bus, and the deeper journey from chasing success to finding meaning. A sudden coup in Libya shut a border and opened a path that led through dust tracks, steel‑belted tyres, and the unvarnished generosity of strangers who refused payment and offered help with a smile. We explore the difference between governments and people, and why most danger comes from regimes, not villagers. Barry shares the Cairo friendship that quietly reshaped everything. Serendipity kept showing up, including a stop at a radio station in Addis Ababa between 1969 and 1975, which led to a career in broadcasting, covering history in real-time and later hosting programs for the Voice of America’s English to Africa service. Along the way, we talk practical grit and tender moments: navigating without GPS, patching tubes under acacia thorns, and an unforgettable exchange between two mothers, linked by the same protective love. With a one‑year‑old in the back, the road demanded preparation and humility, and returned lessons about global citizenship, family, and care that outlast any itinerary. Beneath the African Sun, Barry’s new book, gathers the photos, the near‑misses, and the quiet truths about travel, courage, and the people who make a journey possible. If stories like this move you, follow the show, share this episode with a friend, and leave a review. Your support helps more listeners find conversations that change how we see the world. His memoir, Beneath the African Sun. Send BEHAS a text. Support the show To Share - Connect & Relate: Share Your Thoughts and Shape the Show! Tell me what you love about the podcast and what you want to hear more about. Please email me at behas.podcast@gmail.com and be part of the conversation!To be on the show  Podmatch Profile  Ordinary people, extraordinary experiences - Real voices, real moments - ​Human connection through stories - Live true storytelling podcast - Confessions - First person emotional narratives - Unscripted Life Stories. Thank you for listening - Hasta Pronto!

    46 min
  5. Building Self-Belief - Healing, Leadership, And A Life You Choose - Amy Lenius : 177

    JAN 26

    Building Self-Belief - Healing, Leadership, And A Life You Choose - Amy Lenius : 177

    What if the turning point in your health wasn’t a new treatment… but you deciding to lead your own care?  What followed was a decade-long pivot from chronic endometriosis and medical dismissal to patient-led healing, a purpose-driven career, and a growth framework blending physiology with psychology. Amy Lenius, Director of Group Coaching at Next Level University and certified personal development coach, shares the compounding choices that changed everything: building a multi-modal care team, removing endocrine disruptors, and swapping miracle fixes for small wins that last. She reveals how functional testing uncovers what “normal ranges” miss and why self-advocacy can be life-saving when systems don’t listen. The conversation turns from health to human behaviour. Amy breaks down the difference between self-belief (can I?) and self-worth (do I deserve it?), showing why strategy fails when either is low. She introduces four archetypes, Hero, Victim, Villain, and Guide, to reframe how we lead, coach, and love without burning out. The shift from Hero to Guide changes everything: opens the door, holds the standard, stops dragging people who don’t want to walk. We also talk about motivation profiles, growth-oriented vs relationship-oriented, and how to design habits that align with who you are, not who you’re told to be. There’s also a bold life redesign. Amy and her family moved across Canada for space, nature, and a values-aligned rhythm. Planning replaced panic, community replaced scarcity, and self-awareness became the compass. If you’ve ever felt stuck by a diagnosis, a job, a town, or your own timeline, this story offers a map: learn your body, learn your mind, audit your environment, and stack tiny, honest wins.  Share this with someone who needs a nudge to choose the next right step. Then tell us: which archetype do you default to, and what would Guide mode change for you? https://www.nextleveluniverse.com/group-coaching/ Send BEHAS a text. Support the show To Share - Connect & Relate: Share Your Thoughts and Shape the Show! Tell me what you love about the podcast and what you want to hear more about. Please email me at behas.podcast@gmail.com and be part of the conversation!To be on the show  Podmatch Profile  Ordinary people, extraordinary experiences - Real voices, real moments - ​Human connection through stories - Live true storytelling podcast - Confessions - First person emotional narratives - Unscripted Life Stories. Thank you for listening - Hasta Pronto!

    49 min
  6. Encontrar Tu Voz Entre Las Sorpresas de la Vida - Pam Covarrubias : 176

    JAN 19

    Encontrar Tu Voz Entre Las Sorpresas de la Vida - Pam Covarrubias : 176

    ¿Qué pasa cuando tus planes no funcionan, tu voz no es escuchada y aun así decides empezar de nuevo? En este episodio hablamos con Pam Covarrubias. Ella es coach, conferencista y conductora del podcast  Café con Pam, sobre lo que realmente significa reinventarse: el caos del camino, aprender a poner límites y esos momentos silenciosos donde la valentía es simplemente no regresar atrás. Desde un desvío en la adolescencia que la llevó a cruzar fronteras, hasta un momento en la universidad donde el perfil racial fue señalado y corregido, Pam aprendió algo clave: la voz no se regala, se construye. Esa voz, ganada a pulso, la guió fuera de una relación tóxica y hacia decisiones que por fuera parecían arriesgadas, pero por dentro se sentían correctas. Renunció a un trabajo estable sin un plan, tomó turnos en un café para ganar espacio y tiempo, y transformó los lattes en conversaciones. De ahí nació Café con Pam,  con un micrófono de segunda mano y la promesa de publicar, hoy suma más de 400 episodios de conversaciones inspiradoras y auténticas con personas latinas que rompen barreras. Si alguna vez te has preguntado si es posible reconstruirte desde cero, encontrar a tu gente y crear un trabajo que refleje quién eres, esta conversación te da un mapa y una buena dosis de coraje.  https://www.cafeconpam.com/ Send BEHAS a text. Support the show To Share - Connect & Relate: Share Your Thoughts and Shape the Show! Tell me what you love about the podcast and what you want to hear more about. Please email me at behas.podcast@gmail.com and be part of the conversation!To be on the show  Podmatch Profile  Ordinary people, extraordinary experiences - Real voices, real moments - ​Human connection through stories - Live true storytelling podcast - Confessions - First person emotional narratives - Unscripted Life Stories. Thank you for listening - Hasta Pronto!

    45 min
  7. Running Toward Second Chances - John David Graham : 175

    12/31/2025

    Running Toward Second Chances - John David Graham : 175

    What if the finish line you’ve been chasing keeps moving because life isn’t a race at all? John David Graham joins us at 77 with a story that rewrites the rules on success, failure, and second chances. After years bouncing between jobs, counsellor, truck driver, fireman, contractor, journalist, even pastor, he and his wife bought a beat-up house, fixed it themselves, and opened the door to someone few communities welcome: a man coming home from prison. That first “yes” sparked Good Samaritan Home, now a network of 21 houses across three counties, designed for low-risk reentry with real accountability and a clear path forward. We dig into what actually helps people rebuild: safe, independent housing; steady local partnerships with parole. John explains why they focus on one clear promise, housing, while the community handles the rest, and how this approach saves public dollars compared with incarceration while increasing long-term stability. He shares hard truths about change: not everyone is ready the first time, effort matters, and boundaries protect dignity. You’ll hear how small skills, applying for work, showing up, cooking your own meals, become major turning points when shame and isolation have been the norm. Threaded through the episode is a powerful theme: hope as a habit. John’s debut novel brings that idea to life through a character born behind the starting line, a story many readers recognize as their own. We talk about family resilience, useful ageing, and the quiet heroics of curiosity, like his wife, in her late 70s, learning home repairs on YouTube and helping keep 21 houses running. If you’ve ever felt behind, boxed in by labels, or unsure how to help, this conversation offers a map: start small, stay accountable, and keep going, one practical step at a time. If this resonates, follow the show, share it with someone who needs a nudge of hope, and leave a review to help others find stories that move them. https://johndavidgraham.com/ Award-winning novel RUNNING AS FAST AS I CAN. Send BEHAS a text. Support the show To Share - Connect & Relate: Share Your Thoughts and Shape the Show! Tell me what you love about the podcast and what you want to hear more about. Please email me at behas.podcast@gmail.com and be part of the conversation!To be on the show  Podmatch Profile  Ordinary people, extraordinary experiences - Real voices, real moments - ​Human connection through stories - Live true storytelling podcast - Confessions - First person emotional narratives - Unscripted Life Stories. Thank you for listening - Hasta Pronto!

    39 min
  8. From Burnout To Spiritual Awakening - Padmini Pandya : 174

    12/15/2025

    From Burnout To Spiritual Awakening - Padmini Pandya : 174

    What if the life you built was only training for the life you’re meant to live? Padmini Pandya joins us to trace a life shaped across continents and identities, born in the UK to East African Indian parents, rooted in Hindu tradition, and transformed by a decade in Asia, before corporate burnout cracked open an entirely different path. A modern-day polymath, Padmini is a storyteller, strategist, and soulful creator. Through Pieces of Miss Mini, she shares stories, lessons, and beauty from her global journey, defying any single definition of identity. She holds four degrees, including an MBA from INSEAD and a Master’s in Industrial & Organizational Psychology. In this conversation, we explore how success can quietly become an identity, why leaving a city that doesn’t fit can unlock momentum, and what it takes to rebuild when grief doesn’t have a name. Padmini speaks candidly about intuition, loss, spiritual practice grounded in logic, managing big energy, and cultivating aligned friendships—without falling into comparison. For creators and leaders navigating burnout, reinvention, or a longing for belonging, this episode offers clarity, courage, and a reminder to tend your own garden. Find Padmini at Pieces of Miss Mini on YouTube and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/piecesofmissmini/ https://www.youtube.com/@piecesofmissmini Send BEHAS a text. Support the show To Share - Connect & Relate: Share Your Thoughts and Shape the Show! Tell me what you love about the podcast and what you want to hear more about. Please email me at behas.podcast@gmail.com and be part of the conversation!To be on the show  Podmatch Profile  Ordinary people, extraordinary experiences - Real voices, real moments - ​Human connection through stories - Live true storytelling podcast - Confessions - First person emotional narratives - Unscripted Life Stories. Thank you for listening - Hasta Pronto!

    37 min
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BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS A STORY / PORQUE TODOS TENEMOS UNA HISTORIA QUE CONTAR. My podcast connects and relates through the sharing of regular peoples' stories of courage, transformation, adventure, love, overcoming life’s challenges and career changes. It is a platform to give ordinary people’s stories from all over the world the chance to be shared and preserved. You will listen to stories of captivating people, both young and elderly, that I, your host Daniela, meet on my life journey. Communicating wisdom, knowledge and personal experience, these stories will connect, motivate, inspire and relate to your own. Our stories become the language of connections. Let's ENJOY, CONNECT AND RELATE. COMPARTE, CONECTATE Y DISFRUTA. I have shared stories of people from Asia, Europe, North America and South America. If you want to share your story on my show, please get in touch because everyone has a story.

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