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Pursuing Uncomfortable with Melissa Ebken Melissa Ebken
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Life is hard! This podcast addresses the issues that keep us awake at night. Am I a good enough mom/dad/spouse? Am I living up to my potential? Am I giving my kids what they need to be successful in life? What will my parents need from me as they age? Am I a good co-parent? How can I handle confrontations better? All of these things make life difficult and uncomfortable! Let's lean into all the uncomfortable and yucky stuff to find a path forward to a life we really want to live. (Music by Joe Calindrino, "September's Realm")
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Episode 82: Pursuing Parenting ADHD Children with Avigail Gimpel
Avigail and her husband, Daniel, moved to Israel soon after their marriage. Avigail continued her education there, earning advanced degrees in teaching reading to children with Dyslexia and cognitive education for children with ADHD symptoms.
In 2003, she and her husband, with three small children moved to Moscow, Russia. There she taught in three different schools and headed up the English department in one of the schools.
Upon our return to Israel, she emersed herself in studying and developing treatment options for ADHD for her own six kids and many struggling students. She collaborated with her father-in-law, Dr. Amnon Gimpel (psychiatrist and neurologist), and developed a parent training program. She moved on to develop a teacher’s training program. Avigail teaches at Hertzog College as well as lectures in Israeli schools and to parent groups all over Israel. She works in private practice, training parents to become ADHD coaches to their children, and spouses to learn a new love language to communicate with respect.
She recently published her first book “HyperHealing”, based on many years of research and practice both as a mother of a good number of kids diagnosed with ADHD, as well as a classroom teacher of children struggling with ADHD symptoms. Her second book HyperHealing, Show me the Science was published in September 2022.
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Episode 81: Pursuing Life with Humor with Bee Baumann
As a comedian, writer, motivational speaker, and interculturalist, I bring my perspective to the world, as do you! My first humorous self-help book "Gurrl, You Ain't Crazy" was published in 2020, and I have published more than half a dozen literary short stories and essays. The topics I explore as a humorist and stand-up comedian include German society, African American culture, and belonging. As a comedian, I have spent the last three years honing my comedy skills and now I teach comedy. The goal of my work is to nurture and inspire aspiring comedians. The course will move you out of your comfort zone and into a space of possibility, regardless of whether you are improving your speaking, presentation, or even small talk and networking skills. I am a motivational speaker, and I speak on Living your Legend and being a midlife beginner.
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Episode 80: Pursuing Vitality When Life Knocks You Down with Joanne Greene
I never bought the adage “little girls should be seen and not heard.” I’ve used my voice on San Francisco radio and television, webinars and podcasts, to explore the issues of our time with playful irreverence, candor, and compassion. Now, with many decades of seasoning, I’m sharing what I’ve learned about navigating family and career, moving through pain and loss.
Currently, I co-host the podcast All the F Words with Gabi Moskowitz and recently launched a new podcast In this Story where I share micro-essays set to music, showcasing tales and observations from my animated life.
On June 20, 2023, She Writes Press will publish By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go, in which I emerge from life-threatening calamities with a big fat smile and a heap of hope.
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Episode 79: Pursuing These 16 Things For Our Kids with Luke Grimm
Luke was born in Long Beach, California to a military father who served in the Coast Guard. Growing up, Luke experienced frequent moves due to this commitment resulting in him joining the army himself after finishing high school. Luke spent 20 years in the army and rose to the rank of sergeant major before retiring with his wife. They currently reside in the south side of Indianapolis, where he works as a high school teacher focusing on government, economics, and running an alternative education program. He leads a men's group and Bible study at his local church and has a passion for jiu-jitsu and reading. Luke also has eight children, seven daughters, and a son.
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Episode 78: Pursuing an Addiction-Free Teenager with Richard Capriola
Richard Capriola has been a mental health and substance abuse counselor for over two decades. He treated both teens and adults diagnosed with mental health and substance use disorders for over a decade while serving as a counselor at Menninger Clinic in Houston Texas. He is the author of The Addicted Child: A Parent's Guide to Adolescent Substance Abuse.
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Episode 77: Pursuing YOUR Path with Stephenie Zamora
Stephenie Zamora is an author and coach, business and marketing strategist, and founder of Stephenie Zamora Media—a digital media and production company, publishing house, and a full-service life-purpose development, branding, and online marketing boutique. Her company has been merging the worlds of personal development, digital media, and online marketing to help individuals build purpose-driven lives and businesses for over a decade. Stephenie's work helps catalyze individuals on their healing and growth journeys so they can uncover the purpose of their path, step into who they're here to be, and do the work they're here to do. She does this through several distinct brand verticals that follow a proven five-phase process and house various digital media content, educational programs, inspirational and motivational products, and services to support their growth at any scale. Learn more at www.StephenieZamora.com, or connect with Stephenie on Instagram and YouTube!
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Inspiring podcast
Melissa is a wise, empathetic, open-hearted host who aims to help us move through life’s challenges with grace. Listening to this podcast is a balm for the soul and a reminder that we give ourselves messages that improve the quality of our lives and the lives of those with whom we interact.
Soul-deep, healing conversation!
Just listened to the episode with Tommy McCoy. My last name is McKoy, so I figured I’d check it out. Wow! The conversation between Melissa and Tommy was raw, honest, vulnerable, and hopeful. I downloaded his White Flag app, which helps people to find support as well as give support for various issues so many of us suffer from. I will be on there as a person who can give support for depression, alcoholism, family dysfunction, trauma. I admire and appreciated Tommy’s willingness and ability to put himself out there like that, sharing his pain and trauma. He truly has a heart driven to help others.
Not Alone
This podcast is a reminder that we are all so intricately connected. I get to see myself in the stories of others and know that truly we are in Thai together. Deeply enriching!