Author: Sean

1970, pre-Choice America. After their eighth move in her thirteen short years, the lonely only child of a high-ranking naval officer and a socially ambitious mother, Tracy Mayo longed for a normal adolescence – to have friends, to feel rooted. What she got was a pregnancy at fourteen and exile to a maternity home. There, she bore not only a child but also the weight of the culture’s shame. She was required to surrender her baby boy at birth and pretend it never happened. Twenty-two years later, her longing undiminished, Tracy set out to find him – and perhaps, through her search, to reclaim her self. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom:

• we are greater than our pains
• strive to have thoughts without judgement
• the search is for the ‘self’
• the quest can be liberating
• we can feel empowered, when we belong to a community

https://tracymayo.com

tags: Tracy Mayo, writer, author, Childless Mother; a search for son and self, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com

Mimi battled self-doubt to serve as the doctor and only woman on a remote Everest climb in Tibet. This journey of curiosity, self-discovery and vulnerability enabled her to face down childhood messages to stay small and safe and to venture into the unknown. Mimi shares the following nuggets of life wisdom:

• it’s ok to feel afraid and to move through them
• listen to our bodies
• be present, be curious and open to the world
• it’s ok when we’re not really in control and to make ourself vulnerable
• be passionately curious
• stretch beyond our comfort zone
• we can do more than we think we can
• connect to our inner voices
• it’s great to let our bodies lead

https://mimiziemanmd.com

tags: Mimi Zieman, Tap Dancing on Everest, A Young Doctor’s Unlikely Adventure, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com

Anastasia is a writer, editor, and storyteller. She shares her second novel, The Other Side of Nothing. Anastasia talks about mental health and approaching it with grace and compassion. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom:

• be willing to be vulnerable and raw
• tell your story from a place of truth and authenticity
• look for the signs of mental health
• ask “how are you feeling today?”
• what’s on the surface may not be what’s going on
• give people some grace

https://anastasiazadeik.com

tags: Anastasia Zadeik, writer, editor, storyteller, The Other Side of Nothing, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com