Author: Sean

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

At age four, Claudia Marseille was diagnosed with a severe hearing loss. With determination and the help of powerful hearing aids, she learned to hear, speak and lipread. Claudia realized she needed to find a profession more compatible with severe hearing loss. So, she turned to her early love, the visual arts. Claudia promotes compassion and understanding for those with hearing loss and those with differences. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom:

• promote compassion and understanding for those with hearing loss
• tell others if we have a hearing loss
• wear the hearing aids all of the time
• hearing aids needs adjustments and programming
• value of close one on one connections

https://claudiamarseilleauthor.com

tags: Claudia Marseille, writer, author, But You Look So Normal: Lost and Found in a Hearing World, photographer, painter, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com