Episodes

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

Chrissy shares her transformation from a place of confusion and suppression to acceptance and pride. She found the courage to challenge those ideals. Today, Chrissy lives in place of self-love and self-acceptance. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom:

• find courage to challenge ideals
• share our voices
• be vulnerable
• trust the process
• find the self acceptance
• old values don’t define us
• it’s ok to get lost and stumble
• find the light within ourselves
• allow ourselves to be vulnerable

https://chrissyholm.com

tags: Chrissy Holm, writer, editor, author, Finding Sunlight, podcast Stirred By Words, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com