Episodes

Debra grew up in poverty. She transformed herself by using her initiative, persistency and curiosity to learn new skills. When opportunities presented themselves to her, she was committed to get those jobs. Debra shares her career journey of trials and tribulations, which eventually led her to become a successful author. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom:

• celebrate everything
• take a risk
• be persistent

https://debraborchert.com

tags: Debra, Borchert, author, of, historical, fiction, Chateau, de, Verzat, Her, Own, Revolution, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com

Jose shares the joys and challenges associated with creating, building and sustaining various lines of businesses. The journey was not always easy. One of the takeaways was recognizing that each challenge is a part of the trajectory. Jose encourages others to consider taking the leap and starting a business. He shares the following nuggets of life wisdom:

• don’t wait, just start
• create opportunities
• solutions are simple
• problems can develop into positive things
• a failure is part of the trajectory
• eliminate the ego
• document and analyze what went wrong
• understand our personal limits
• we can break the barrier of our own limitations

https://joseberlanga.com

tags: Jose, Berlanga, enterpreneur, businessman, author, The, Business, of, Home, Building, How, to, Start, and, Operate, a, Residential, Construction, Company, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com

Laura shares about the importance of sustaining friendships during challenging times. As an author, she was able to establish to establish trust and rapport with her illustrator, Michael. Laura talks about the impact that Michael had on her life. Together, they collaborated on how to affect and create change. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom:

• the importance of sustaining friendships, during times of stress
• sit with emotions, rather than brushing them away
• having an outlet can be helpful
• trust the creative instinct
• allow ourselves to go down roads and see where they go
• Quote “Make it work”

https://laurashovan.com

tags: author, novelist, educator, Pushcart, Prize-nominated, poet, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com