Hope is one of those words we love to throw around. But what does it really mean to have hope in the face of a tragedy like the loss of a child? Candice DeLeeuw (@candice_deleeuw), author of Hope (Amidst the Stories I Told Myself), and founder of Hope In Healing Hearts is here to share her powerful story of loss, bravery, and helping other grieving moms heal. Highlight Reel: 1:30 - It's okay to break, just don't stay broken 4:00 - Surfing the seas of grief 5:00 - Hearts 9:00 - How to help a grieving friend 13:30 - 2020, the year of missing time 17:30 - How to homeschool like a boss 19:00 - The type A guide to handling uncertainty 25:40 - What hope is Watch the video: https://youtu.be/O0a8R-cZj04 Read the Transcript: https://www.thatsaloud.com/post/hope-in-healing-from-the-heart-w-candice-deleeuw --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thats-aloud/support

That's Aloud!

Hope In Healing, From the Heart w/ Candice DeLeeuw

We all know the first step to success is just showing up. But HOW we show up matters. Life and Leadership coach Micha Goebig (@go_big_coaching) is here to help us come out of the shadows and step into our authentic authority in all areas of our life. Highlight Reel: 1:00 - Authentic Visibility 5:00 - Why "back to normal" isn't good enough 12:30 - Learning to ask for and accept help 15:00 - The only boundaries you're in charge of are your own 16:30 - Every yes is a no to something else 17:00 - Honor your personal time 19:15 - Micro-dosing self-care 21:40 - Follow your curiosity 29:30 - Not everybody thinks like you (and that's a good thing) Watch the video: https://youtu.be/yHzPhJpizUw Read the transcript: https://www.thatsaloud.com/post/go-big-and-get-home-authentic-visibility-w--micha-goebig Learn more: https://www.michagoebig.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thats-aloud/support

Go Big and Get Home: Authentic Visibility w/ Micha Goebig

Anyone who's ever tried to create anything knows that the hardest part is just getting started. This week's guest, Shreya Shettigar (@StoriesByChaya), is here to help you dive in, and keep going, no matter what. Ready to transform your daily grind into a daily delight? Ready to turn your problem into your solution? That's aloud!   Highlight Reel:   1:30 - Versatility is the spice of life  6:30 - Project AAE  8:15 - 2020 and forced introspection  11:00 - Don't let the grind get you down  13:30 - Chaya's writing process  18:00 - How to start any creative process  29:40 - Keep moving forward Watch the video: https://youtu.be/FNB7RtIuTWk Read the transcript: https://www.thatsaloud.com/post/how-to-start-w--shreya-shettigar --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thats-aloud/support

How To Start w/ Shreya Shettigar

Dating can be stressful, even in the best of times, let alone in the wake of a global pandemic. But not to worry, delightful dating coach Connell Barrett (https://datingtransformation.com/) is here to help you stay grounded in your authentic worth while you're out there looking for love. The tools he shares in the course of this fun conversation will help you make good use of fear, recognize the difference between rejection and projection, and step out of expectation and into creation.  Highlight Reel: 1:00 - Mom was right: be yourself 3:00 - What we're here to do 5:00 - Giving soulfishly 11:30 - Connell's journey 13:45 - Authenticity tools for dating (and life) 21:00 - What rejection is and isn't 23:30 - Give the present of your presence 25:30 - Who's the hero of your story? Who's the villain? 35:00 - When lightening strikes twice 39:50 - Buy into your own worth Watch the video: https://youtu.be/xbQGLMZ9S9w Read the transcript: https://www.thatsaloud.com/post/your-mother-was-right-be-yourself-w--connell-barrett --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thats-aloud/support

Your Mother Was Right: Be Yourself, w/ Connell Barrett

Whether you're well-acquainted with your Chakras or just now hearing the term for the first time, Emily Tamayo Maher's Meaning Method can help you better understand your creative process and easily get unblocked at any point along the creative journey, from ideation all the way to connecting with your audience. Ready to discover the gold at the end of your own personal rainbow? Highlight Reel: 3:30 - The feminine, intuitive story the world isn't getting 7:00 - Taking the leap 13:30 - Down the manifesting path 18:00 - All writer's blocks are chakra blocks Watch the video: https://youtu.be/Nx_BfU7D0L0 Read the transcript: https://www.thatsaloud.com/post/unblock-your-chakras-w--emily-tamayo-maher --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thats-aloud/support

Unblock Your Chakras w/ Emily Tamayo Maher

They say you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. But there will come a time when you're fresh out of honey, and the vinegar is flooding from your tear ducts, not to mention your sweat glands, and you know to your very core that if you don't open up your mouth and set it free, it will drown you from within. In those moments, it's time to get loud. But not just loud. Loud and effective. In this episode, black female performance poet laureate Stacy Dyson, author of Lovely and Suffering and Follow Me On This, joins me to talk about her journey from polite, if occasionally snarky, poetess, to the phenomenal force to be reckoned with she has finally allowed herself to inhabit. Learn more at: https://saintwinterraines.com/ Highlight Reel: 2:00 - Getting loud & effective 9:00 - The little things that get us through 11:00 - With right comes responsibility  15:30 - Breonna's Song 20:00 - If you don't see color, you don't see me 35:00 - Nobody wants your qualified apology Watch the video: https://youtu.be/ndPs_D-79t8 Read the transcript: https://www.thatsaloud.com/post/get-loud-effective-w-stacy-dyson --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thats-aloud/support

Get Loud & Effective w/ Stacy Dyson

Nobody asks for their struggles. The world wasn't clamoring for a global pandemic, just like this week's guest was in no way hoping to end up parenting her special needs child alone and balancing that with a busy clinical psychology practice in the midst of said pandemic. But here we are. And Shenira Billups (@mgihllc), Licensed Clinical Psychologist and founder of Mental Growth & Internal Healing LLC (https://www.mentalgrowthinternalhealing.com/), regards those struggles as teachers, here to help her grow stronger, gain more resilience, and become the spiritual warrior she is always in the process of becoming. What did you learn from Professor 2020? What will you do with that new wisdom, and those new skills and abilities? Highlight Reel:  1:30 - When resources aren't shared 9:50 - Finding balance and strength 11:00 - Professor 2020: tough but effective 17:50 - Humility and empathy 21:30 - Rock bottom 30:00 - Good grief Watch the video: https://youtu.be/CPMIwklSX8o Read the transcript: https://www.thatsaloud.com/post/build-resourceful-resilience-w--shenira-billups --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thats-aloud/support

Build Resourceful Resilience w/ Shenira Billups

What do you do when you're painfully shy and terrified of public speaking? Start doing stand-up comedy, of course! At least that's what this week's guest, Jennifer Mason (@JenXComedy) decided to do. And what happened next will inspire you to laughter, or possibly tears, and maybe even to try your hand at the next open mic... Highlight Reel: 2:30 - Menopause: when women get funny 6:00 - Too soon? 9:30 - Build your courage muscles 13:00 - Finding your funny 14:00 - Bad choices make good comedy 18:30 - Comedy doesn't have to be mean (even to yourself!) 21:00 - A comedy of misunderstandings 39:00 - The Hot Flash Learn more at: https://jenxcomedy.com/ Watch the video: https://youtu.be/ogL4PULNZT8 Read the transcript: https://www.thatsaloud.com/post/transform-your-bad-days-into-good-jokes-w--jennifer-mason --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thats-aloud/support

Transform Your Bad Days Into Good Jokes w/ Jennifer Mason

It's hard to feel valuable when you're in the red, but focusing on paying down your debt may be keeping you stuck in a vicious cycle. Money Confidence Coach Aimee Cerka (@aimeecerka) is here to help you gain solid footing, raise your net worth, and start creating value for yourself and your family with confidence.  Highlight Reel: 1:30 - The Wake-Up Call 9:30 - Why you should stop focusing on debt reduction 15:00 - Time isn't money 16:00 - 3 ways to increase your net worth 19:30 - Stop chasing money, start creating value 22:00 - You are valuable! Watch the video: https://youtu.be/HbsqFyj27gA Read the Transcript: https://www.thatsaloud.com/post/get-out-of-debt-mindset-w--aimee-cerka --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thats-aloud/support

Get Out of Debt Mindset w/ Aimee Cerka

They say every cloud has a silver lining, but sometimes that lining is pure gold. After her toxic, arranged marriage ended, Devika Dey became a relationship coach, helping women build resilience and move on from tough break-ups. But in 2020, she had a breakdownthrough that showed her the bigger picture of how her guilt, shame, and fear were affecting not just her sense of worthiness in relationships, but in her career as well. Now she helps women apply that same resilience to leadership, so they can thrive across all areas of their lives.   Highlight Reel: 3:00 - A toxic arranged marriage  7:10 - 2020, the ultimate break-up  12:00 - Professional toxicity  18:30 - The gift of rupture  19:00 - The same inner voice runs every show  28:30 - Bad things aren't always bad  32:00 - Surfing the seas of grief Watch the video: https://youtu.be/fJx7nU8SQok Read the transcript: https://www.thatsaloud.com/post/the-rapture-of-rupture-w--devika-dey --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thats-aloud/support

The Rapture of Rupture w/ Devika Dey

What story are you telling yourself about where you’re going? We’ve all had a big reminder that life is precious and fleeting - are you putting your energy into work you really care about? Today, accomplished storyteller Theresa Francomacro (Why Story Works) is here to ask the question, ‘What are you waiting for?’ Highlight Reel 1:60  Why Story Works 4:10  Humility & Trust in 2020 8:30  What are you waiting for? 12:40  It’s hard to invest in yourself (or There are no guarantees) 16:30  Being a continuous, lifelong learner 24:10  A Pocket-Day 27:40  5 Neurological Mind-Shifts (of F-L-L-E-A) 32:40  Serenity, wonder, play 38:30  Alliances and bridges Watch the video: https://youtu.be/JB-8Y1SXESo Read the transcript: https://www.thatsaloud.com/post/everybody-s-got-a-story-w--theresa-francomacaro --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thats-aloud/support

Everybody's Got a Story w/ Theresa Francomacaro

Imagine you notice a small, purplish bump on your thumb. Seems like no big deal but, just in case, you go to an urgent care clinic to get it checked out. They give you some ointment, and some antibiotics, and send you home. Thirty-six hours later, your body, and your life, are completely unrecognizable. Today’s guest, Katy Grainger barely survived her horrifying brush with sepsis, and wants to make sure everyone out there knows the signs and symptoms to look for. It could save the life and/or limbs of someone you love! For more information, visit https://www.sepsis.org/ Highlight Reel: 3:00 The mysterious purple bump 4:20 Temperature 5:00 Infection 5:30 Memory/Mental decline 9:00 Extremely ill 11:00 Septic shock 12:30 Unrecognizable 15:00 Saved life, lost limbs 25:30 The power of sharing her story 30:20 Rainbow light and an ideal world 35:00 Sepsis alliance: sepsis.org Watch the video: https://youtu.be/AuXxO_G8jTA Read the transcript: https://www.thatsaloud.com/post/it-s-about-time-for-sepsis-awareness-w--katy-grainger --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thats-aloud/support

It's About TIME For Sepsis Awareness w/ Katy Grainger

So often our natural creativity is hijacked by the daily grind. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Musician and creator Pierce Duncan (@pierceduncandotnet) joins us today to talk about making a place for creativity, being there when inspiration shows up, and how to be a prolific creator. Highlight Reel 2:00  Creative sacrifices 6:30  Growing up anxious 11:20  A devotional practice 15:20  Creativity and depression 20:40  All of a sudden, there’s time 24:20  Ready for inspiration 28:20  Having an outlet 34:40  Everyone is a creator 36:00  Income security supports creativity (or Universal Basic Income) 39:00  Everything you want to be true Watch the video: https://youtu.be/ZqtpkZJA0UE Read the transcript: https://www.thatsaloud.com/post/ready-for-inspiration-w--pierce-duncan --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thats-aloud/support

Ready for Inspiration w/ Pierce Duncan

Your story can empower people, but only if they encounter it. All too often, women's voices never make it through the publishing gauntlet to connect with their intended audience. But Sierra Melcher is changing all that. By creating a system to help women find their voices, support the writing process, and navigate publishing logistics, her women-only publishing house, Red Thread Publishing, is transforming women with powerful messages into published authors. Join us as Sierra reinvents publishing for a pandemic-altered and support-starved world. Highlight Reel 1:10  The missing voices 7:00  The Pandemic Incubator 14:20  Break-down-through 18:10  Swim toward the fear 25:10  The logistics of writing and publishing 32:40  Navigating the emotional arc 41:00  The messy middle 42:50  Visualize the perfect retreat Watch the video: https://youtu.be/DTRnGrDTbY4 Read the Transcript: https://www.thatsaloud.com/post/your-voice-has-value-w--sierra-melcher  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thats-aloud/support

Your Voice Has Value w/ Sierra Melcher

In 2020, COVID-19 wasn't the only thing spreading around the world. Ideas, symbols, information, and misinformation about the virus were also spreading like wildfire, and causing massive division among populations. Today's guest, Rachel LeWitt (@w3tbl4nk3t), is here to unpack the ways we decide which ideas to accept, which to reject, and which to pass along to others.  Highlight Reel:  1:30 - The ever-morphing symbol of the mask 9:00 - How ideas spread 12:30 - The role of personal experience 16:30 - Social trust & empathy 19:25 - Tracking trust 20:40 - How mistrust spreads 27:50 - Faith & hope: kissing cousins 32:30 - Good & evil 34:00 - Intuition & taboo beliefs 41:00 - Critical thinking & finding reliable sources 50:00 - Ideas can change the world Watch the video: https://youtu.be/vsmJSi3v1a4 Read the Transcript: https://www.thatsaloud.com/post/how-ideas-spread-w-rachel-lewitt --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thats-aloud/support

How Ideas Spread w/ Rachel LeWitt

What story are you NOT telling? Hi, I'm Adrienne, aka The Story Whisperer. I help people tell the stories they were told not to talk about. Ready to get inspired as well as entertained? Want to hear some truth bombs dropped by badass bitches of all stripes? That's aloud!