This week's episode is all about love and re-connections which is one of my favorite subjects! Ken and Jennifer Hoffman, who were high school classmates, share their story about how they connected on Facebook and a romance developed. And all because Jen updated her Facebook profile with a new picture! 

"When it's right, it's right as rain, when it's right, there is no pain, when it's right  it's not again" as Ken quoted his favorite song to Jen..

However this is not just your ordinary re-connection love story as Ken and Jen share the major road bump you never want to face when Jennifer got a diagnosis of tongue cancer. They were only married for 4 short years when they received the devastating news. Jennifer has faced three bouts of cancer since August of 2018 but, after a harrowing and difficult battle, she's been cancer free since January of this year.

Their story reflects the amazing ups and downs of life and love and clearly the battle they faced has brought them even...

This episode is a tribute to long-lasting friendships! Friends who are more like family, aka Framily!!!

I can't imagine my life without my college besties, Kathy, Tammy & Kim. We have been through it all - studying for exams, dating, marriages, having babies, dealing with divorce, overcoming illness, fun adventures, career changes, lots of shopping, loss of jobs, loss of parents, launching our children into the world and now welcoming grandchildren - everything that life brings. We've been buddies for 43 years!

I don't get to see them very often but we chat frequently and when I do get time with them, it is treasured beyond measure. 

They lift me up. They support me. When something good happens, they are the first ones I want to share it with. When I have a crisis, they are the first ones I want advice from.

Do you have long-standing BFFs in your life? Or even more recent ones? If so, reach out today and tell them you love them and how much they mean to you. I am sure...

In this week's episode, Nancy Allen talks about her experience as an incest survivor. She shares her heart-wrenching story of navigating sexual abuse by her own father.

She was physically and emotionally abused until a teacher noticed her odd behavior which led to a  mandated, but brief, kinship foster care placement by social services. She talks about the judicial system that failed her and allowed her to be placed back into her family home with her abusive father who was not charged.

She was able to escape her abuse by leaving for college and doing well in school. She also was fortunate to find a caring and compassionate boyfriend who she married at the age of 20. She went on to have a successful engineering career and lived a pretty normal life, becoming a mom to 2 biological sons and later adopting twin boys with special needs.

Unfortunately her life was upended when her husband of 28 years committed...

EP48: Have you ever wanted something so bad and through the process of going after that dream, an even better dream than you imagined unfolded for you? 

Well, THAT is what happened to my guest, Liz Melville. She had an all-consuming job and got to the point where she felt that if she wanted to become a mom, she had to quit.

When Liz found herself marrying later in life and unable to  get pregnant, she knew something had to give so she chose to make having a baby, her #1 priority. As she faced an unknown road ahead with infertility, she took advantage of an "exit" package when her company restructured and went ALL IN with IVF treatments. 

During this time she dabbled a bit as an entrepreneur with a seemingly, "knowing" mentality that she was meant for bigger & better things and that she would figure it out.

Once she became a mom, her focus became figuring out a way to be with her son while also finding a way to...

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.” – Anatole France

Losing a pet is one of the most painful feelings a pet owner can experience. Some would even say it is even worse than losing a human. 

For Wendy Van de Poll, losing her dog Marley to a tragic tumor was extremely difficult, but a life-changing one, in ways that are beyond normal logic.

Marley encouraged Wendy to follow her true calling -- pet hospice and animal mediumship. She then became a certified end-of-life and pet loss grief coach and opened Center for Pet Loss Grief which offers complete and intuitive heart based support for people who are either losing a pet, are dealing with the loss of a pet, and animal mediumship services for those that would like to know more about their pet in the afterlife.

In this episode, you gain a better understanding of how Wendy was led to her true...

This is definitely my most personal and vulnerable episode! I share the story of how I met my husband in 1977, at age 18, (I think I misspoke and said 17 in error, during the episode!), how we reconnected in 2006, and finally tied the knot in 2009 - 32 years after we first met. As I listened back, there are things I left out that I wished I shared but I also know that it's long enough as is!!!

What I know is that some people who hear this episode will not agree with the decisions I made, but that's ok. I also know that some who hear it will be inspired to take positive action towards a more passion-filled life, whether that is addressing and fixing the problems in your current relationship OR discovering you are better off apart and choosing to explore love elsewhere.

I'm always looking for interesting guests so if you know of someone who has a great story of reconnecting with an old love, please have them contact me on one of my social media sites or via email at...

For Angie Sanders, the path to motherhood was not easy. She endured 3 heart-wrenching miscarriages, with the last one happening on Christmas Eve - right before she was about to share her pregnancy news with family - and sending her into early menopause.

But her strong desire to become a mom did not stop her from finding a way. She found solace and support through therapy and helping care for the children of friends and began the journey to become a parent through adoption.

When she and her husband could find no support groups for people who were going through the same situation as them, Angie decided to start one herself. It's called Adoptive Parents & Family Support Group and has grown to over 300 members. You can find it here: https://www.meetup.com/AdoptiveFamilies/

Her deep desire to be a "difference-maker" and better support the families in her group led her to become...

Determination, tenacity and purpose. Those are just some words that best describe Barbara Majeski. With a tireless promise to fulfill in taking care of her younger brother with special needs, she put herself through college and eventually launched a successful sales company. Barbara then became a wife and a mother of three.

Her seemingly perfect life suddenly took a 180 when she was diagnosed with colon cancer and then, just a few short weeks later, her marriage came to an end. But Barbara's tenacity and will-power to survive brought about a major transformation in her life.

Her determination to overcome cancer and divorce gave her a greater purpose to seek a life worth living. Now her passion is to share her life story and inspire others to find their purpose and pursue their dream.

You can connect with Barbara through:

Website: www.barbaramajeski.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/barbaramajeski

Baring it All...

On this episode, I interview Nasrin Barbic, who after two divorces found herself having to rebuild and transform her entire life. Now, she is a certified life coach, hypnotherapist, Reiki Master, and founder of Pathway to Lasting Joy. She helps professional women reclaim their feminine power and self-confidence so they can manage their life with more joy and ease.

Learn more about Nasrin's here: Pathway to Lasting Joy

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As a new emptynester, Alice Agnello is venturing on a new career path to help midlife parents figure out what to do with their lives now that their kids have moved out. She's working her full-time job while starting up a passion-filled business to help women chase their dreams, even as midlife emptynesters. 

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