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Be Heard: Empower YourselfThe Irish Connection“I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this episode. If there’s a particular topic or person you’d like me to invite, feel free to share—I’m all about spreading the word!” My guest appearance on the show Avoiding the Affliction of Addiction with Mike MGowan. Mimi Tallo grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a northeastern, blue-collar town. She was surrounded by dysfunction, abuse, and addiction. She was also surrounded by relatives she didn’t find out were relatives until she dove into her genealogy. Mimi talks about her upbringing and her father’s life-long belief that he was...2025-06-1224 min
Be Heard: Empower YourselfGaslighting“I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this episode. If there’s a particular topic or person you’d like me to invite, feel free to share—I’m all about spreading the word!” Erica and Mimi discuss forms of manipulation. Turn Spiritual Wounds Into WisdomErica Bonham is passionate about walking with clients through the messy, but beautiful process of healing and remembering their true nature, which is that they are always and already enough, loveable, worthy and connected to every living thing on this planet just as they are. How does spi...2025-06-0742 min
Be Heard: Empower YourselfCancer the Great Revealer“I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this episode. If there’s a particular topic or person you’d like me to invite, feel free to share—I’m all about spreading the word!” Diane Gilman was an American clothing designer and shopping channel television personality on HSN, where she is known as the "Jean Queen". She built a $150 million jeans empire. She began specializing in jeans after noticing the denim industry's void in catering to baby boomer women like herself. In 2013, Diane authored a book called Good Jeans: 10 Simple Truths about Feeling Great...2024-10-2851 min
Be Heard: Empower YourselfCustody Warriors Blueprint“I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this episode. If there’s a particular topic or person you’d like me to invite, feel free to share—I’m all about spreading the word!” Renne Rodrigues discusses how to win child custody battles.Most of us feel paralyzed when we have to go to court for child custody. There is so much we don’t know that we want to know right away, to try to get control of our new situation: There is so much we don’t know that we want to know right away, to try...2024-10-2747 min
Be Heard: Empower YourselfWho I Am!“I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this episode. If there’s a particular topic or person you’d like me to invite, feel free to share—I’m all about spreading the word!” Season Three is upon us. I can't believe it. So here is a taste of why this show exists and will continue to exist as long as I have breath in my body. In our lives functional changes alter activity of certain brain regions. These include overproduction of stress hormones in childhood that can wear down the immune system and lead to depletion by a...2024-10-2713 min
Be Heard: Empower YourselfJunkie to Judge“I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this episode. If there’s a particular topic or person you’d like me to invite, feel free to share—I’m all about spreading the word!” Most people these days either have a family member or friend that struggles with addiction unless they live in denial world. I myself have been in recovery for 33 years. I have also witnessed the tragedy of friends and family members that have died from addiction. My guest today Judge Mary Beth O'Connor is a federal Administrative Law Judge who has an inspiring st...2024-10-1250 min
Be Heard: Empower YourselfMadness Resilience and Hope“I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this episode. If there’s a particular topic or person you’d like me to invite, feel free to share—I’m all about spreading the word!” Beverly J. Armento author Seeing Eye Girl: A Memoir of Madness, Resilience, and Hope” by Beverly J. Armento is a deeply moving memoir. It recounts Beverly’s challenging childhood, where she served as the “Seeing Eye Girl” for her blind, artistic, and mentally ill mother. This was definitely a story of resilience and the strategies you developed to navigate the difficult circumstances. It’s als...2024-10-1252 min
Be Heard: Empower YourselfHighway to the Sky“I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this episode. If there’s a particular topic or person you’d like me to invite, feel free to share—I’m all about spreading the word!” Lola Reid Allin, author of Highway to the Sky: An Aviator’s Journey, is a commercial airline transport pilot, flight instructor, SCUBA divemaster, and an award-winning author and photographer whose work has appeared in national newspapers and publications and in juried national and international shows. Her professional aviation affiliations include Women in Aviation International, The 99s: International Organization of Women Pilots, and the Northern Lig...2024-09-2750 min
Be Heard: Empower YourselfLife, Death and Love in the Middle Kingdom“I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this episode. If there’s a particular topic or person you’d like me to invite, feel free to share—I’m all about spreading the word!” Qin Sun Stubis Author of Once Our Lives: Life, Death and Love in the Middle KingdomColumnist for *The Santa Monica Star*Once Our Lives is the true story of four generations of Chinese women and how their lives were threatened by powerful and cruel ancient traditions, historic upheavals, and a man whose fate - cursed by an ancient sup...2024-09-2350 min
Be Heard: Empower YourselfEnergetic Meridians and Chakras“I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this episode. If there’s a particular topic or person you’d like me to invite, feel free to share—I’m all about spreading the word!” Lisa Erikson the author of both Chakra Empowerment for Women and The Art & Science of MeditationWomen’s Energetics is based on the subtle body characteristics of the feminine energy body. Although within the two primary subtle body mappings, the meridians and the chakras, men and women share many of the same features, there are energetic differences, just as there are differences...2024-09-1440 minBe Heard: Empower YourselfAnatomy of an Alien“I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this episode. If there’s a particular topic or person you’d like me to invite, feel free to share—I’m all about spreading the word!” Announcing a unique concept on the existence of Star Seed People.Humans that are part alien. This book explores my many unusual medical problems as well as my capacity for healing and sensing pain in others. It is a paranormal mystery genre. I hope to be published by November on Amazon and Audible. Summer was slow in the podcast arena so I thought I wo...2024-09-1223 min
Be Heard: Empower YourselfBreathe Easy“I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this episode. If there’s a particular topic or person you’d like me to invite, feel free to share—I’m all about spreading the word!” Robyn Adams- The Salt Suite Halotherapy, also known as salt therapy, involves inhaling microscopic salt particles in a controlled environment, often a salt room or cave. It’s believed to help with respiratory and skin conditions.The salt particles are thought to have anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties, which can help clear mucus, reduce inflammation, and improve respiratory function.Connect with T...2024-08-2142 min
Be Heard: Empower YourselfConnecting to Your Higher Self“I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this episode. If there’s a particular topic or person you’d like me to invite, feel free to share—I’m all about spreading the word!” Tiffany O'Hearn, an Energetic Healer who incorporates various modalities, including TFT (Thought Field Therapy). Her journey has been one of recognizing her uniqueness early on. Since childhood she sensed that life was more than met the eye. Her work involves guiding clients through clearing their programs, decisions, and traumas (from this life, a past one, or ancestral) using TFT tapping and various healing modali...2024-08-191h 04
Be Heard: Empower YourselfLife's Wins and Losses“I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this episode. If there’s a particular topic or person you’d like me to invite, feel free to share—I’m all about spreading the word!” My appearance on The Figgi Lifestyle with Dr. Jeanne . Surviving childhood abuse, sexual and physical assault, and learned to accept the unacceptable to survive. A major pattern of self-destructive choices began to emerge. A major portion of her life was spent suffering, enduring, searching, forgiving, and ultimately resolving that pattern. She still had decades to live before she would recognize what that patte...2024-08-1626 min
Be Heard: Empower YourselfEmpowering Veterans: Mental Health, Resilience, and Growth“I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this episode. If there’s a particular topic or person you’d like me to invite, feel free to share—I’m all about spreading the word!” A retired Marine Corps Pilot. Post-retirement in 2015, Garret confronted challenges common among veterans: anxiety, depression, and a sense of displacement. Turning to alcohol as a crutch, it was not until suicidal ideation took hold that he sought change. Rather than traditional addiction treatments, Garret's path was shaped by mentoring that emphasized self-worth, rediscovering identity, and tapping into inherent strengths. This approach not only alleviated...2024-08-0644 min
Be Heard: Empower YourselfReinvention and Empowerment“I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this episode. If there’s a particular topic or person you’d like me to invite, feel free to share—I’m all about spreading the word!” This interview is with Diane Gilman, the remarkable “Queen of Jeans,” who turned her breast cancer journey into a story of resilience, empowerment, and transformation. Diane Gilman was born to design fashion. From the time she picked up a crayon as a 2 year old and drew a polka dot dress on a stick figure, the die was cast. All through her early childhood & teens...2024-07-2753 min
Be Heard: Empower YourselfResilience and Self-Discovery“I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this episode. If there’s a particular topic or person you’d like me to invite, feel free to share—I’m all about spreading the word!” Anne grew up in an abusive home, leading to severe depression and a determination to do better as a mother. One of her sons wants a dog from the time he is a baby; Anne very much does not. For years she appeases him with creatures who live in cages and tanks, but on his tenth birthday she can no longer say no—and she pro...2024-07-1334 min
Be Heard: Empower YourselfManaging Stress, Anxiety and Emotional Wellbeing.“I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this episode. If there’s a particular topic or person you’d like me to invite, feel free to share—I’m all about spreading the word!” Josette Veltri, the author of many books besides Next Step New Start: Awaken What’s Possible One Day at a Time, offers insights into navigating life’s changes and transitions. Her books emphasizes resilience and healing during challenging times. You can find her on LinkedIn@JosetteVeltriSupport the show Be Heard, Empower Yourself—the podcast where your voice matters...2024-07-1334 min
Be Heard: Empower YourselfNavigating Between Grief and DepressionSend us a Text Message.Anne Abel the author of “Mattie, Milo, and Me,” has shared her intimate journey through love, loss, and self-discovery in her poignant memoirAnne, you grew up in an abusive home, leading to severe depression and a determination to do better as a mother. One of her sons wants a dog from the time he is a baby and on his tenth birthday you can no longer say no—and proceeds to fall in love with their new four-legged family member, Mattie. Then Mattie dies a sudden and tragic death, and An...2024-07-1034 min
Be Heard: Empower YourselfYour Journey to Core Vitality“I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this episode. If there’s a particular topic or person you’d like me to invite, feel free to share—I’m all about spreading the word!” Dr. Jenny Tufenkian has worked one-on-one with patients to treat health issues across a broad spectrum, but more and more, I’ve concentrated on chronic, often amorphous health concerns like anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue, and autoimmune syndromes, and have helped hundreds of clients grapple with these complicated conditions. The health breakthroughs she's seen patients make are nothing short of amazing.As a passionate...2024-07-1034 min
Be Heard: Empower YourselfJamaican Farmer to American RN“I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this episode. If there’s a particular topic or person you’d like me to invite, feel free to share—I’m all about spreading the word!” At-Will Employment: Florida is an “at-will” employment state, allowing employers to fire employees without showing just cause1. This means they can terminate employment for any reason or no reason at all. Aion Thomas is a superb nurse and human being.. Employers are also not required to give their employees noticed, meaning they can be fired on the spot. The only way to change that is to urg...2024-07-0438 min