Life is hard! This podcast addresses the issues that keep us awake at night. Am I a good enough mom/dad/spouse? Am I living up to my potential? Am I giving my kids what they need to be successful in life? What will my parents need from me as they age? Am I a good co-parent? How can I handle confrontations better? All of these things make life difficult and uncomfortable! Let's lean into all the uncomfortable and yucky stuff to find a path forward to a life we really want to live. (Music by J ...
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Pursuing What's Next with Melissa and Gretchen
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Melissa sits down with Gretchen Cromwell, who does all the transcripts for the podcast. Gretchen and Melissa discuss what surprised them along the way, some memorable guests, and what's next for Pursuing Uncomfortable. Sign up for updates Follow Gretchen: Instagram Facebook Support the show More From Melissa and Pursuing Uncomfortable: Resources fi…
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Pursuing the Truth with Judy Foreman
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Join host Melissa as she interviews accomplished author and journalist, Judy Foreman. In this episode of Pursuing Uncomfortable, Judy shares about her experiences with chronic pain, passion for exercise, and her journey from childhood trauma to healing, as narrated in her memoir,"Let the More Loving One Be Me." They delve deep into the power of the…
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Pursuing the Meaning of Your Dreams with Megan Mary
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Megan has been fascinated by dreams since she was a child. She had both incredible flying dreams and disturbing nightmares, always wanting to understand their meaning. She would look up dream dictionaries but found them unsatisfying. Megan was drawn to the magical and mystical, loving Halloween because it acknowledged the presence of spirits. Howev…
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Pursuing a New Career at 50 with John Tarnoff
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In this episode of the Pursuing Uncomfortable podcast, host Melissa welcomes guest John Tarnoff, an executive and career transition coach. They discuss the challenges faced by mid to late career professionals going through career transitions. John shares his personal experiences of being fired in the entertainment industry and how he found a new pa…
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Pursuing Bella Santini with Angela Legh
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Welcome to another episode of Pursuing Uncomfortable! In today's episode, we are joined by the incredible Angela Legh, a children's author who has created something truly special with her Bella Santini Chronicles. Angela's books are designed to help children navigate emotional challenges like bullying and abandonment, empowering them with the tools…
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Pursuing the Happiness Habit with Kara Payton
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Kara's journey has taken her through various phases of life. She initially entered the workforce in the restaurant business, working long hours for someone else. However, when she discovered that her son was being mistreated in daycare, she made the brave decision to quit. This led her unexpectedly into a career in photography, specifically in the …
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Pursuing Writing Romance with Liv Arnold
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Welcome to another captivating episode of Pursuing Uncomfortable! In today's episode, we have the talented and insightful Liv Arnold joining us to talk about her journey as a romance writer and the powerful themes she explores in her books. Liv takes us on a fascinating exploration of her own experiences with anxiety and how writing has become her …
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Pursuing a Less Stressful Life with Prof. Pete Alexander
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In this episode of Pursuing Uncomfortable, host Melissa welcomes special guest Prof. Pete Alexander, a multi-talented individual with a wealth of knowledge and experiences to share. Prof. Pete discusses the power of laughter as a stress relief technique and how it can positively impact our health and well-being. He also opens up about his personal …
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Pursuing Courageous Vulnerability with Justin Brien
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Welcome to a special episode of the Pursuing Uncomfortable podcast. Today, we are joined by the incredible Justin Bryan, a mental health advocate, speaker, transformational coach, and author. Justin's journey is one of immense courage, vulnerability, and ultimately, triumph. From battling self-esteem issues as a child to struggling with substance a…
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Pursuing Sober Living with Megan Webb
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In this episode of "Pursuing Uncomfortable," host Melissa is joined by guest Megan Webb to discuss the journey of pursuing sober living. Megan shares her personal story of addiction, recovery, and finding her purpose in helping others on their own sober journey. They delve into the importance of support, listening to the voice within, and the subtl…
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Pursuing Healthy Boundaries with Sheryl Green
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Sheryl, armed with her master's degree in forensic psychology, had always aspired to become a serial killer profiler. However, fate took her on a different path. Recognizing the significance of personal growth, she embraced personal development tools derived from her education. This led her to a job at a mental health facility, where she worked for…
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Pursuing Creative and Successful Thinking with Wayne Faulkner
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Welcome back to another episode of Pursuing Uncomfortable, where we explore the realms of creativity and success. Today, we have a special guest joining us, Wayne Faulkner, an author, coach, and former educator. In this thought-provoking discussion, Wayne shares his journey as an author and the development of his unique four-step process for thinki…
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Pursuing Healthy Personal Finances with Skyler Fleming
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Welcome to another episode of Pursuing Uncomfortable! In this episode, we have the incredible Skyler Fleming as our guest. Skyler is passionate about personal finance and believes that starting with the basics is the key to significant financial improvements. We'll be delving into various budgeting strategies and simpler alternatives to tracking ev…
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Pursuing Getting Real with Oli Anderson
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Our guest today is Oli Anderson, an author and coach who specializes in helping people to get real. In this episode, we'll delve into the transformative process of awareness, acceptance, and action and explore how embracing our whole selves can lead to incredible growth and success. Get ready to be inspired and motivated as we discuss the importanc…
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Pursuing The Lolly Shop with Lauren Hackney
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On this episode of pursuing uncomfortable, our guest, Lauren Hackney shares her incredible journey. Like many, she lost her job during the pandemic and was left to find a new path. She was encouraged to make a children's book around the bedtime stories she shared with her kids about a magic lollipop store. From self publishing a book to overcoming …
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Pursuing Prayer Cards with Jenna Brocious
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In this episode of "Pursuing Uncomfortable," host Melissa sits down with guest Jenna Brocious, as she shares her inspiring story of healing, forgiveness, and spiritual growth. Jenna takes us on her journey from childhood trauma to becoming a messenger of divine guidance. Discover how Jenna's positive intention prayer cards are making a difference a…
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Pursuing AI with Josh Bachynski
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Josh Bushinski is a philosopher, AI consultant, and expert in reverse engineering AIS. While his passion lies in philosophy, he relies on his expertise in AI to earn a living. His most notable project is Kassandra, an AGI platform that he believes will revolutionize the industry. With a background in psychology and philosophy, Josh has successfully…
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Pursuing Sol Rising with Amanda and Ginny
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Ginny is a wife, Mom of two beautiful kids, co-host on the podcast SOL RISING, and the founder and owner of THE FLIPPIN’ PHOENIX FURNITURE REHAB company. Her passion for soul searching, healing, and heart connection with other human souls is what sets her spirit on fire in this beautiful chapter of life. With life adventures spanning from chasing d…
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Pursuing the Hero In You with the Hero Tribe
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The Hero Tribe's mission is to take people out of their ordinary world and send them on their personal hero's journey. We believe that everyone has the slumbering potential to be the hero of their life story, and to live their true nature. Founded by Camilla, Sascha and Joana, the Hero Tribe started with training camps in different locations in Eur…
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Pursuing Safe Swimming for Kids with Selena Willows
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In this episode of Pursuing Uncomfortable, host Melissa sits down with special guest Selena Willows to discuss the important topic of infant and child swim safety. Selena introduces the concept of infant swim rescue and shares her concerns with this method, suggesting alternative solutions. As the founder of Swim to Me, a program that teaches paren…
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Pursuing Safe Swimming for Kids with Selena Willows
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With over 28 years of experience coaching children in high fear sports in and out of the water, Selena combines her coaching experience with her water safety background of coaching cold water survival for the military and training police in water safety to teach parents how to help their children overcome fear in the water and teach them to swim an…
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Pursuing Healthy Children After Divorce with Rosalind Sedacca
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Rosalind Sedacca, CDC is a Divorce & Parenting Coach and Founder of the Child-Centered Divorce Network. She is the author of How Do I Tell the Kids About the Divorce? A Create-a-Storybook Guide to Preparing Your Children – With Love! Get her free ebook on Post-Divorce Parenting, and learn about her coaching services, programs and other valuable res…
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Pursuing Going Dry with Sean Robinson
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Father, husband, Electrician, and Firefighter. Sean's whole life led him to a place full of judgment and stubbornness. Surrounded by very masculine groups and taught his whole life to suck it up and be a man, he was led to believe that it was his responsibility to fix anything that might feel out of place. After all, as children, we don't always kn…
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Pursuing Mother Nature for Health with Amy Stein
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In this episode of Pursuing Uncomfortable, host Melissa and guest Amy Stein share their insights on how to use Mother Nature to improve your physical and emotional health. They discuss how many people are disconnected from themselves and from nature, leading to chronic illness and pain. Amy shares her personal journey of struggling with undiagnosed…
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Pursuing Purpose - A Modern Day Job Story with Deborah LeBlanc
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On this episode of Pursuing Uncomfortable, we hear the inspiring story of Deborah and how she overcame challenges like her mother's manic depressive behavior, an abusive marriage, and multiple tragic losses. We also learn about her experience with ghost hunting and how she uses modalities like hypnotherapy, NLP, and therapeutic imagery to help othe…
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Pursuing Your Value with Brian Nelson-Palmer
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Brian is a TEDx Speaker, podcast host, and the founder of Productivity Gladiator®. He’s been helping overworked project managers to level up their life balance and pump up their practical productivity for more than 2 decades, as an instructor, speaker, and facilitator. The Productivity Gladiator® training Brian has creates, trains, and equips emplo…
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Pursuing the Good Life with Cole Bershback
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Cole Berschback is co-founder of Total Potential, an author, Unbeatable Mind Coach, Registered Dietitian, and certified yoga instructor. She has spent the past 20 years working in health and wellness. Several formative events led her to a deep passion for families and all that is possible when we approach the family as an opportunity, not an obstac…
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Pursuing Parenting ADHD Children with Avigail Gimpel
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Avigail and her husband, Daniel, moved to Israel soon after their marriage. Avigail continued her education there, earning advanced degrees in teaching reading to children with Dyslexia and cognitive education for children with ADHD symptoms. In 2003, she and her husband, with three small children moved to Moscow, Russia. There she taught in three …
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Pursuing Life with Humor with Bee Baumann
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As a comedian, writer, motivational speaker, and interculturalist, I bring my perspective to the world, as do you! My first humorous self-help book "Gurrl, You Ain't Crazy" was published in 2020, and I have published more than half a dozen literary short stories and essays. The topics I explore as a humorist and stand-up comedian include German soc…
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Pursuing Vitality When Life Knocks You Down with Joanne Greene
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I never bought the adage “little girls should be seen and not heard.” I’ve used my voice on San Francisco radio and television, webinars and podcasts, to explore the issues of our time with playful irreverence, candor, and compassion. Now, with many decades of seasoning, I’m sharing what I’ve learned about navigating family and career, moving throu…
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Pursuing These 16 Things For Our Kids with Luke Grimm
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Luke was born in Long Beach, California to a military father who served in the Coast Guard. Growing up, Luke experienced frequent moves due to this commitment resulting in him joining the army himself after finishing high school. Luke spent 20 years in the army and rose to the rank of sergeant major before retiring with his wife. They currently res…
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Pursuing an Addiction-Free Teenager with Richard Capriola
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Richard Capriola has been a mental health and substance abuse counselor for over two decades. He treated both teens and adults diagnosed with mental health and substance use disorders for over a decade while serving as a counselor at Menninger Clinic in Houston Texas. He is the author of The Addicted Child: A Parent's Guide to Adolescent Substance …
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Pursuing YOUR Path with Stephenie Zamora
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Stephenie Zamora is an author and coach, business and marketing strategist, and founder of Stephenie Zamora Media—a digital media and production company, publishing house, and a full-service life-purpose development, branding, and online marketing boutique. Her company has been merging the worlds of personal development, digital media, and online m…
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Pursuing Nightmare Success with Brent Cassity
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Brent Cassity is the author of the Book Nightmare Success: Loyalty, Betrayal, Life Behind Bars, Adapting, And Finally Breaking Free: A Memoir. He is a host of the popular podcast Nightmare Success In and Out. Brent was an innovative CEO of Forever Enterprises, a national company, which he grew from a regional company to operating in 22 states. He w…
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Pursuing A Non-Violent Path with Brad Mewhort
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Brad has a mission to prevent male-on-male violence and end physical bullying. In his adolescence, he was a victim of physical bullying and became an occasional bully himself. Over the past two decades, he has done a lot of work to heal from the personal impacts of these encounters with violence. Brad believes that men healing from violence and fin…
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Pursuing Breaking the Silence: Empowering Youth Through Film and Conversation with Mollie Leivars
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Hello! My name is Mollie Leivars and I am a young filmmaker based in Kent, UK. After having a bad experience at school, I decided to start creating films surrounding youth issues so that other young people knew that they were never alone in what they were going through! I created my first short film in 2019 and have never looked back! I'm lucky eno…
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Pursuing Health, Faithfully with Karis Meier
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Karis and her husband have four children and reside in Northern Virginia. She holds a BA in Christian Education and a MA in Counseling. She is a wife, mother, author,counselor, and speaker. Karis has struggled with chronic illness for many years and is passionate about sharing how God leads her through this journey. Her heart is to walk alongside o…
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Pursuing A Happy and Healthy Life with Dr. Sanjib Nandi
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Sanjib Nandi is a licensed, practicing pharmacist. In the last twenty years, he has lived in India and London, and today makes his home in the United States. Culling from the best that eastern and western medicine has to offer, Sanjib offers a bridge between the two, combining his knowledge of psychology, physiology, pharmacology, and the body-mind…
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Pursuing Healthy Happiness X 2 with The Therapy Twins
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Former licensed therapists who were sick of the ongoing Stigma of mental illness decided to come out with their own in their book Under The Hood. They use comedic stories to break the ice & offer simple, doable tips to jump start your road to Peace! Follow The Therapy Twins: Website YouTube TikTok Receive your 24 Words of Wisdom Cards in your inbox…
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Pursuing Life After Rock Bottom with Deshaun Williams
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The survivor of many difficult challenges, and an attempted suicide, DeShaun Williams has been able to take everything that he has faced, looked at the lessons that they taught, and ran with it to create the change, and inspiration that he desires in the world. He has started doing this, by becoming an Ordained Minister, Certified Christian based T…
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Pursuing A Love Of Ancient Scripture with Dr. Lisa Davison
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Rev. Dr. Lisa W. Davison is the Johnnie Eargle Cadieux Professor of Hebrew Bible at Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, OK. A native of Radford, VA, Dr. Davison has a BA (Religion & Spanish) from Lynchburg College; an MDiv from Brite Divinity School (TCU), and an MA from Vanderbilt University. Dr. Davison received her Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible from…
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Pursuing God In the Garbage with Bracha Goetz
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Bracha Goetz is the Harvard-educated author of 41 books that help children's souls shine and a candid memoir for adults about her transformative journey to joyfully and spiritually overcome food addictions. Her books can be found at www.goetzbookshop.com. Follow Bracha: Twitter Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn Pinterest Support the show More Fro…
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Pursuing Parenting Tips For Toddlers On Up with Chris Lake
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Chris Lake is the author of “How to Help Your Toddler Meet Their Milestones: 101 Behavior Hacks.” He is a native New Yorker who has been working with children with developmental delays across the past two decades. He received his Masters in both General and Special Education in 2012. And in 2014, he started Community for a Cause, a nonprofit to ini…
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Pursuing Community While Parenting Special Needs Children with Jan Stewart
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Jan Stewart is a highly regarded mental health governance expert and advocate. Her brutally honest memoir Hold on Tight: A Parent’s Journey Raising Children with Mental Illness describes her emotional roller coaster story parenting two children with multiple mental health disorders. Her mission is to inspire parents to persevere, as well as to bett…
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Pursuing A Healthy Spirit with Melinda Hardin
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Melinda Hardin is a well-rounded plate spinner who seeks out opportunities to inspire audiences. Her most recent experience of writing and launching her bare-faced memoir, Uneclisped has set her on an emerging path of impact with raw, genuine perspective that is both relatable and tangible for women striving to find their own comeback stories. Meli…
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Pursuing One's Search For Meaning with Nick McGowan
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Nick McGowan is a constantly evolving human on a path toward self-mastery who does the best he can each day to manage his mindset, and emotions, and helps others do the same. As a Mindset Coach and Podcaster, most days you'll find him interviewing guests on his podcast, "The Mindset & Self-Mastery Show" or in a client session helping others process…
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Pursuing a Kick A** Mindset with Donna Franklin
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Donna grew up very poor and hungry. Now, she is a highly successful real estate agent and a very busy entrepreneur. She prides herself on being the best she can be at everything she does. She loves helping people to be the best they can be, and loves her family, her dog and her friends. Follow Donna: Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Support the show Mor…
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Pursuing Gut Health with Geta Barbu
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Geta, Gut health expert & certified nutritionist. Abandoned at birth, kept a secret the 1st 2 years, now running a successful online gut health clinic & helping others heal body, mind, and spirit joins Melissa on this episode of Pursuing Uncomfortable. Follow Geta: Instagram Facebook Community Zoom Chat with Geta and Other Professionals Support the…
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Pursuing Peace with Reiki with Michaela Daystar
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Michaela Daystar founded HeartScapes at the intersection of self-reflection, spiritual practice, and social action after a 15-year career in social justice leadership development in universities and organizations. Wishing to support her clients and students to make their precious contribution to the world from the inside out, she teaches the system…
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Pursuing Gratitude: Thank You
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Thank you for listening to the show! Support the show More From Melissa and Pursuing Uncomfortable: Resources fiLLLed Life Newsletter YouTube Leave a review Pursuing Uncomfortable BookDoor Melissa Ebken
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