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What Causes People To Go Silent
How do you know your voice is silenced? What causes people to go silent? Think about the environment in your home? Was it safe, kind, and conducive to talk things over, or was it loud, angry, and chaotic? Were you heard or told to shut up? There's a long list of what...
How To Share Your Story for the First Time
In my travels, I have the opportunity to share my story, and when I encourage others to share, I often hear two things: I don't have a story I'm afraid to share my story I lived many years believing I didn't have a story, and when I realized I did, I became paralyzed...
The Secret Lies Within is Released Today
The day is finally here! After years of dreaming, hoping, and working, The Secret Lies Within is released! Whew! I'm so excited! When I started this book, I wanted to capture the life lessons I learned along the way about overcoming trauma and finding purpose in the...
Getting Even or Giving Grace
On Thanksgiving morning, I received a text from someone I didn't know. It was a “go fund me” request and I didn't know if it was legitimate or not. I asked who they were but within a few seconds, there was another text. I realized then that this was a group text. This...
The Ongoing Work of Confession
I just read my very old devotional “God Calling” which I have used since the year 2000. In it, I have little notes about events that were significant to me at the time. As I was reading, I noticed a note I wrote in 2006 that talked about having deep concerns because...
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Come to the Table – A New Cookbook from Anne
The table is an invitation. Do you agree with this idea - Most completely and perfectly, coming to the table could be seen as an intimate connection. When we invite friends for a meal, we do much more than offer them food for their bodies. We offer friendship, good...
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From Amish to Entrepreneur with Sara Bottom
When Sara Bottom was eight years old, she got her first job selling eggs at a local farmer's market. She knew she wanted to be "the person counting the money in the register," and her dream of becoming an entrepreneur developed from that moment on. But for Sara's...
Overcoming Eating Disorders with Lauren Amber Nielsen
Lauren Amber Nielsen is an accomplished actor, model, and opera singer who has performed in over 35 musicals. On top of that, she was named Miss Sarasota and will be competing in the Miss Florida USA pageant later this year. But in the midst of all the accolades and...
Finding Your Identity with Kathleen Cooke
When Kathleen's older brother passed away, she felt the need to step in and replace him for the sake of her parents. "I need to make up for this lost child," she says. "I need to be this person that they lost." But doing so caused an identity crisis as her world was...
The Impact of Generational Abandonment with Trinity Goedhart
Abandonment is a big issue in many of our lives, and many have experienced it. In fact, my daughter, Lawonna, grew up feeling abandoned by me, and the two of us recently had a candid conversation on a previous episode about that very thing. After that interview, I...
Ending Sexual Exploitation with Dawn Hawkins
Dawn Hawkins describes her childhood life growing up in Colorado as rough. Not only did she grow up in a home with domestic violence and a terrible divorce, but she's also a survivor of sexual abuse. And being a survivor has given her a passion for standing up for...
A Flipped Lifestyle After a Devastating Situation With Jocelyn and Shane Sams
Jocelyn and Shane Sams weren't anticipating significant life changes as school teachers. They lived a pretty average American life with good jobs, a decent salary, and some security. But after finding out about a devastating situation involving their son at his...
Overcoming Multiple Losses with Ladye Love Smith
Ladye Love knows about loss. At fourteen, she lost her closest sister. And as an adult, she lost a baby girl that, medically, she wasn't even supposed to have. But through it all, she's learned more about herself and God's love, and she loves to encourage others....
Surviving Addiction and Sex Trafficking with Monica Charles
Monica took her first sip of alcohol at around ten years old. As time went on, her life started revolving around substance abuse, and to feed the addiction, she began selling herself. When she started dating one of her “clients,” she thought salvation was at hand, and...
A Book of Simple Prayers with Gloria Gaither
Gloria Gaither is a gospel music legend. She and her husband, Bill, have written more than 700 songs, and they've created hundreds of award-winning recordings and a dozen timeless musicals that have been sung for decades. And even though they were named ASCAP's...
Unpacking the Effects of Shame with Isik Abla
Isik Abla grew up in what she describes as a culture of shame. As a young girl, she was put down and made to feel worthless because of her gender and fell victim to physical and verbal abuse. This shame took root and created chains that held her in captivity for...
Overcoming the Loss of a Newborn with Nicole Hostetter
In her high school yearbook, Nicole Hostetter said her goal was to be a mom. It was the one thing she always wanted, and the one thing she felt was her purpose in life. And after getting pregnant with her first child, it seemed as if her goal was being realized. But...
Surprise! We’re Making A Movie!
The first weekend we opened our market stand in a sleepy farmers market in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, I was a ball of nerves. But, of course, it wasn't just pretzels that we sold in the very early days. In fact, the pretzels were terrible until we tweaked the recipe...
Overcome yourself and you can overcome any obstacle.
Overcome and Lead recounts the powerful stories and essential lessons learned from Anne Beiler’s time as the founder of Auntie Anne’s® Pretzels, the world’s largest pretzel franchise. With no capital, no formal education, and no business plan, Anne launched Auntie Anne’s after a series of tragic life events left her broken traumatized, and in a deep depression. As Anne and her team grew the company, she also grew herself personally and professionally. Learning to overcome her greatest obstacle – herself – is what she calls, her greatest success. And now, she’s sharing the leadership lessons and principles she learned to help you move from feeling overwhelmed and inadequate to empowered and confident.