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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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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...
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A Conversation about Abandonment with LaWonna Goedhart
When Lawonna Goedhart's little sister was killed unexpectedly, she watched her parents and extended family go through the emotional trauma of losing a child. But in the midst of all that trauma and sadness, four-year-old Lawonna felt ignored, abandoned, and forgotten....
Bouncing Back After A Devastating Business Loss with Michelle Schaffer
Today's episode is brought to you by Girl Power Alliance, a faith-based learning community with the highest quality education through mini-courses, live training, and highly qualified coaches. Through their monthly membership, you will have instant access to highly...
A Letter To My Sweet Angie on her 48th Birthday
To my dear Angie, My blue-eyed, blond-haired sweet baby girl. I miss you so much! You may be surprised to be receiving a letter from me after all this time has passed. I've talked about you and written about your life and how it has impacted Dad and me, but I've never...
From Victim to Surviving to Thriving with Catherine Schiffer
In her formative years, Catherine Schiffer fell victim to daily sexual, verbal, and physical abuse. Through her teens and into her thirties, she fought to survive, battling drug abuse, alcohol abuse, and two failed marriages with many dysfunctional relationships in...
Finding God Again After Tragedy with Lori Champion
When Lori Champion’s dad died, she went numb and could no longer feel the God she’d always known and loved. And then after getting cancer, while pregnant with her first child, she doubted whether she’d actually live and feared the cancer might take her. This week on...
A Lifetime of Healing and Redemption after Sexual Abuse with Lisa Michelle
When Lisa Michelle was a little girl, she would spend the weekends at a neighbor’s house to get away from the abuse that was happening in her home. Her neighbor was a trusted individual in the community who ran the local mortuary. What no one knew, though, was that...
Overcoming a Constant Sense of Dread with Mental Health Advocate Brittney Moses
Brittney Moses grew up in a home with loving parents. But their divorce in her pre-teen years upended the life she knew, and she fought to get by. As one struggle after another continued to pile on, her life became about simply surviving. This week on Overcome With...
Getting Vulnerable About Alcoholism with Mindy and Ben Isaacs
When Ben Isaacs met his future wife, Mindy, he had no idea the extent of her drinking problem. What appeared to be a drink here or there was actually full-blown alcoholism that went unnoticed at first. Mindy says, “I couldn’t imagine my life with alcohol. I couldn’t...
Living with Crohn’s Disease and Overcoming Panic Attacks with Becky Isaacs Bowman
Although she’s an accomplished musician, singer, and songwriter who’s performed in front of people since she’s been a young girl, Becky Isaacs Bowman suffers from panic attacks while on stage. Add to that a terminal illness making the anxiety worse, and it’s easy to...
Grief in the Waiting with Sonya Isaacs Yeary
Sonya Isaacs Yeary’s dream was to get married and have a family. But she surrendered these dreams to God, saying, “If it’s not your will for me to ever have a family or children, I want what you want for more than what I want for me.” After a divorce and then a...
Knowing You’re Here For A Reason with Lily Isaacs
Sometimes our personal stories of overcoming are part of a line of stories about overcomers who have come before us—you could say we have a heritage of overcoming. And oftentimes, remembering that heritage gives us strength. Lily Isaacs is one of those people whose...
A Husband’s Perspective on Loss, Grief, and Learning to Forgive featuring Jonas Beiler
When my husband, Jonas Beiler, and I recited our vows 53 years ago, his only real goal in life was to get married and have a family. But the death of our 19-month-old daughter and the subsequent sexual abuse I experienced at the hands of our pastor put his dream in...
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.