Never Ever Give Up Hope

Ruth Curran drew on her experience successfully overcoming a traumatic brain injury to become an expert on maximizing brain function through lifestyle modification and "turning up the noise on life." She shares her insights and proven techniques for amplifying everyday experiences in Being Brain Healthy. Curran has a master's degree in cognitive psychology as well as more than 28 years of experience as a strategist, business development executive, and organizational behaviorist.    Curran is passionate about the connection between the brain and daily functioning and believes everyone—regardless of age or stage of life—has the ability to use neuroplasticity to live a richer, deeper, more fully engaged life. She has created a series of photo-based thinking puzzles, games, and apps that help players work on cognitive abilities such as attention, memory, and executive functioning.   Ruth claims that it is more likely each of us knows more people with brain injury than cancer.  Think about it -- chemo brain, stroke, pain syndrome...... they affect our thought processes.   I GUARANTEE that Ruth's interview will challenge and excite you -- and instruct you on how to improve your brain health:   For insights and proven techniques for amplifying everyday experiences go to her blogs:    Being Brain Healthy www.rollingmulliganpublishing.com   My free brain puzzles and apps -- www.craniumcrunches.com

Fran Macilvey is an author and motivational speaker.  Her first book, Trapped, tells the story of her life with cerebral palsy.   Fran was born premature and disabled, the younger of twins. She shares her earliest years to the joys and frustrations of marriage and motherhood.  Her book shines a bright, fresh light on the myths that “spastics” live with – and reveals the common ground that she endeavors to share with the rest of the world. She worked as a lawyer for ten years before turning to her first passion, writing. In the midst of home-making and the demands of child-rearing, I write about my experiences so that others can understand how challenging it is, to maintain the appearance of a “normal” life with a disabling condition. I also like to write about making the most of life, and my next two books are about how we can do that. In Fran's words....... "My first tool for coping is to surrender. A quote in my IN box lately came via Ingrid Bergman, who said, ‘Happiness is good health and a bad memory’ and I am relieved to hear it. I enjoy the reminder that the past may be real, but is not as real as the shadows beneath the trees I can see over the road. And in the midst of life’s unexpected challenges, it is anyway easier not to think about our preoccupations. Somehow, that makes them bigger and more looming. As they get bigger, they cast a wider shadow over the rest of life. The next tool is notice how far I have come. Not to dismiss the compromises and the dignified silence, but to see these as the best I could manage, at the time. And finally, keep eating. Oatcakes at three am, with a cup of barley coffee, are remarkably sustaining, and remind me that small acts of love are just as important as big ones." Fran's second book, Happiness Matters, and her third, Making Miracles, detail her quest for happiness and success.

Sandra Elaine Scott is a transformational speaker, corporate trainer and life coach who specializes in helping individuals turn their someday dreams into TODAY'S REALITY.                     Her book, Manana Starts Today,  is a collection of empowering affirmations designed to assist you in moving forward towards your goals and dreams.     When Sandra was born with physical problems, the doctor told her mother "You sure got a lemon!"  Her mother was determined to prove the doctor wrong and DID!   "FAITH IS ELECTRIC AND FEAR IS STATIC"   Sandra strongly believes we can change our lives by applying these techniques:   LIVE LIFE TODAY  POWER OF AFFIRMATIONS  CREATING A POSITIVE LIFESTYLE  USING LIFE LESSONS YOUR MOTHER TAUGHT YOU    Sandra's interview was upbeat, fun and her tips doable! Her attitude is contagious and you won't want to miss the secrets she shares

Glenda Oakley Cook is a Transition Strategist, Leadership Coach, and Market Place Mentor. Utilizing her experiences as an Army “Brat,” former Army Captain and current Army spouse, she helps women take command of their lives to command the life they desire.                                  Glenda founded the Institute of Transitions, a consulting firm specializing in personal and professional development with an emphasis on transitions, leadership and confidence.  Her firm’s courses, training, events and coaching programs prepare emerging influencers with the ability to transition into their next stage of life with ease!  A combat veteran and a net worth over a half-million dollars by the age of 30, Glenda truly believes you can achieve anything with determination, dedication, and discipline.   She has been featured on over 40 different websites and publications; including the hit national television show on Esquire Network, Friday Night Tykes.   Her Philosophy – “If you transition your mindset, you will transition your life!” A master at adapting and overcoming obstacles, breaking barriers and slaying societal statistics, she is quickly emerging as a millennial empowerment expert.  She is a contributing author to the book entitled Resilience: Living Life By Design where she invites readers on a tour of a monumental point in her life.     She is the founder of The SALUTE movement; honoring women for all that they balance in terms of life, family and career.  In her chapter, A Salute to Success: Three Principles to Overcoming Obstacles, she shares the redemption tools she used to earn her SALUTE.     Three steps to becoming a success:   1 - Pursue resiliency to overcome your challenges  -- There is power in your thoughts so clean out the negative clutter to create a positive circle around you   2 - Realize that any obstacles in your life do NOT define who you are.  What you do   NEXT - after the trauma is what DOES define who you are.  Be Defiant!   3 - Give yourself permission to fail -- Every successful person has had setbacks.   Find the lesson you can learn  from every challenge you face  

Kathleen Pooler spent the first 18 years of her life in a loving, supportive family. The next 25 years were engulfed in the abyss of two abusive marriages. Pooler rescued herself and is now dedicated to helping other women (and men) do the same.   She hopes to help others find their inner strength through sharing her hard-earned lessons in her new memoir.  In addition to dealing with her two failed marriages, she was diagnosed with cancer and her son was abusing drugs.   “When we claim and honor the God-given strength within, we are able to climb out of the abyss of poor decisions and go on to live a meaningful, peaceful life.”   Ever Faithful to His Lead: My Journey Away from Emotional Abuse offers readers insight into her poor decisions and how they can learn from her story.   “I want to inspire hope and action for my readers who need to find their own inner strength,” Pooler explains.   She sums up her message in these six tips: A loving family, solid career, and strong faith foundation do not guarantee a problem-free life. We all have everything we need within, but we need to claim and honor our own inner strength to get the life we want and deserve. Abuse, in any form, is harmful. Emotional abuse may not cause direct physical harm, but it can be damaging to your mind and your spirit. The very things you think are holding you back from having the life you want can serve to help you find your way to freedom. Hope matters, even when all seems hopeless in the moment. Nothing can rescue you until...    you decide to rescue yourself   How does a young woman from a stable, loving family make so many wise choices when it comes to career, but so many poor choices when it comes to love? Her life and the lives of her two children hinge on her choices and the answers she finds.

Jamaican born Claudette Esterine studied International Relations at Kiev State University in the Ukraine and then theological studies at Newman Theological College in Alberta, Canada.   She has worked as a chaplain for both hospitals and prisons and has further studied Behavioral Counselling and Case Management in the Federal Correctional System.   As an active blogger, she helps women (and men) work through the daily realities of life including child abuse, domestic violence and racial marginalization.     She endured sexual, physical, emotional and mental abuse her entire life -- was stabbed by her own mother and used as a sex object 'pimped out' for years.     After realizing something was missing in her life during a 10-year same-sex relationship, she was able to turn her life around.   Now free from guilt and pain she is a WOUNDED healer - helping women from all walks of life to allow their pain to be the propellant for the life they want to live.   Her interview was not only inspiring but motivating

Ulka Shrikhande is an R&D Scientist, a natural motivator, consultant, and national speaker. She is passionate about building strong collaborative leaderships across organizations.  She works with academic institutions, start-up to mid-size companies and non-profit organizations. Ulka is a strong advocate of compassion and collaboration who uses coaching and national workshops as avenues to spread the message and create a positive impact on society - both for personal as well as professional enrichment. Her dream is to empower women and children with the power of dreams, to become advocates for building peaceful families. Ulka shares how to find your inward anchor points that show others who you are and what you stand for.  

Tony McAleer is a former organizer for the White Aryan Resistance (WAR), Tony McAleer served as a skinhead recruiter, proprietor of Canadian Liberty Net (a computer operated voice messaging center), and manager of the racist rock band, Odin’s Law. Tony was eventually found to have contravened Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act that prohibits the dissemination of messages likely to expose groups to hatred by telephone.   However, there came a time in Tony's life when he had to make a choice.  Tony's love for his children led him on a spiritual journey of personal transformation. Financial hardship and the harsh realities of single parenthood brought him to a place of compassion and forgiveness for himself and for others. Tony has spent the past six years as principal of McAleer & Associates Wealth Management and traveling as a motivational speaker. Today he is Executive Chairman of Life After Hate and shares his practice of compassion as a presenter of Kindness Not Weakness curriculum.   LIFE AFTER HATE was created in 2009 by reformed former influential members of the radicalized American far-right movement.  Through powerful stories of transformation and our unique insights about extremism gleaned from decades of experience, Life After Hate serves to inspire, educate, guide and counsel.   Whether it be working with individuals wishing to leave behind their life of hate and violence or helping organizations (educational, civic, government, etc.) seeking knowledge and insight on the roots of intolerance or extremism, Life After Hate aims to counter the seeds of intolerance we ourselves planted. Through our personal experiences and research projects, we have developed a sophisticated understanding as to what draws people to extremist groups and, more importantly, why they leave. Compassion is the opposite of judgment and we understand the role compassion plays in healing both individuals and communities.   Tony states:  "Compassion and forgiveness become part of our identity. We may never see the impact but it will have a ripple effect just as throwing a pebble into a pond.  We may not see the ripples on the other shore, but it is guaranteed they will get there."  "Everything we choose to do has a payoff. "People with no joy in their lives are the best at sucking the joy of of people around." them.  Unresolved anger is like radioactive toxic waste in the basement of your house."

No one plans to be unemployed for more than two years, nor to go without a consistent means of income for more than a year. Nevertheless, that’s my story.   Although, it was never my intention to join social media, I accepted an invitation and began using it as a platform to write and share my Inspirational Readings to encourage, inspire and empower people of all nations.     Vernita is a free-lance writer for Linkedin Pulse, Community Christian Service Worker and Faith Filled Magazine   Her message is that God loves you and has designed a purpose for your life. You can rise above having a low self-esteem, feelings of depression, rejection, fear, insecurities, inadequacies, being negative, complacent and overcome addictions of any kind.   Be encouraged to hold on through the darkest times for God will never leave nor forsake you. Learn the power of God’s Forgiving Grace and how He has commissioned you to change the world. God will restore your brokenness and heal you that you may move forward to a Progressive Life of Wholeness and Victory!  

For over 20 years, Mrs. X was married to a psychopath - a Captain with a major airlines.   When people think of psychopaths they think of violent criminals but most of them appear quite normal.   Experts tell us that 4% of the population are psychopaths and Mrs. X helps listeners recognize and avoid these untreatable social predators without a conscience.   She shares her determination to get her daughter back while surviving the aftermath of living her life with a psychopath.     In her interview, she lists the signs to look for and how to protect yourself.  You will be shocked.