If Change is Inevitable How we embrace it Determines our Contraction or Expansion

"Change is inevitable. How we embrace it determines our contraction or expansion." -- Dr. Lin Morel

Dr. Lin spent her childhood suffering from neglect, emotional abuse, familial alcoholism, and mentally ill caregivers. 

Dr. Lin managed her challenges by developing hypersensitivity as a coping mechanism. Life changed when she began practicing martial arts at 15. Within a short period of time, she started teaching. Dr. Lin developed confidence, moved out at 17 for safety, worked part-time jobs through college, and sought refuge in work and education.

During that time she grew her martial arts skills and fell in love with another martial arts enthusiast. After 13 years the relationship turned toxic and abusive due to mental illness. Dr. Lin found the courage to divorce.

She fell in love again and was happily married for three years. Then in the span of a year, her mother and husband died in separate accidents, and her home and retreat center burned down.

She was single and devastated and her past family trauma finally began to surface. After 12 years of intense healing from trauma, she was blessed with the love of her life and they spent eight happy years together before his passing.

Twelve years later, she married a long-time friend and the love of her life.

During her interview, Dr. Lin shares how we can overcome trauma, find love, and the intense pain and loneliness trauma can create in each of us.

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Dr. Lin's powerful and heartwarming book, The Grace of Love, is an eternal love story, and an intimate and revealing look at the depth of love expressed in two souls uniting.

This true tale inspires and teaches the way through trauma into authentic love. It's the perfect read for those who have loved and lost, those struggling to believe love is possible for them, those who have been wounded by love, as well as the hopeless romantics!

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Dr. Lin

has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of the current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.

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How to Survive Heartbreak and an Unbelievable Diagnosis about Your Baby

Crystal Olguín Duffy is a keynote speaker, author, and teacher.  She is passionate about helping individuals struggling through adversity and inspiring them to survive and thrive. She lives in Houston with her husband Ed, and their three little girls; Abby (5), Katie and Lauren (3) and yappy little Yorkie pup, Charlie. Her essays on parenting have appeared in Scary Mommy, Mamapedia and Twiniversity.

Her Memoir, Twin to Twin, is her first book and was written during the span of 1,000 naps. She hopes that her story inspires men and women to have the strength and courage to stay positive and move forward through any type of adversity.

After two miscarriages, Crystal was ecstatic to hear that she was having twins until.....the doctors told her they may not survive and their condition was extremely rare.




As you listen to her story, you will be holding your breath wondering if she or the babies will make it through this ordeal.  Every moment is an eternity as Crystal is waiting for her unborn children to arrive and questioning what else could possibly go wrong.

Great Love is Worthy of Great Sorrow - Give Yourself Time to Heal

Robyn Dykstra is a captivating national speaker and author of The Widow Wore Pink.  

Robyn was on top of the world and 'had it all.'  She traveled the world and had an incredible income as a Playboy bunny.  But her life of drugs, alcohol and promiscuity were not enough.  Her marriage ended in divorce which threw her into a life-changing moment. 

She married Hot and Hunky, had two children and life was perfect... until the unthinkable happened.  Not once -- but TWICE!  She became an accidental expert on finding joy during difficult times when she buried TWO husbands in FOUR short years.

You will love Robyn's story sprinkled with laughter and joy but more importantly with tips on how to deal with the pain that comes with trauma.

Joy and Sorrow coexist

It is possible to grieve the past
 while you delight in the present

How You Can Move from Broken to Beautiful

Yvonne Ortega is a bilingual professional speaker, a Licensed Professional Counselor, and the author of Moving from Broken to Beautiful:  9 Life Lessons to Help You Move Forward and Finding Hope for Your Journey through Breast Cancer.

One of the books in her Moving from Broken to Beautiful deals with forgiveness.  In her interview, she shares the misconceptions about forgiveness which make it very difficult, if not impossible, to forgive.  

Yvonne not only survived but thrived after a domestic violence marriage, divorce, single parenting, breast cancer, multiple car accidents, and multiple deaths in the family within weeks of one another including the death of my only child. 

She understands tragedy and why we must forgive those who have hurt us, in order to move forward.

When Aging Parents Die, Sibling Rivalry Lives

 


Deborah Carroll, a former educator and educational publisher has written a book on a subject that is not easy for families to discuss.  The subject is the death of aging parents.  Her book, Tales from the Family Crypt:  When Aging Parents Die, Sibling Rivalry Lives is a must read!

There is nothing that can tear families apart faster or uglier than estate issues.


 

In many families, there are difficult, dysfunctional and even despicable siblings who want to grab money and power at a time when they should be communicating and pulling together as a unit. 

How to Save Money on Things We Use Everyday

Denise Seegobin is a blogger who teaches people how to save money on items we use every day. Her blog's focus is on ways to spend smarter and how to harness your creativity. She also works with companies in reviewing products and sharing those findings with social media, including giveaways.

Denise knows the pain of losing your family.  Her parents died suddenly and then she lost her younger sister and her best friend.  When asked how she coped with that, Denise said "I got my strength in knowing that they would not want me to give up. That no matter how many trials and tribulations, we have, life is a gift and we have to honor it by being the best we can be."

Denise loves researching and her blog is all about how to save YOU money.  She will research products for you and has dozens of products on her website she has researched for the best price and sometimes, free GIVEAWAYS.

The Most Beautiful People are Often Those Who Have Suffered the Greatest

Dana Goodman is a published author, grief counselor and inspirational speaker.  Her memoir is entitled, In the Cleft, Joy Comes in the Mourning, which won top novel at the Wildsound Writing Festival.

Dana's life was hard and unpredictable.  No mother should have to bury her 13-year-old son, at the same time her husband and mother-in-law died.  

Yet, Dana found love again and remarried.  Shortly after, her new husband was diagnosed with the same life-threatening cancer.  

It is one of the rarest cancers in the world and there have only been 200 known cases.  How could one woman lose three family members and yet, find her joy once again?






You will enjoy her interview as she shares how we often live in tension - beautiful and ugly mixing together like paint -- pain and joy kissing each other.  

Think You Are Indestructible? What Happens When Your Life is Put on Hold?

MaryLee MacDonald is an award-winning author, writing coach with a Master's in English/Creative Writing, and a caregiver advocate.

She thought she was indestructible until life took a sudden turn.  She knows the stress long-term care as the main caregiver for her son-in-law who was afflicted with ALS.

But that was not her first encounter with death of a loved one.  She knows the devastation of losing a spouse suddenly and the impact it makes on the entire family.

Listen to MaryLee's story and you will be inspired. Even more importantly, MaryLee will give you tips and coping skills to deal with these crises which can turn from a sprint into a marathon.





Marylee's novel Montpelier Tomorrow  has won the Gold Medal for Drama from the Readers' Favorites International Book Awards.  It was a Finalist for the Bellwether Prive, te Eric Hoffer Award and the Indie Next Generation Book Awards.

Murder, Drugs, Death of Spouse - Time to Turn His Life Around

Doug Atkins started using hard drugs when he was 13 years old.  Running away from home and living on the streets of Boston, he became a dealer.  Standing before the judge he was given a choice - jail or the army.  

He enlisted into the U S Army and his life took on meaning.  But, he continued his lifestyle until tragedy struck.  His 17-year-old daughter was brutally stabbed 72 times and he lost his wife to a horrific death.



Listen to Doug's incredible story of how he coped with these losses