Overcoming Cerebral Palsy | Interview with Mindset Coach Paul Forchione
It's Podcast EPISODE 17 coming to ya this week LIVE on Saturday at 9:30am PST!
We have special guest Paul Forchione on our show this week and he has an inspiring story of growing up with Cerebral Palsy! Don't miss it!
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BIO:
Paul was born with cerebral palsy and it was so severe that the doctors told his mom that he would never be able to walk. Thank goodness for a wonderful mom and a great mindset that wasn’t his story. He was able to overcome it and is now able to live a very active life, however it wasn’t easy to get to at that point. Today as a Mindset Coach, Paul shares his story with his clients to help them rewrite their own stories to go after their true dreams and desires.
My Life After Transplants | A Faith Journey with Paul Silva
Hey it's another awesome and inspiring story this week on The Heart of an Underdog Podcast! EPISODE 16 is no exception! Tune in to our LIVE video podcast this coming Saturday when we'll have Paul Silva with us!
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BIO:
Having survived multiple terminal diagnoses, and transplants, Paul Silva has learned the key role faith plays in healing. He now teaches this on a full time basis. He would say he's been blessed by having survived multiple near death experiences. And that he's been further blessed by learning how to spot God’s hand in his life experiences. Upon “retiring” from his career in finance, he discovered that that there is something more important than helping people with their money issues. It is more eternal than that. That’s what lead me to create the “3 Steps to Wholeness” adult discipleship course.
Surviving Necrotizing Fasciitis | A miracle story with Chris DT Gordon
Hey family!! We are comin' at ya with another warrior whose story you do NOT want to miss! He is a force to be reckoned with! Be sure to tune in on Saturday!
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BIO:
Chris DT Gordon is a faithful husband, father of three, online middle school special education teacher, professional speaker, podcast host, co-author, runner, recommended Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do, and pop culture geek.
He is also a survivor of necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating bacteria) who uses his story and message to inspire high school students and other young adults to adopt The Attitude of Gratitude (TAG), overcome their “personal bacteria”, increase their positivity and gratitude, and make the world around them a better place!
Episode #13 - Interview with Andrea Lende
Hey guys!! It's EPISODE #13 coming up on Saturday and we have another amazing guest joining us! Andrea Lende is an absolute inspiration and has a story you don't want to miss!
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BIO:
Andrea Lende is an author and speaker. She has overcome Lupus and other autoimmune issues naturally as she shares in her first book, Life After Lupus, where she journals her path from sickness to health. Andrea has authored four additional books which she self-published through Amazon. Her books support her online ministry, Believing Him, where she writes daily devotions and prayers as well as hosts a podcast, Downloads from God. She enjoys speaking on various topics such as overcoming the obstacles in our lives which lead us to discover our genius and operate in our true super-powers.
Episode #12 - Interview with Angela Talent
Hey hey Everyone!! It's EPISODE #12 coming at ya this Saturday and we have another amazing guest joining us! Angela Talent has an inspiring story of overcoming that you will love as well as her contagious joy!
JOIN US LIVE on SATURDAY AUGUST 7th at 9:30am PST!!
BIO:
Angela has this belief we are all valuable no matter our capacity. She genuinely loves the world and wants to make it possible for everyone to get to have the full human experience, whatever that looks like for them. She is the mother of two and at the age of 35 was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) which robbed her of the use of her hands and limit her ability to walk. At the beginning of 2021 she realized she could use her ability to listen and have meaningful conversations to show the world how uniquely beautiful every human is. She is currently using the podcast platform for her podcast called Relatively Damaged to help show through conversations that we all have some damage or some challenge and yet we are perfect in those challenges.
Heart of an Underdog Show - Interview with Adolfo Lopez
This Saturday it's EPISODE #11 guys!!
This is a story you CANNOT miss! An absolute inspiration and incredible all around human being Adolfo Lopez is joining us. He's a Heart Transplant Warrior, Speaker, Artist, Father, Coma Survivor, Legacy Leaver and Entrepreneur. IN FACT his entire family and some relatives have endured heart transplants, some TWICE. He now impacts and inspires those fighting heart disease through his story, apparel and outreach.
JOIN US LIVE on Saturday 7/31 at 9:30am PST!
BIO:
In 2006 I received my heart transplant, and due to a medical error I ended up in a 3 day coma. A coma where I could see and hear yet I couldn't move or talk. I had a ventilator breathing for me. I saw my family cry as they were told over and over that I was brain dead and that I would be a vegetable the rest of my life. I became so tired of this that in my mind I said "God if you're gonna leave me than leave me or if you're gonna take me then take me but do something NOW!" As soon as I finished my sentence everything became pitch black, all I could see was a star far far away. I walked and walked for what felt like years. When I reached this star a voice spoke to me. I asked "who are you?" The voice responded "to most I am nothing but I am everything there is in this life." I didn't know what to get out of this but the question was forced out of me "are you God?" The voice responded "uh huh, here's what you need to get back... take it and leave "
In the air appeared a piece of wood and I took it. I started walking and then I woke up! I could move! I could talk! It was at that moment that I knew I had a purpose.
Heart of an Underdog Show - Interview with Leanne Kabat
It's EPISODE #10 y'all! We are super excited to have this week's guest on our show! Leanne Kabat is a force for good and she's developed a system for facing life's challenges that you DO NOT want to miss! It's absolutely brilliant and unique.
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BIO:
Leanne Kabat is an international speaker and the author of three books in ‘The 5 Seasons of Connection’ collection. Her life-changing philosophy take us right into those crucial minute-by-minute interactions, where we either draw closer together or push further apart. Her first book supports parents, her second book helps people in love relationships, and her third book is for entrepreneurs needing a mindset reset. Leanne developed the 5 Seasons framework to be the best mom she could be to her children after she received a medical diagnosis in 2006 that gave her five years to live, challenging her to truly live a life she loved. Fifteen years later, she’s happily raising three teens and excited to visit her 57th country when it's safe to do so.
Interview with Dr. Donald "Skip" Mondragon
Hey guys!! It's EPISODE #9 of The Heart of an Underdog Show/Podcast!!
We are THRILLED to have our guest Dr. Donald "Skip" Mondragon on with us this week! What a dynamic speaker, author, and human being! He has conquered and overcome some pretty unbelievable obstacles and accomplished amazing things. Can't wait to share his story with you all!
JOIN US LIVE this Saturday JULY 17th at 9:30am PST!
BIO:
Donald G. “Skip” Mondragon, MD has practiced Internal Medicine, adult medicine, for over thirty years. Colonel Mondragon is a twenty-six-year Army veteran, spent thirty months in combat zones, and is a National Veterans Wrestling Champion.
During his last year in the Army, Skip became a casualty of depression. As he recovered, he was called to help men struggling with this dark disease by speaking and writing. His book Wrestling Depression Is Not for Wimps! was published in February 2020.
Skip’s true claim to fame are his five independent and gainfully employed children, his four amazing grandchildren, and especially his wife Sherry. She’s his best friend, lover, and fellow author. Sherry has endured raising teenagers on her own, a variety of moves to new duty stations, and far too many of his idiosyncrasies during forty years of marriage.
Interview with Debbie Grant - Heart of an Underdog Show Episode #8
Hey Everyone it's EPISODE #8 of the Heart of an Underdog show & podcast!
Coming at you LIVE on Saturday July 10th at 9:30am PST.
We have an incredible guest with us this week! Debbie is doing amazing work in the hospice space with caregivers who are new to it and helping them every step of the way. She's here to help us all look for the good things in life and focus on what we HAVE not what we don't. JOIN US LIVE on Saturday!
BIO:
Debbie A. Grant, MSN, RN, nurse for more than 22 years, a wife, a mother of two sons, lives in Acworth, Ga. She is the author of Hospice care - The Journey Within. Debbie has helped hundreds of overly stressed men and women caregivers (CG’s) new to Hospice achieve peace of mind, through clear education and support on end-of-life care solutions. The Hospice Journey can be complicated, problematic, lonely, and frustrating, but; Debbie believes that when someone has clear information, they can adequately use it to care for their loved ones, they can also navigate through the fear, minimizing their stress, which ultimately leads to the preservation of their health and of course, be in a better position to provide confident care to their love ones.
You can connect with Debbie here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/conqueryourhospicecaregivingchallenges
https://www.facebook.com/debbie.martingrant/
https://www.instagram.com/debbieamg/
Hospice Care - The Journey Within: https://amzn.to/3iewkx5
Interview with Jory Pradjinski - Heart of an Underdog Episode #7
Well hello beautiful people!! It's EPISODE #7!
This week we will be joined by a powerful guest and awesome human, Jory Pradjinski, Life Coach specializing in living with chronic pain. His work has touched lives globally. Hope Instilled is an oasis from the darkness of pain to provide possibilities to others.
Jory Pradjinski is the Founder and President of Hope Instilled, a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is improving the quality of life for people living with chronic pain. Based on his personal journey, Jory is providing the resources and information he was unable to find himself. To further enhance Hope Instilled his team created Hope Against Pain, an action-based, peer-to-peer support group designed specifically to address chronic pain, which follows his own path to healing.
