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In this episode I catch up with Cheryl & Mike Smith, a hop farming family who created Ales for ALS to raise funds and awareness for ALS. Listen in as I catch up with Mike and Cheryl Smith who created Ales for ALS, a program that has raised over $3,500,000 for ALS research at the…

In this episode, Varen Rogers shares her perspectve on life while her dad fights ALS. Here, sweet inspiration comes from 10-year-old Varen Rogers who’s giving us her young outlook on life with ALS in her family. Varen accidentally made a name for herself with one sweet gesture, a tribute to her father, Justin Rogers who…

Here I catch up with 13 year old, Jahkil Jackson who is a young entrepreneur known for creating Project I Am and distributing almost 60,000 Blessing Bags to the homeless around the world.    In this episode I chat with Jahkil Jackson of Chicago, Illinois who has been helping the homeless since he was eight.…

In this special episode I share my chat with ALS Ice Bucket Challenge co-founder Pat Quinn who inspired millions before losing his battle to ALS.   Pat Quinn was the last of three ALS warriors, Anthony Senerchia, Pete Frates and Pat Quinn to be the first to accelerate the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge while living…

This episode is pure inspiration. Here I chat with Scott and Jamie Smith. As they fight Scott’s ALS, they are sharing their hearts to encourage others. Silver Linings, Courage Under Fire, Nothing to Lose and Riding On Hope are just a few of the topics Scott Smith writes about in his intimate blog, FlexOnALS. He’s…

Former ESPN host, Emmy Award-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author, Kate Fagan and I chat about her latest book: All the Colors Came Out. It is an unforgettable, beautifully written memoir about the love between a father and a daughter. Listen in as Kate Fagan shares her motivation for her beautiful love story…

Here I chat with Medal of Honor Recipient, Kyle Carpenter to hear what pepared him to cover a grenade to save his fellow Marine and what he’s learned from his near- death experience. Kyle, the youngest living Medal of Honor recipient, a war veteran, a young man who nearly died in combat shares his incredible…

Listen in as I talk to Leah Stavenhagen, 28, about her ALS journey and the “In Her ALS Shoes” movement she created. “I was an active 26-year-old so why did I feel like my feet couldn’t quite keep up? She couldn’t find my knee-jerk reflex and suggested that I visit a neurologist. Naively, I didn’t…

Hear from 4 inspirational ALS warriors who are in the fight of their life as they live with ALS, a terminal illness that has no cure. In honor of ALS Awareness Month and New York Yankees #4 Lou Gehrig, I catch up with 4 people living with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) who are living the…

In this solo episode, I share what’s on my heart as it relates to giving yourself grace. Why is it so hard to make space for grace? Specifically giving ourselves grace. We graciously do it for others, but what about us? In this episode, I address: What is grace? Why is it so hard? What…