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Tragedy to triumph! Episode 37 w/ Champion Barrel Racer @amberleysnyder

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Amberley Snyder is a championship barrel racer. She also competed in pole bending and breakaway roping. In 2010, Snyder suffered a car crash that paralyzed her from the waist down. She adapted to the injury and kept competing. Amberley’s father, Cory Snyder was a Major League Baseball player with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Indians, Giants, Toronto Blue Jays and Chicago White Sox. In 2019, Netflix released the film Walk Ride Rodeo, a biopic based on her life that has reached over 350 million wordwide. Amberley returned to the screen in 2020, this time inspiring characters in the Paramount Network show Yellowstone, Season 3 episode 10 “The World is Purple”.

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Described as one of the most influential female boxers of all time, helping legitimize women’s participation in the sport, Christy Martin shocked the world by becoming a superstar after winning a blood-soaked undercard match at the Mike Tyson/Frank Bruno fight in 1996. Christy Martin was a trailblazer as the first great female boxing champ. But her life outside the ring may be even more inspirational. After her meteoric rise, Christy’s had an incredible fight for survival both in and out of the ring as she battled substance abuse, domestic violence and a harrowing brush with death. We also see Christy’s struggle with her sexual orientation and her journey of self-discovery. This is a story stranger than fiction, that must be seen to be believed.

Christy became the first female boxer inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. In total, she has been inducted into six Halls of Fame, including the International Boxing Hall of Fame. She has appeared on “Leno”, “Letterman”, “Good Morning America,” the “Today” show, and others.

Christy is the CEO of Christy Martin Promotions, a boxing promotion company, and is the founder of Christy’s Champs, an organization that supports victims of domestic abuse. Following her retirement, Christy also worked as a substitute teacher and as a domestic violence victim’s advocate. In 2017 she married former ring rival and world champion boxer Lisa Holewyne.
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Joe Roberts known as the "Skidrow CEO" is a Canadian motivational speaker, author, youth homelessness advocate and co-founder of The Push for Change Foundation. Roberts experienced drug addiction and chronic homelessness as a youth and entered drug treatment in 1991. Roberts worked in sales and web development before he became an inspirational keynote speaker. Roberts is the author of four books.

What is most amazing about Joe is that in 1989 he was living on the streets of Vancouver as a homeless skid row addict. Through perseverance, determination and his resilient human spirit, Joe pulled himself out of the darkness and despair, to become a highly respected business and community leader of today.
Today Joe Roberts (aka The Skidrow CEO) is an award-winning Inspirational Keynote Speaker armed with unwavering determination and 20+ years of speaking experience. His mission has been, is, and always will be to instigate a ripple effect of positive change everywhere he goes by reminding people of their unlimited potential.

Since 1989, Joe has acquired two college diplomas, became the CEO of one of Vancouver’s leading multimedia companies, walked across Canada and achieved more success than he could ever have imagined.  Joe has been recognized by MacLean’s Magazine as one of “10 Canadians who make a difference,” won the BC Courage to Come Back Award, received The Ontario Premier’s Award for Business, was given an Honorary Doctorate from Laurentian University and was recognized by the Senate of Canada with their Canada 150 Medal.
Ultimately, Joe’s deep resonating “WHY” is to empower people to step into a life of infinite possibility, to understand “there is truly more to each and every one of us than what we see”.
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Leslie Morgan Steiner is a domestic violence survivor, New York Times best-selling author ,columnist for The Washington Post, consultant and thought leader on women’s leadership, work-life balance, inspirational parenting, overcoming adversity and surviving violence against women. Her corporate experience includes The Washington Post, Johnson & Johnson, Leo Burnett and Seventeen Magazine. In 2009 Her  memoir about surviving domestic violence, Crazy Love, was a New York Times bestseller, People Pick, Book of the Week for The Week magazine, and subject of the first TED Talk by a domestic violence survivor. She also speaks on work/family balance, domestic violence, leadership, parenting and more. You can follow Leslie on Facebook via Leslie Morgan Steiner, or via @lesliebooks on Instagram and Twitter, or visit her Amazon to purchase her books.
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Episode 33 with writer and author of "Unveiling Alice" Mary Crocker (@marycrocker)

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Mary Crocker has a zest for life that has led her to experiences filled with adventure, excitement, chaos and heartbreak. Her go getter spirit lights up the room, gets the job done, and produces results.
As a sales training manager, her passions are centered around helping others reach their full potential. When she isn’t helping colleagues crush sales quotas, you can find her running the streets, talking fashion with friends, traveling with family, or enjoying a spicy margarita.
Her biggest inspirations are drawn from those who have remained resilient in the hardest of times and supported her every journey. She believes everyone should make the most of their story and that everyone has the power to create a magical ending.

Book Summary
Alice has it all. The handsome fiancé, the successful job, and a beautiful wedding ahead. Then, life throws her a curveball. When her fiancé calls off their engagement merely days before their wedding, Alice finds herself single, lost, and unsure of what her future holds. She finds strength through running and decides to rewrite her new life in Nashville, but is it possible to outrun the past?
Unveiling Alice is inspired by a true event in author Mary Crocker’s life and is her opportunity to share her story and own her past and the broken road that led to beautiful new beginnings.
Unveiling Alice reveals the inner strength that lives and breathes within everyone choosing to embrace life’s challenges, control how we respond, and move forward. It explores the intersections of redemption, grief, and unconditional love. It acknowledges that our actions and decisions toward others can have lasting impacts. In the end, it illustrates the power of forgiveness, even when forgetting is impossible.

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EP 32 Now Available w/ former Navy Seal and founder of Sunga Life swimwear company Jeff Gum (@Jeffgum)
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Jeff Gum is a Navy Seal and founder of Sunga Life Swimwear. He was a part of Seal Team 5 where he deployed to Fallujah Iraq, was selected for the Navy SEAL Breacher and Sniper Schools and worked with the Secret Service.
In 2015, Jeff began his transition out of the Navy by participating in The Honor Foundation’s 120 hours of Executive Education at UCSD Rady School of Management. The program inspired him to launch his own swimwear line partnering with 2-time ESPY award-winning adaptive athlete, Kyle Maynard, called Sunga Life.
The company is focused on achieving double bottom line goals of purpose and profitability, where 10% of profits go to veteran charities — specifically those that benefit wounded and amputee Special Operations Forces. Jeff transitioned out of the Navy in June 2017, traveled the world for a year and received his masters degree from the UCLA Anderson School of Management with a focus on Entrepreneurship.


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