The Podcast for Real-Life Heroines: Recent Episodes
Susanna Liller
Welcome to The Podcast for Real-Life Heroines. I'm your host Susanna Liller, and I'll be your guide as you take your journey from ordinary to extraordinary, as the true heroine in your own life.
In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Karen D'Silva about The Heroine's Journey, getting out of her comfort zone, and what happens at the end of the journey.
Episode Highlights 1:21 Introducing Karen D'Silva
9:43 Karen talks about how she started seeing her life from a different perspective.
20:00 Karen discusses her comfort zone challenge.
33:25 Karen talks more about starting and finishing The Heroine's Journey.
Get To Know Karen D'Silva Karen has over 25 years of experience helping artists and brands enhance their reach and engagement. This work has led her to found Karen D’Silva Creative Services, which focuses on helping photographers, artists, agencies, and small businesses produce and create relevant marketing campaigns around their content.
Throughout her career, Karen ran the creative department for Photonica’s North American region. She directed and edited art for Getty Images in New York and helped lead Image Bank’s creative department. Karen’s work now focuses on helping photographers and other artists expand their businesses through digital marketing, social, and branded strategy.
Karen has always been an artist herself. As a clay artist, she started Serving Oysters - an oyster plate company born out of her creative side and was launched with her marketing side. Karen has always strived for balance in her life. Making art and showing artists and small businesses how to make their dream businesses successful is her goal.
Karen is also a graduate of The School for Real-Life Heroines!
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Karen Briscoe about what it's like to have a Heroine's Journey adventure later in life.
Episode Highlights 01:14 Introducing Karen Briscoe
7:37 Karen shares how her Heroine's Journey started.
21:00 Karen talks about why you should love the life you have.
30:04 Karen discusses her favorite tip.
Get To Know Karen Briscoe Karen has been on a Heroine's Journey from being too busy and overwhelmed to loving the life she has while she creates and co-creates the life of her dreams. As a mega real estate agent of HBC Group at KW, she consistently ranks in the top 1% selling over $100 m in real estate annually.
In 2016 in her personal life at the age of 57, she was enjoying good health for her age, a long and happy marriage to Andy over 3 decades, and 2 healthy, well-established adult kids. Yet there never seemed to be enough time or money. She felt as though there was something more that was hers to do. Busy had become a competitive arena, a badge of honor. What she found is the only one truly stopping Karen was Karen. She learned how to take time to focus on meaningful activities and work. If she can do it, you can too!
Karen Briscoe is the creator of the transformative "5 Minute Success" concept. Her books Real Estate Success in 5 Minutes a Day: Secrets of a Top Agent Revealed, Commit to Get Leads: 66 Day Challenge® and Consult to Sell: 66 Day Challenge® offer a combination of information and inspiration delivered through memorable stories. The daily format with takeaways propels one to achieve success at a higher level in business and life. Her most recent book, FLIP TIME / LOVE LIFE is based on this Heroine's Journey.
Karen is the host of the “5 Minute Success” podcast which has over 400 episodes and has ranked #1 on Overcast most recommended in the business category. The show features an amazing array of guests who achieve success at a high level. Karen also is a frequent guest on other podcasts that focus on entrepreneurial, success and motivation, as well as real estate-related topics. She speaks on a national and local level and offers Life Coaching for Mega Agents and THOSE WHO WANT TO BE!
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. about the sacred feminine.
Episode Highlights 01:36 Introducing Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.
11:21 Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. talks more about the sacred feminine
27:02 Why write about Artemis?
35:19 Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. discusses her favorite tip.
Get To Know Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., is a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, and an internationally known author and speaker. She is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, a former clinical professor of psychiatry at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, University of California Medical Center, and a past board member of the Ms. Foundation for Women, the International Transpersonal Association, and the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco. She is the author of thirteen books in over one hundred foreign editions. She is an NGO Permanent Representative to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women from the Women’s World Summit Foundation (Geneva), and also represents Pathways To Peace, The Millionth Circle, Earthchild Institute, Women’s Perspective, and the International Public Policy Institute. She is in three acclaimed documentaries: the Academy-Award-winning anti-nuclear proliferation film “Women – For America, For the World,” the Canadian Film Board’s “Goddess Remembered,” and “Femme: Women Healing the World.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Margaret Jones about the power of storytelling.
Episode Highlights 01:34 Introducing Margaret Jones.
12:52 What happened when Margaret chose what brought her joy.
19:54 Margaret discusses her storytelling voice.
31:15 Margaret talks about listening to the signs.
Get To Know Margaret Jones Margaret Jones, M.Ed, has a background in social work and education with a certificate in therapeutic storytelling. She is an award- winning storyteller, workshop leader, tarot reader and travel guide. She leads workshops on the Heroine’s Journey as well as Fairy Tales and Myths. She is a published author and a performer. In her spare time, she travels to the world in search of sacred sites.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Gayle Colman about finances and going on a Heroine's Journey.
Episode Highlights 01:27 Introducing Gayle Colman
13:52 Gayle talks about her most hated words in the finance space and why.
23:55 Gayle discusses her thoughts on the fear surrounding money.
27:41 What are some common limiting beliefs when it comes to money?
Get To Know Gayle Colman Gayle Colman is one the country's leading experts in personal financial freedom and the author of The Body of Money: A Self Help Guide to Creating Sustainable Wealth through Innate Intelligence. She is a coach, writer, entrepreneur, and financial planner with more than 35 years of professional experience. Tapping into decades of training and practice developing the field of Somatic Finance®, Gayle's unique meditative and embodiment practices demystify our money woes, tend to wounds created by generational trauma, and put financial agency squarely back in our own hands, creating clarity and confidence around our choices rather than overwhelm. Along with certifications as a CFP® and Master Integral Coach®, Gayle is a Big Leap Coach through the Hendricks Institute and a Certified Teacher in the Gateless methodology. She is co-founder of Colman Knight Advisory Group, LLC, a holistic and integral wealth advisory firm based in Massachusetts.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Erin Curren about living a sober life and discovering Nia and how she started teaching it!
Episode Highlights 01:31 Introducing Erin Curren.
08:37 Erin explains what Nia is and how it can help.
20:06 Erin explains how it is to see your story in full view.
Get To Know Erin Curren Erin Curren is a lifelong learner, artist, performer, life coach, and teacher. After earning her PhD in French and teaching in academia she realized she was doing somebody's dream job, just not hers! She has since rediscovered her love of dance and movement and teaches Nia to adults of all ages. Erin has found joy and gratification in serving others through the art and practice of life coaching. In addition, Erin performs monthly as part of The Teller's Garden, a playback theatre company. She can frequently be found camping with her husband, Bob, and dog, Decaf.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Sandy Shroyer about her leap of faith, how she moved across the world, and how you can find your bliss like she has.
Episode Highlights 01:14 Introducing Sandy Shroyer
06:58 Why Sandy decided to move to France.
18:02 How Sandy was able to turn France into "home" quickly.
29:34 Sandy shares how anyone can find their bliss.
Get To Know Sandy Shroyer Sandy retired from her professional career on January 21, 2022, and the next day she moved with her husband to Montpellier, in the south of France. Her jobs included cooking for hired ranch hands, serving as a staff psychologist at a community mental health center, performing various leadership roles in healthcare firms, managing a lot of highly successful sales executives, and selling technology and services to health systems and health plans.
The best part of her career was people—those who became lifelong friends, those who irritated her into learning important lessons, and those who taught her things through their kindness and genius. Her superpower is connecting people, whether it’s professional networking, introducing friends who form their own friendships, or
just figuring out who might like to know someone she knows.
She tries never to miss an opportunity to have fun. Sandy and her husband traveled full-time during the pandemic before moving to France, living in Airbnbs in Raleigh, Cape Cod, Savannah, Santa Fe, San Diego, Hawaii, Santa Rosa, Portland (OR), Seattle, Denver, Dallas, and Austin. Sandy writes about her life at www.roaminretirement.com and she also is a regular guest blogger on www.renestance.com.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Kathy Swaar about her journey into writing, her big leap, and how she wrote her book.
Episode Highlights 01:51 Introducing Kathy Swaar
05:01 How Kathy took the NaNoWriMo challenge to write a novel
26:42 Kathy discusses her new novel
34:28 Kathy reads us one of her poems
Get To Know Kathy Swaar A writer, blogger, retired pastor, and teacher, Kathy Swaar is the author of Fine Lines: Walking the Labyrinth of Grief and Loss. CEO of her family’s farm corporation, she oversees the management of their Midwestern US grain farm. When not writing or tending farm business, she can be found reading, watching sports and cooking shows, digging up dead relatives, sewing, and collecting cookbooks and antique glassware.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Susan Ireland about her journey and transition into coaching and consulting after making her leap!
Episode Highlights 02:00 Introducing Susan Ireland
14:24 Susan talks about her transition in life and the start of her journey
28:40 Why Susan goes and sees psychics
Get To Know Susan Ireland I am a native Seattlite and have lived here all my life. I worked at Boeing for 30 years and “retired” in 2016 to start my own coaching and consulting business focused on transformation - personal and career.
I believe in the interconnectedness of life – that our unique value can positively impact others and the world around us. Because of this, I feel a deep responsibility to help others where I can. Transitioning to my own business, I wanted a path that would allow me to give back and appreciate the wonder and awe of others’ journeys. Drawing on my 30+ years of leadership experience I am inspired to help people in ways I was supported and in ways I wish I had been supported in my professional career.
I am the mother of three and grandmother of five (and counting!). I love to travel, finger paint, and enjoy the outdoors and nature.
I would like to talk about the heroine’s journey I am on - which continues to reshape itself in the different phases of my life.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Dr. Amy Wood about using "The Circle", learning how to create healthy boundaries, and how to finish your Heroine's Journey.
Episode Highlights 02:09 Introducing Dr. Amy Wood
13:20 How Dr. Amy used "The Circle" to meet her husband
30:30 How to create healthy boundaries
39:45 How Dr. Amy confronted her dragon
Get To Know Dr. Amy Wood Through executive coaching and continuing education programming, Portland, Maine-based psychologist Amy Wood helps attorneys reach greater levels of achievement and fulfillment.
She is the author of Life Your Way: Refresh Your Approach to Success and Breathe Easier in a Fast-paced World, and her next book, Lawyer Like an Athlete, will be published soon by the American Bar Association.
She speaks about resilience every month on Maine Public Radio and writes a regular attorney wellness column for The Maine Bar Journal. Dr. Wood earned her doctorate at Adler University and is certified by the College of Executive Coaching.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Blanca Vergara about her Heroine's Journey and how she was able to take the leap into the unknown.
Episode Highlights 02:09 Introducing Blanca Vergara
10:25 What helped Blanca take a leap into the unknown
20:01 Why Blanca believes everyone has the divine feminine and masculine qualities
31:35 Blanca discusses more about the sacred feminine
Get To Know Blanca After a successful career as a high-tech executive, Blanca Vergara founded Your Looking Glass, where she coaches female founders and senior executives who work in high-pressure, ultra-competitive environments to go from experiencing debilitating anxiety to empowered confidence.
She uses a mixture of modern science, business, and Toltec spiritual teachings to help senior professional women take their lives and careers to the next level.
She holds two master’s degrees (An MBA and an M.Sc. in Information Systems), as well as a Coaching Certification.
As the recipient of several awards, author of multiple books, and in-demand speaker, Blanca has inspired thousands of people on stages all over the world. Her clients have included executives from ABN AMRO, Johnson & Johnson, and Nike, as well as established entrepreneurs.
You can find her online, writing her forthcoming book, or cycling the streets of Amsterdam with her husband, son, and daughter.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Deb Hart about how her breast cancer diagnosis changed her life and helped her start her non-profit.
Episode Highlights 02:15 Introducing Deb Hart
09:02 How Deb started her non-profit
13:22 How and why Deb had to pivot her business during the 2020 pandemic
25:33 How Deb conquered her fears and did something she said she'd never do
36:04 How others can help and spread awareness
Get To Know Deb Deb Hart is the founder of Pink Sistas, Inc.
Deb is an inspirational speaker, mother, mentor, friend, breast cancer survivor, and breast cancer survivor confidant.
Pink Sistas is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation dedicated to raising funds for no-cost retreats for women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Pink Sistas retreats focus on healing after diagnosis of breast cancer through many activities: networking with others, yoga, art, kayaking and paddle boarding, social outings, and much needed rest and relaxation.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Jennifer Jacobson about her journey after a divorce, her work as an author, and how anyone can rewrite their story.
Episode Highlights 01:15 Introducing Jennifer Jacobson
15:20 Jennifer talks about how she took charge of her own life after her divorce.
22:30 How Jennifer worked with her kids to deal with the divorce and the emotions that came with it.
32:02 Jennifer talks about what her new book entails.
Get To Know Jennifer Jennifer, a graduate of Harvard Graduate School of Education, is the author of over a dozen award-winning children’s books including Small as an Elephant (IRA Young Adult’s Choice, Parents’ Choice Gold Award), Paper Things (ILA Social Justice Award, NTCE Charlotte Huck Honorable Mention) and The Dollar Kids illustrated by Ryan Andrews (ABA IndieNext List and Bank Street Best Book of the Year).
Her latest picture book, This is MY Room (No Tigers Allowed), was released in 2019. Additionally, she writes a chapter book series. Her Andy Shane series has entertained new readers for over a decade.
Her newest: Twig and Turtle – is a series about sisters whose family moves into a tiny house to live more simply.
In addition to writing for children, Jennifer is an instructor at The Highlights Foundation, a school literacy consultant, and a writing coach. She lives with her husband and Jack Russell terrier in Woolwich, Maine.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Abigail Bobo about her journey into theology and if mysticism plays a part in The Heroine's Journey.
Episode Highlights 01:30 Introducing Abigail Bobo
14:37 Abigail talks about getting her theology degree during her own journey
22:17 Abigal discusses how people questioned her journey at first
36:43 Abigail talks about mystical experiences
Get To Know Abigail Abigail is a highly sought-after Nashville, San Francisco, and Dallas commercial advertising photographer, art director, visual storyteller, and theologian.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Sophy Burnham about her move to New York, how she started as a medium, and how she removed shame from her life.
Episode Highlights 01:45 Introducing Sophy Burnham
11:37 Sophy talks about how she got started with psychic readings
26:02 Sophy discusses suffering and why we suffer even though life is about joy
30:29 Sophy mentions her age and how she dealt with the shame of "feeling old" in her younger years.
Get To Know Sophy Sophy Burnham is the author of fifteen books--three on the New York Times (and many other) best-seller lists. She has published novels, nonfiction, short stories, poetry, award-winning plays, documentary films, and children’s books. She is best known for writing on spiritual matters—angels, mysticism, prayer, psychic and numinous experiences—and for spreading hope and trust. Her books are translated into 26 languages. She has given talks both at home and abroad and appeared on TV and radio shows worldwide. Two of her books changed the way people perceived the world.
Her favorite award is “Daughter of Mark Twain.” In later years she has worked as a psychic and medium, and as a spiritual director.
Her 2019 New York Times article for Modern Love, about love as an older woman garnered responses from men and women of all ages.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Jeannie Sullivan about psychic work, starting your Heroine's Journey, and more.
Episode Highlights 01:40 Introducing Jeannie Sullivan
14:43 Jeannie talks about going through a divorce and how she first discovered her path into her Heroine's Journey
34:20 Is everyone psychic? Jeannie chimes in
Get To Know Jeannie Jeannie began her spiritual journey in earnest in 1996, She began that journey studying tarot and soon branched out into holistic energy modalities. She has always been intuitive and has been able to read people. Her extensive experience in the field of education has allowed Jeannie to create a curriculum and successfully teach many metaphysical learning opportunities.
Jeannie loves to share her expansive knowledge of metaphysics and the spiritual world. Her passion is to help you reach your full potential whether that be through an energy session, reading, or workshop.
When Jeannie isn’t working she can be found near a body of water, with friends, or with friends who feel like family. Jeannie’s favorite place to be is at the ocean.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Dr. Phyllis Blackstone about why storytelling is so important as a heroine.
Episode Highlights 01:31 Introducing Dr. Phyllis Blackstone
13:02 Phyllis explains how everything relates to storytelling
24:30 How Phyllis learned storytelling from her family and parents
45:03 Discussing Phyllis's new book!
Get To Know Phyllis Dr. Phyllis Blackstone, Storyteller extraordinaire and retired professor of education, currently resides in Brunswick, ME. She used storytelling as her preferred teaching tool with first graders to graduate students.
In her retirement, she tells a variety of stories to children, adults, senior citizens, and
special audiences. Folktales in her repertoire are stories of wisdom and truth. Her personal stories, sometimes humorous but always poignant, include her OCCASIONAL STORIES (Upon the Occasion of…………………………….), Stories from SEE THE USA…………. IN A ROADTREK, and MEET MY FAMILY, tales of observing life as a baby sister in a large farming family from Caribou, ME.
She tells sacred stories at faith-based gatherings and churches, that are from the heart and good for the soul. More information is available at her website, blackstonestoryteller.com. She can be contacted via email.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Heather J Crider about the brain and how it can propel you to the life you want.
Episode Highlights 01:32 Introducing Heather J Crider
11:07 Heather's first leap and how she found Neuroscience
26:54 Discovering your "who" and reflection
Get To Know Heather High-Performance Transformationalist & NeuroCoach Heather J. Crider is a leading expert on high-performance growth, thought transformation, stress reduction, and burnout recovery. She is best known for her straightforward micro-solutions based on the latest neuroscience discoveries, and as the creator of the R.E.F.L.E.C.T. Method.
She has transformed hundreds of individuals and organizations all over the world, increasing creativity and doubling productivity, all while drastically reducing stress and enhancing wellbeing. Heather has been featured in Forbes, Yahoo Finance, and Thrive Global.
She is a certified NeuroCoach and is among a select group of certified Search Inside Yourself Facilitators who are part of a groundbreaking system developed by Google. She is also the host of the Go Reflect Yourself Podcast.
When she isn’t helping others discover who they are by tapping into their inner superpowers, she is attending one of her two children’s sporting events or reading a book while enjoying a nice cup of coffee.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Dr. Susanne Evans about making changes, storytelling, and much more.
“What I've learned is to notice it (imposter syndrome) when it happens... when I noticed, I was able to challenge it.” - Susanne Evans
Episode Highlights 01:25 Introducing Dr. Susanne Evans
11:04 Susanne talks about how she made her first change in her Heroine's Journey
20:00 Dealing with imposter syndrome
25:10 Susanne talks about getting her PhD and being authentic
Get To Know Susanne Dr. Susanne Evans is an organization change consultant, coach, and researcher on a mission to change the way that transformations are managed in organisations.
Having spent 10 years in Big 4 consultancy firms she saw first-hand the difficulties that leaders and change practitioners had in achieving the benefits of large-scale transformation programmes. She left the corporate world and founded Feldspar Consulting in 2007, helping her clients lead change in a more human, effective way.
In 2011, she started a PhD, having become interested in the role of stories in organisational transformation and she completed her PhD in 2020, after 8 years of part-time study (and a year off!).
As well as writing and speaking about organisation change regularly for platforms such as Business Transformation Network and Enterprise Nation, Susanne also hosts open storytelling workshops, supporting organisations and individuals in writing a compelling story for themselves.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with John about his hero's journey, his call to leadership, and what he plans on doing next!
“If you journal, that's the self and the ego having a talk... but after a while, you start to realize that you're not sure about those big moments — and after sitting with them — you learn and get more soulful.” - John Schuster
Episode Highlights 03:20 Introducing John Schuster.
18:30 Talking to John about his thoughts on leadership and his "Threshold Guardians".
28:32 John talks about his "Call".
Get To Know John John P. Cunningham Schuster is a coach, author, and teacher. He has had a business practice for over 40 years with the purpose of helping leaders, other coaches, and organizations turn what is potential within into actuality in the real world. John deploys his knowledge of psychology, and his passion for the arts to do this work. And his business know-how is useful for turning inner insights into outer action.
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This podcast episode is dedicated to Debbie Leighton, a member of The Gathering and a dear friend, a true heroine, who passed away in 2021.
In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Shirley Hager about her background in facilitation, working with indigenous people, and more!
“There was something I wanted to say... I think it's important to hear that you don't need to meet as we did to make this kind of thing happen. You can create that sort of bonding anywhere.” - Shirley Hager
Episode Highlights 01:20 Introducing Shirley Hager.
07:13 Shirley's call on her journey.
23:25 Shirley talks about her book and how it came about.
Get To Know Shirley Shirley N. Hager is a retired associate professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Currently, she serves with the Friends (Quaker) Committee on Maine Public Policy and chairs its Committee on Tribal-State Relations.
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In this podcast episode, Susanna talks about what you can expect from Season 2 and how to get on your journey right now!
Episode Highlights 00:35 What is the journey?
03:32 Future interviews and what you can expect out of season 2 of the podcast.
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In this podcast episode, Susanna talks about what happens after your respond to The Call, how Threshold Guardians can derail your journey, and why you shouldn't listen to them.
Episode Highlights 05:01 What happens when you first answer "the call"?
9:28 Why you shouldn't do what your Threshold Guardians say.
14:05 Why mentors are so important on your journey.
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In Susanna Liller's first podcast episode, she talks about The Heroine's Journey and how it all starts, plus how you're on the journey RIGHT NOW, even if you don't know it! She also talks about The Heroine's Journey map, and how to start navigating it.
Episode Highlights 01:01 How The Heroine's Journey started.
03:21 What is the definition of a Heroine?
05:18 The Heroine's Journey map and what it is.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Colleen Garrick and how she not only battled, but overcame her addiction, even when her Threshold Guardians threatened her and tried to make her fearful.
“My life is defined by who I am, not by what I do.” -Colleen Garrick
Episode Highlights 01:06 Introducing Colleen Garrick.
12:36 How Colleen started on her journey by following the 12-step program for addiction.
24:02 How Colleen keeps fear at bay, even when it threatens to consume her.
44:45 Colleen's message on addiction and what you should know.
Get To Know Colleen Colleen is a working single mother to a 7-year-old daughter, named Parker. She moved from Boston to Portland over 10 years ago when she started her journey in recovery and to better things. In her free time, if she and her daughter are not outside playing or at the beach, you can catch her teaching or practicing yoga to other women, as well as helping other women who struggle with addiction issues. She became a Certified Alcohol and Drug counselor in 2010. She’s grateful today for the many challenges she’s encountered as they continue to bring her closer to her purpose.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Rhayne Thomas and how she became an experience junkie, made multiple leaps, and created the life she wanted to live.
“I told my husband, I'm going to make prunes sexy.” -Rhayne Thomas
Episode Highlights 01:21 Introducing Rhayne Thomas.
10:49 Rhayne talks about her first few leaps, and how she went from fight or flight to living life.
21:30 How Rhayne became the "Prune Queen".
33:25 Southern-isms and how they made Rhayne write a book.
Get To Know Rhayne Rhayne was born and raised a Bronx, NY girl with a serious passion for fun, healing and laughter. She is a Blues vocalist, actor, author and voluntary spokesperson/fundraiser for cancer and breast cancer since 1976. Rhayne’s main focus is making others feel alive through her voice and sense of humor which lead her to create her all around wellness company, “PrunesAreSexy!” over 15 years ago.
Anyone who knows Rhayne knows she is an "experience junkie" because she believes the world is full of wonderful things that everyone should see, feel, do and eat and she doesn't want to miss anything. Rhayne immerses herself in fun every chance she gets and doesn’t mind dragging others in for the excitement!
Rhayne is a 10-year breast cancer survivor and continues to inspire others through her love of life and all it has to offer!
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In this podcast episode, Susanna talks about what happens after you respond to The Call and when you find yourself in the belly of the whale.
Episode Highlights 06:29 Why your journey on the map may look different than what I've shown.
8:28 Why this leg of the journey is called "The Belly of the Whale", and what it means for you.
14:01 What happens after The Belly of the Whale and the route you'll take with your inner knowing.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Catherine Ann Wilson and how she used her story and survivor skills in order to prevent trauma and stop sexual child abuse across the US.
“Two years ago, I was invited to the white house — they wanted me to come to talk about what I had to say about childhood sexual abuse prevention. And I did.” -Catherine Ann
Episode Highlights 02:40 Introducing Catherine Ann.
09:04 How does child abuse happen and what can we do to stop it?
22:00 Catherine Ann shares her story and Heroine's Journey.
51:43 How Catherine Ann opened the doors for conversation about child sex trafficking.
Get To Know Catherine Catherine Ann Wilson spent almost 20 years surviving abuse and sex trafficking.
The next 20 years were spent doing what she calls “surviving the surviving” and “getting up to zero”. She focused on healing, daring to dream, and in fact reaching those dreams earning a six-figure income despite never having gone to HS.
Always giving back but never sharing her private past until she was nearly 50, volunteering at a local juvenile correctional facility. It was there that the realization that if she chose to… her story could help others understand the domino effect of child abuse and child sexual exploitation…and hopefully motivate people to help stop it from happening in the first place. With the blessing of her family and friends, Catherine stepped out in a very powerful way.
Catherine founded Stop Trafficking ME in 2015, now known as Stop Trafficking US, with the goal of stopping grown-ups from sexually exploiting children. Over the last 6 years Catherine has provided support groups for girls incarcerated, sex-trafficked survivors with weekly zooms bringing in guest speakers from around the world, providing home and personal supplies to the two homes for survivors in Maine. These homes connect donors with survivors in need of tuition, dentures, car repairs, and more. Catherine helped to supply the largest single donation of Christmas toys in the history of Maine’s child welfare programs when Toys for Tots couldn’t.
In 2019, Catherine was asked by the White House to attend and participate in a brainstorming session regarding sex trafficking, and she was invited back to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Anti-Sex Trafficking Act. She also collaborated with the state of Maine in presenting to the state of Maine Department of Education. She raised the funds needed to give a three-day child abuse prevention conference to the state of Maine free of charge.
Catherine was named one of Maine’s 2019 Outstanding Women. Last March 2021, Catherine collaborated with the State of Maine Department of Education and Safety is offering a 3-day virtual training… she educated 690 teachers, social workers, and prosecuting attorneys.
Catherine is proud to be on the committee of Cumberland County’s Child Advocacy Center and the University of NH Crimes Against Children Research Labs Project and provides support to best practices of law enforcement in dealing with sex-trafficked minors.
Catherine’s hope for spring 2022 is a three-day training on vicarious trauma for first responders and all those in contact with children in Maine.
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In this podcast episode, Susanna talks about The Heroine's Journey and how a Heroine would go from an ordinary to extraordinary life once she answers "The Call".
Episode Highlights 00:5o There is an overall journey and path that is followed to go from ordinary to extraordinary.
06:18 How will you respond to your call?
07:30 Susanna's personal experience with "The Call" and what she does.
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In this podcast episode, Susanna talks about what happens when you're ready to respond to "The Call" and accept that it's time to change your life.
Episode Highlights 04:30 Responding to The Call and crossing over a Threshold.
12:00 How to get used to getting out of your comfort zone.
17:05 Ways that you can encourage yourself to take the leap into the unknown.
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In Susanna Liller's first podcast interview, she chats with Margo Walsh about her journey as a business owner, how she supports a marginalized community while respecting them, and how her own journey through life and recovery helped her start her own Heroine's Journey.
“People that are transitioning are the most easily exploited. I wanted to dignify that so they felt a sense of purpose and belonging. It's about respecting everyone, including them.” - Margo Walsh
Episode Highlights 01:35 Introducing Margo Walsh and her business.
09:46 Exploring Margo's journey, and how she got her own start in the world of recovery.
20:07 How Margo has evolved in the last ten years of her business and life.
28:43 How Margo has been guided into her life's purpose.
32:37 Discussing Margo's family and how she manages everything.
Get To Know Margo MaineWorks is an innovative employment company with a social mission: to dignify the experience of people facing barriers to workforce re-entry, including people recovering from substance use disorder, those with felony convictions or re-entry from jail or prison, and new Americans. MaineWorks provides jobs in the fields of construction, carpentry, masonry, road and bridgework, demolitions, landscaping, and more. MaineWorks is not just any ordinary staffing company – we provide quality, long-term employment for hundreds of men and women since opening in 2011. The success stories of MaineWorks employees are demonstrated throughout the workforce of Maine and beyond.
Founder and Owner of MaineWorks, Margo Walsh, grew up in Cumberland Foreside, Maine, and attended Waynflete School and Wheaton College, where she earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology. Margo has over 25 years of experience in recruiting, staffing, and employee development, specifically in diversity recruiting. Margo Walsh started MaineWorks with one challenging mission: Employ the “unemployable”. Margo’s passion for second chances, coupled with her employee development experience, has led her to believe that people, when given a second chance at life, do amazing things.
Margo is committed to breaking down the traditional barriers that prevented individuals with substance abuse and convictions from entering the workforce. By doing so, she hopes to provide both employers and employees with an opportunity to learn, grow, and accomplish. Since founding MaineWorks in 2011, Margo has been recognized as an SBA Small Businessperson of the year and a SCORE Outstanding Job Creator. In 2019, she was invited to attend the State of the Union as Senator Angus King’s guest. Margo hopes to continue inspiring her community by showing that there is always a second chance for everyone.
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In this podcast interview, Susanna Liller chats with Pegah Kadkhodaian about her journey into NLP, how she went from tired and broken to personal growth, and why she wants to help other women achieve the same.
“An individual has to give themselves space to heal, and ultimately has to get a clearer sense of who they are. Ultimately in doing that, you come into a place of thriving.” -Pegah Kadkhodaian
Episode Highlights 01:06 Introducing Pegah Kadkhodaian and her work.
04:10 How Pegah started her own Heroine's Journey
22:30 How Pegah knew she had received "The Call".
26:00 How Pegah started getting into Theta Healing.
47:20 Discussing spirituality and what to look for.
Get To Know Pegah + Other Important Links Renowned speaker, international trainer, and resilience expert Pegah Kadkhodaian believes whole-heartedly in the transformative nature of resilience. Over the past 20+ years, she’s cultivated a holistic approach to coaching that offers clients the opportunity to engage intellectually, spiritually, and physically in their evolution, blending cutting-edge techniques and complementary philosophies to inspire a completely new way of being in the world.
Pegah’s own mastery of resilience began with the powerful women who raised her: a mother who left revolution-torn Iran when Pegah was just three to begin a new life with two small children, and an aunt who endured political imprisonment and unspeakable loss. Witnessing the strength of these women gifted Pegah with extraordinary examples of our ability to nurture thriving out of hardship. Her fascination with the human experience led to an early career in the arts, and she spent 15 years singing, acting, and dancing across stages in New York City, Chicago, Minneapolis, and California. When she made the decision to transition to the world of personal, professional, and spiritual development, Pegah continued to explore the multi-dimensional power of our thoughts as a Master Practitioner and Certified Trainer of Neurolinguistic Programming, Hypnotherapy, and Mental and Emotional Release Therapy, with additional certifications in Theta Healing, and Huna as well as being an accredited member of the International Enneagram Association and a certified Enneagram practitioner. Combined with her history as a yoga teacher and her work as a board-certified Integrative Nutrition Coach, her rich curiosity and diverse experience gives clients a truly embodied, fully empowered, and uniquely holistic opportunity to ignite their own resilience and transform their lives.
It is Pegah Kadkhodaian’s joy to help us find that power of radical resilience, to harness and hone it, and to learn how to call it our own.
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