The Story I Needed To Hear: Recent Episodes
Ingra Lee
The Story I Needed to Hear focuses on the life-affirming experiences that occur for each of us, to educate, inspire, and move us all.
Ervin Hughes Jr., President at American Credit Assurance, LLC is a financial expert and has spent decades learning some powerful lessons on the topic of " Healing Through Money"
Is there a way to absolve stress when it comes to money?
Mr. Ervin takes a fun approach to his answer to this complex question.
He offers, " Money is not everything, quipping half-jokingly, "but... it ranks probably Number 2 to air."
He explains in detail beginning with an incredible question to each of us, "I would ask you, what would you do for free?"
Are you wondering how that will help you with your money issues? "At the end of the day, knowing what you would do for free, that's the foundation of solving the money problem without stress."And that's just the beginning of the story you may have needed to hear from Mr. Hughes as he takes you through some often emotional steps to help you see your financial freedom from stress.
Who doesn't want to know the Key To Happiness?
Exactly!
Are you ready for the reality of the work you've got to put in?
My guest, Lane Johnson, thought he wanted to be mechanical engineer in college until he found out mechanical engineering was "TOUGH', he laughs.
All kidding aside, Lane discovered he wanted to work with people not machines.
Lane dedicates his career to helping us reach awareness.
In this episode, Lane offers valuable wisdom, before he offers... the key.
" Happiness is subjective well being."
Then the big one.
"***The key to happiness only opens the door, Lane gives openly. " It's a door that redirects you to YOURSELF... away from "them", "there", "those" and that"... adding critically, it's the work you do FOR YOURSELF.
"*That's how happiness is DEVELOPED."
Read that again.
More insight into the key in the full episode ahead.
This might be the story You Needed To Hear.
Krystina, a mother of two, and just 28 years old at the time, discovers while she is driving that half of her body is slowly becoming paralyzed, without explanation.
That evening marks the beginning of a long road, learning and growing through her diagnosis of FND, or Functional Neurological Disorder, and Hemipelagic Seizures.
FND is often misunderstood, and Krystina Perales shares openly about being chastised while seeking help in emergency situations, even having local health professionals tell her family that she is" faking it."
Can you imagine having someone tell you that you are faking a neurological episode during a seizure in the hospital? Living with a disorder that few understand?
But rather than becoming angry or letting all of it get her down, Krystina has chosen to take a different path; offering forgiveness, trusting God, praising her family, and helping to educate the public while supporting others with FND through her social media page, which she dedicates as a "healing journey."
In the past Krystina offers that, "I was always in survival mode, now I want to live.
I want my daughters to see what real living looks like."
We hope this is The Story of "choosing to live life to the fullest, despite the obstacles" that You Needed To Hear.
Committed to helping people learn to love themselves, Amelia Sparkman, a junior in high school, created an Instagram project Be_Kind_To_Yourself_Project and her journey to help people find self-love and kindness is taking off in ways she could only imagine.
Her plan to is to interview hundreds of men and women of all ages, races, identities, and religions to share endless ways to be kind to others by starting with yourself.
Dedicated to her big sister Abigail who was fundamental in teaching her self-love, Amelia offers, " If I can help just one person feel better about themselves then I've done it."
"Self love is a journey, not a destination."
This is a story we ALL NEED TO HEAR.
In this episode, we get to share a very personal journey with Tina Goodner, owner of Socially Awkward Media who has the habit of making every day awesome, not just for herself, but for those around her too. But make no mistake, Tina is a survivor of multiple traumas,
She offers a brilliant analogy of trauma being like paint and she worked hard to recover, by peeling the layers back.
"I felt like I was the universe's cosmic joke." Tina offers, but after personal coaching she realized, " I always had an excuse, a rationalizations to why things sucked so bad. "
Tina starts this episode candidly offering that she got a huge wakeup call a few years ago after her son asked her to play tennis and when she told him she didn't 'feel like it'.
She will never forget his reply when he looked at her and asked,
"When was the last time you remember leaving the house."
Working with a personal coach she says 'literally changed her life.'
These days, Tina does these amazing things, like organizing, single handedly. a HUGE event for small businesses in our community.
Now she claims her power.
Here is her story, a story you need to hear.
" You can do anything. If you can think it, dream, it, don't stop." That's just one of the incredible nuggets of wisdom we get when meeting and interviewing Hat Maker, Dream Maker, Bridget Chapa of Gypsy B Custom Hats.
All her young life she was obsessed with hats but went into a different profession as a nurse. Slowly the dream nagged until one day she just jumped all in and her work and reputation as an incredible custom hat maker is quickly sweeping Texas, soon, the nation.
"It's been a wild ride," Bridget explains, as she takes us through her journey as a mom, a nurse and a hat maker.
Again, her encouragement resonates when she offers that, " You should never do what people expect. Do what your heart tells you."
Join Bridget and I as we discuss the power of never giving up on your dreams. We hope this is the story you needed to hear to burn your ships and get after your WILDEST dreams. FOLLOW YOUR PASSION!
EPISODE TEN featuring Dr. Chris Thomas, Chiropractor and Owner of Christ in Sports Christian Apparel
Outside of being a phenomenal chiropractor, Dr. Chris Thomas has dedicated his life to helping his community heal from injuries physically and spiritually.
Traveling the world, Chris was a former USA track and field athlete concentrating on hurdles.
After a debilitating injury, Chris spent years learning about natural healing techniques such as dry needling, something he specializes in today.
"Was the injury devastating?" I asked.
" You grow through what you go through," Chris replies.
Dr. Thomas is an author, a public speaker, a blogger, an inspirational and athletic coach as well as the owner of Christ In Sports Christian apparel. It's his deep Christian faith that inspires him to inspire others daily. " Preach the gospel at all times, and if necessary, use words. "
Join Nicki Redding, Certified Holistic Nutritionist, as she shares a deeply personal journal of as a daughter watching her mother slowly battling cancer. Nicki openly shares, " Knowing what I know now, my mother fed her cancer. She had no clue, and unknowingly, she fed it."
Nicki shares her journey of self-discovery and self-healing through food and offers some of her thoughts and knowledge in the hopes that you will hear something in her story that might help save your life or the life of someone you love.
It's our wish that the story you needed to hear most today might very well be this one.
Episode Eight: Yashica Broughton Mack
Eclectic Mastermind and author of the 'Kiss of Judas', Yashica Broughton Mack takes us on a very personal journey of her life, filled with love, loss, and resilience. She shares her words of wisdom as she conquered great suffering offering that we should all " Be proud of the journey, it will make you who you will become."
Later she offers one of the most amazing mantras I've ever heard. "If you hold it, it has you."
Join us for an in-depth and candid discussion of losing loved ones and finding yourself in the process. We hope this will be the story you needed to hear.
Kathy White isn't just an Elite Leadership and Business Coach, she is a cancer survivor and a warrior too.
As the CEO of VR Waffles ( yep, Waffles!), a Virtual Reality Team Building Company and the Amazon best-selling author of 'Unleash the Warrior Within', Kathy believes, " Everyone has a warrior within themselves and when they see it when they are no longer afraid of what other people think, the world... no the universe... IS THE LIMIT."
In this episode, Kathy gives us some insight into becoming our best selves, as well as insight into a journey to the Kalalau Trail in Hawaii, where she met the Pickle People.
You'll have to listen to find out more!
Kathy also offers something no one I've ever interviewed has offered before.
"Reach out, I'll be your friend," Kathy says with absolute compassion to anyone who needs it.
This could very well be the story you needed to hear.
Chris Maverick is on a mission to help serve others. It's his resilience through his own life experiences that enable him to teach others to overcome and conquer their fears and traumas. Join us for a candid interview as Chris offers his story of surviving and now thriving. It's a story of chaos, order, and quite literally, 'The Little Engine That Could'.
In 'The Story I Need To Hear' Episode Five: Be A Decent Human, Ingra Lee welcomes dear friend Jill Blucher, a Victim Advocate with a true servant's heart who dedicates her time to her family and to helping others in need.
In this episode, you will hear Jill's journey as a young mother battling her own instincts while feeling trapped in a cult.
One day that all changed and with it, so did Jill.
" The world needs open-mindedness," she offers.
" You never know what battles someone is facing."
We hope her story is the one you needed to hear.
Kevin came from Puerto Rico with a dream and after years of working in insurance sales, it turned out that even as a successful agent, " It wasn't going to lead me to be happy in my life" Kevin says, his dream was not fulfilled. Kevin became driven to make changes after a life-changing seminar he attended and when he ran out of excuses not to take the chance on himself, the magic really started to happen. Kevin overcame his paradigms and took a leap of faith right into what he was really meant to do; coaching others to help them reach their full potential.
Here is the story of how the CEO of L2 Mindset Coaching changed his life so he could help others change theirs.
Love yourself. Lead yourself.
"Create evidence that you can make this happen." Kevin offers, " That's when those limiting beliefs fade away."
He asks you to consider, "What is the one thing that if you changed right now would make the biggest impact in your life?"
Kevin's story might just be the story you needed to hear.
Welcome to the 3rd episode of The Story I Needed To Hear. It's my great honor to introduce you to Shamanic Practitioner, Brandee Bratton. She shares with us today the importance of self-care and shifting your energy to make big changes in your life, something Brandee has personally experienced. It is our hope that you hear the love and light she brings to each of you as you listen to her amazing and humble insight to healing.
Life Coach and 12 Time Karate World Champion, Luis Jimenez offers that no millionaire is ever really 'self-made'.
Luis offers instead that behind every millionaire there were likely events and people along the way that helped shape the millionaire in some capacity. When it comes to success, Luis offers, " You have to be willing to roll up your sleeves and do the dirty work", but you have to give thanks and credit to “ the village it took” backing you up along the way.
For Luis, he credits his family, especially his wife Dawn, for believing in him when he didn’t necessarily believe in himself.
You can find Luis coaching adults and children in both English and Spanish, working especially with athletic students on the rise by helping them to be the best versions of themselves.
You have to practice gratitude if you want to become the best version of yourself. And if becoming the best version of yourself is something you are seeking to better understand, than this is the story you needed to hear.
Wow, I can hardly believe I'm sitting here about to launch the first episode of The Story I Needed To Hear after dreaming so long about it!
What makes this podcast unique is the people I will interview from all over the world have moved mountains in their personal lives and are willing to share their ups and downs, joyfully imparting some wisdom to each of us as we all move forward to help inspire others.
Of course, still a little nervous and unsure, I'm starting with my dearest inner circle friends from the Mastermind Group who have brought me closer to Spirit, and closer to my biggest dreams. My soul has woken.
My greatest desire is to help others by sharing the journeys each of us is taking.
This episode starts oddly enough with my BABY sister, Dolly Alessandra Cina who happens to be a Thinking Into Results Life Coach and a former student and friend of one of the greatest coaches of all time, Bob Proctor, of The Secret. She is also MY LIFE COACH!
Today she helps us explore the paradigms many of us unconsciously hold on to that ultimately hold us back.
Dolly fearlessly shares where she was when she made her greatest leap of faith and began to fall forward into her beautiful future.
We hope this was the story you needed to hear to make that jump along with us.
Blessings of love and light. Welcome to The Story I Needed to Hear.