The Be Brave Podcast

whatsoundsawesome.com Today we are introducing you to all of the great podcasts from The Sounds Awesome Network. You are listening to this because you are a fan of one of our shows and we think you should be a fan of all of these shows. Great people make great podcasts, so we would like to introduce you to a few… The Be Brave Podcast w/Cara & Patty fearless@bebravepodcast.com www.bebravepodcast.com  Welcome to The Be Brave Podc...

Paige Tucker has been a super high achiever her entire life. Being forced to grow up fast, allowed her to find her true voice at the young age of 7.  At 9 years old she was caring for 3 children under the age of 5. 

In her late teens and early 20’s, as a single young woman, she worked 2-3 jobs. Her friends would tell her, “Girl, you are working like you have 5 children and a husband at home to take care of.”

Her statement from her ...

Stacy grew up with death all around her.  

Her father owned a funeral home.  Death was really just a part of life and as a child, she didn’t really think about it. 

Of course, her dad would warn her about the young person who died from making a bad choice to try and help her not do the same, trying to protect her, like most parents.

It wasn’t until she turned 21, and lost 2 cousins her age, in a fatal car accident, that it “hit hom...

At the young age of 4 years old, Amber Weir was told she would be blind by the time she was 13. Her family seemed to have some kind of secondary gain to Amber’s disability.

Unable to ask questions or get the help she would need to be prepared for this horrible fate, Amber was left to advocate for herself at a very young age. 

When she reached the dreaded age of 13, she started to ask some tough questions. It was then she learned h...

Paul Williams was raised in a very devoted evangelical home.  At the age of 4, he knew he was born in a body that was not the correct gender, a condition called gender dysphoria.  

Paul devoted his career and life to evangelical Christianity and by 1977 reached a high level with Orchard Group, where he raised funds and started new churches. Eventually, he became CEO of the "church-planting" organization. 

At age 60 Paul made the de...

 “Work Hard, Learn and Progress” are the words Jovana lives by!  You will enjoy her spunky energy and the lessons she shares. 

Be sure to listen all the way to the end to hear Jovana’s best advice. And then share it with someone struggling!

We are excited to have Jovana Fernandez de Castro, share her story of how she overcame growing up in Communism as a child laborer. 

In this Be Brave Podcast episode, you will learn how Jovana’...

Sabita is a Holistic Health Counselor with a passion to bring integrative health in a friendly, nurturing and private atmosphere that allow people to feel good and get better fast. 

As a young woman, she suffered from endometriosis and struggled to get answers from her doctors about her health.  Since then, she has been diagnosed with 3 different types of cancer. She has made it her mission to empower women to be their own health a...

Dr. Gayle’s journey has been anything but a straight line. She was a young, divorced single mom at 25. Then, at age 26, she was diagnosed with cancer. 

She was determined to be healthy, independent and free.  She had major surgery, and began her healing journey.

Taking care of her children, working and paying the bills was what she did.   On food stamps and with the help of student loans, she went to college. It was there she star...

This Be Brave Podcast episode is an interview with Emily Liu, an expert in Internal Family Systems (IFS). IFS teaches us how to navigate relationships by rediscovering your true essence of Self.   

This is a second interview with Emily.  In her first episode, she shared the emotional cost of childhood anger.  She is back to share and teach us how to make a U-turn and look at yourself in relationship issues so you can return to the ...

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In this episode Emily Liu will share how she overcame childhood wounds and anger and later became a healer to help others heal their wounds as a relationship coach.

Emily believes these childhood wounds are the root cause of adult relationship challenges. She is on a mission to help all of us get over our wounds and learn how to vulnerably speak for our needs.

Emil...

In this episode we have Elena Marrero.  Owner of one of the best gift shops you will ever find, The Great Giftsby, in Dunedin, FL.  She is affectionately known as the Singing Shop Keeper.  

At the age of 39, Elena was arrested for Driving under the influence for a second time and used that event as a turning point to change her life for the better. Elena shares what a "jail shower" is and how she chose to turn her life around.

Now ...

The reversal of Roe v. Wade is a hot topic among women, so we decided to host a panel discussion about reproductive choice.  On our panel we have two women who found themselves with an unplanned pregnancy and another whose planned pregnancy was risking her health, and possibly her life.  There are many stories of women who have had to make a choice about whether to bring their pregnancies to term.  In this episode, we present three...

By the time Victoria was seven years old, her parents had divorced, and her mother was remarried.  It was then that she became subjected to physical and emotional abuse.  She was repeatedly told she would never amount to anything and that she would “eat shit” for the rest of her life.  Because this behavior was the norm in her household, Victoria didn’t realize that it wasn’t the norm for others until she met her boyfriend’s parent...

Kathy Perry lost her husband suddenly after 39 years of marriage.  Following the initial shock of the tragedy, one of the things that became apparent was her new identity.  She could no longer think in terms of “we” (her and her husband).  She was now “me”.  Kathy shares her story about that transformation.   She used many tools that helped her heal and realize that we all have our own journeys in this life.  Her husband had his ow...

This week we have Dr. Alyse Kelly-Jones joining us.  She's an OB/Gyn, a TedX Speaker, and self described "Sexpert" in women's health and sexual shame.  Alyse works with women dealing with sexual dysfunction such as low libido and painful sex.  We had some fun with Alyse chatting about faking orgasms (that she didn't realize was "a thing"), how healthy it can be to use sex toys, calling our female parts by their real names (vulva an...

In this episode Pam shares with us two very different life-changing events. 

One is a separation from, and subsequent reconciliation with, her husband of 30+ years that included a new step-daughter. 

The second is surviving a brain tumor that left her temporarily unable to walk, eat or even see straight.

Pam cites her positive outlook and capacity for forgiveness as two important things that helped get her through these events that...

Two years ago, Sandra lost her husband to a drug overdose.  In this episode, she walks us through watching Danny, the love of her life, slip farther and farther away while attempting to get help and not being able to maintain his sobriety.  Sandra speaks candidly about how Danny's addiction affected her and their children, which led her to have to make some heartbreaking decisions.   

Sandra has since started a non-profit organizat...

Maytte lost her husband suddenly while on vacation, and when their son was just five months old.  In this episode, she shares with us the shock of her loss, learning to ask for help since she would now be raising their son alone, and discovering a few secrets her husband never shared. 

Maytte is a believer in the Law of Attraction and has since built a coaching practice based on it.  She talks with us about how she uses the Law of ...