Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
Expected to die, today he's inspiring others to truly live. World-renowned inspirational speaker + national bestselling author John O'Leary wants to help you wake up from accidental living so you can do, be, achieve and impact more through your life. Every Monday, John shares a quick burst of inspiration to help start your week on fire. Every Thursday, John interviews an amazing guest on their story, successes, failures, lessons, and life to help you uncover tips to apply in yours.
Episodes
Math. Running. Swimming. Recalling names. Remembering birthdays. Paying parking tickets. This is a partial list of things I'm terrible at. For a far longer and more comprehensive list, please reach out to my family.
Last week, at an urgent care clinic, I was reminded of one more thing that belongs on that list: Waiting.
Let me explain.
Laura Wifler is a bestselling author, poet and co-founder of Risen Motherhood who finds beauty in life's mix of brokenness and joy. Her daughter, who has intellectual disabilities, has taught her so much about loving others just as they are and finding joy in the unexpected.
Today, Laura shares how childhood rejection inspired her to help others feel included, how motherhood changed the life she imagined, and how poetry helped her ...
Anniversaries give us permission to do something we rarely allow ourselves to do: Stop racing forward, turn around and look back at the road we've traveled.
They invite us to remember what once seemed impossible, recognize the people who helped make it happen, count blessings we often hurry past, give thanks for all that has been—and imagine with hope all that might st...
Wayne Connell is the founder of Invisible Disabilities Association, an organization he launched 30 years ago after watching his wife, Sherri, navigate debilitating illnesses others couldn't see or understand. As her husband and caregiver for 32 years, Wayne has turned that deeply personal experience into a lifelong mission to help others living with invisible disabilities to feel seen, believed, and valued.
Today, Wayne shares what...
"Do you still believe in miracles?"
A smattering of hands went up when I asked that question at a leadership conference last week.
Surprised by how few, I tried a different approach.
"How many of you saw the sun rise this morning? How many of you stopped to consider how incredibly unlikely it is that you are here at a...
Ron Johnson helped transform the way the world shops. As the creator of the Apple Store, he worked alongside Steve Jobs to build a welcoming retail experience centered on learning and human connection. Before Apple, he helped make good design accessible at Target, and he later served as CEO of J.C. Penney. In his new book, Shop Different, Ron shares the leadership lessons he gained through extr...
Reading the headlines, there are plenty of reasons to lose hope for tomorrow and slip into anxiety today. Warring nations. Rising prices. Teetering financial markets. Political upheaval.
And then there are the concerns closer to home. Caring for aging parents or grieving their loss. Wrestling with the difficulties of raising kids or the ache of being unable to have them. End...
Lynda Gratton is a renowned professor at London Business School, a global authority on the future of work and longevity, and the author of 11 books, including her latest, Living the 100-Year Life. For decades, she has explored how longer lives are reshaping the way we learn, work, build relationships and find meaning.
Today, Lynda Gratton shares how her mother and grandmother shaped her steady optimism, why living longer requires c...
Years ago, I sat in the back of church and heard a simple challenge: Say 'yes' to opportunities where your life can be used for good.
At the time, I had no idea where that yes might lead. I never imagined the following day I'd be invited to share my story with a small group of third-grade Girl Scouts. Or that in time, living the 'yes' would grow into a career speaking ...
The final day of filming SOUL ON FIRE began before 5 a.m. on Friday. It ended 19 hours later, getting home after midnight.
It was a beautiful, exhausting, unforgettable day.
We filmed some of the most iconic scenes in the movie, including my graduation from St. Louis University and Beth and I's wedding at the Shrine of Saint Joseph.
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Ben Kjar was born with Crouzon syndrome, a rare craniofacial condition, and has endured painful surgeries, relentless bullying and the weight of being underestimated. And yet Ben refused to let others define what was possible for his life. He became Utah Valley University's first NCAA Division I Wrestling All-American, a world champion wrestler and an international motivational speaker whose extraordinary journey is featured in the...
Eleven years ago, I stood in a swimming pool with my arms stretched toward my three-year-old daughter. Grace was learning to swim. She stood on the edge of the pool, blonde hair draped across her face, staring nervously down at the water.
"Come on, Grace. Jump in. I've got you."
She looked away from the water, glanced anxiously at me and said, "D...
Elizabeth Svoboda is an award-winning science journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post and Scientific American. In her latest book, The Art of Pacing, she explores how we can meet the demands of today without sacrificing our ability to thrive tomorrow.
Today, Elizabeth shares why so many of us bounce between pushing too hard and pulling away completely, how athletes inspired her to rethink our r...
With summer winding down and our two oldest boys preparing to leave for college, I could feel the familiar pull of time. The family dinners, random conversations and beautiful chaos of having four teenagers under one roof won't last forever.
So, with three boys still home, still available and, somewhat remarkably, still willing to take an adventure with Dad, we did something...
The first time I saw the Rocky Mountains, my dad looked over at me and asked, "What do you think?"
We were standing along the Continental Divide in Colorado, watching the sun set after a 700-mile drive. The sky was glowing. The mountains seemed impossibly large. I was ten years old, had only recently learned to walk again after the fire and was surrounded by my siblings. I took it all in, searched for the most articulate response I...
Sandi E. Smith is remarkable proof that our past may shape us, but it does not have to define us. After enduring a nomadic childhood marked by poverty, abuse and unimaginable instability, Sandi put herself through college and law school, eventually rising to lead litigation at Apple. Her memoir, Chosen, recounts her journey from fighting to survive to opening her heart and home to eleven children in need.
Today, Sandi shares how sh...
As a child, I spent months in the hospital. The pain was constant and hopelessness sometimes crept in. But one of the things that broke through my fear and isolation was Mom arriving each afternoon with the mail.
Inside those envelopes were drawings, prayers, and handwritten letters from people I had never met. They arrived from across the country and around the world. And a...
Coach Jim Johnson is an award-winning high school basketball coach who spent more than 30 years transforming struggling programs into winning teams. Yet of his 428 career victories, he is best known for one unforgettable game when he gave Jason "J-Mac" McElwain, his team manager with autism, the opportunity to step onto the court and realize a dream.
Today, Jim shares how being cut from his college basketball team led him toward hi...
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