Self-Improvement Episodes

“I've learned over the years to accept my imperfections and to just continue going forward.” – Kelly Majdan

“We have this terrible attitude that sacrifices are bad things. No, sacrifices are the things that make things meaningful to you." – August Turak

"You are far more powerful than you've been told. We have a sense of powerlessness now…I just want you to know that this power, which is usually denied by authority figures, is something you were born with." - Lynne McTaggart

"I just started writing and next thing you know I have a manuscript in front of me." - Marianna Buffolino

“After speaking to the teacher…she made me realize that it is possible, just as long as I'm willing to keep honing my craft, taking rejections well, and just keep going.” – Liv Arnold

"There can be many solutions to our financial problems, but most of us try to solve them by working more hours, and it's not an intelligent way of doing it. You have to work smarter, and the way you do it is to use your gift, use your talent." - Ken Honda

"You don't have to make big leaps to build confidence." – Sheena Yap Chan

"Live the best life you can, then give it all away. We're called here to live a life that is more than just our own." - Ahmard Vital

"Even when things are not going right in your life, when they're going totally left and they're hard, it's still important for us to show up well and to be kind to others." - Dr. Lynita Mitchell-Blackwell

“Start doing things and figure out what it is that you want to do that leans into your creativity.” – Rella B.

"Be in the driver's seat when it comes to molding your career." – Venchele Saint Dic

“You have to create an undying, almost unrealistic belief in yourself.” – Eliot Marshall

"When you know who you are, it doesn't matter what anyone else says." – Richard Kweku EzeAgu Akinyemi

“There are no limits. If you're still alive, no matter what you’ve been through, God (Source, Creation) has not finished with you yet.” - Melanie Tonia Evans

"I was meant to be given this gift to share for others to heal. My challenge was cancer, but everybody has a challenge, whether it's death, divorce, changing careers, disease, and it's all meant for our own healing.” – Jennifer Greenhut

“Connect you to all of you.” - Janell Warkentin

"I'm only positive because I got knocked down so hard a few different times in my life.” – Kate McKay

“It doesn't have to take a long time. You just have to address the right problem in the right way.” - Mandy Barbee Lanier

The controllables are a big thing that people stress over. Focus less on the things that you have zero control over.

"Fantasy is really healthy for the imagination…it allows people to escape and allows them to think of something different.” – Cyndi Brec

“You can't win with everybody, but you can win with yourself, so why not bet on you?” – Karin Freeland

“Writing your story is an incredibly empowering act." – Alison Wearing

“I speak very vividly in the book about redemption, because my dad at one point did seek redemption, and God did give it to him. God gives everybody a second chance and he took it.” – Felicity Nicole

"Introvert is not a get out of jail free card to avoid hearing your voice, nor is it just a more academic-sounding vocabulary word as a synonym for shy." - Dr. Laura Sicola