Showstopper Episodes

“Own where you are at the moment.” – J.R. Martinez

“Fear has no place within a civilized mind.” – Laura Brennan Ballet

"Self-care is both daily and doable." – Janice McWilliams

"It's okay to write what scares you." – Rachel Thompson

“I share our story so that this hopefully never happens to another family. I'd like to raise awareness, and I don't think that we can learn without sharing stories.” – Betsy Gall

“You should always be going towards something, not running away from something. Running away is fear-driven; going towards is more self-driven.” – Scott Maderer

“Women need to share their stories with other women, and women need to share their stories with men because often men don't understand our journey. We just come to work and smile and do what we have to do, but we could be hurting underneath.” – Dr. Elizabeth Carter

“Spend your days focusing on what's needed, not what's normal.” – Erin Hatzikostas

“It's never a failure if you keep learning from what you have done before. They're all just learning opportunities that we all have.” – Randy Adkins Jr., DTM

"Inner wealth Is so much more important than the outer wealth. The outer wealth will be a byproduct of loving yourself and extending the same unconditional love that God gives us." – Julia Carlson

"Trust that you are worthy to be seen." – Dr. Nicole Janz

“When things are in your head, you're thinking about them. You know, you come to conclusions about things, but when it's outside of you and you're looking at it, it becomes more objective.” – Dana Diaz

“Being forced to talk to other people allowed me to find this other part of myself that I didn't know existed.” – Kirsten Rudberg

"Know thyself and get thyself the hell out of the way." – Louise Mowbray

"I learned that I can literally do anything that I put my mind to, but I can't do everything, and I had to be okay with that." – Chloe Panta

"I started to behave like the person that I needed to become to be my future self, and that was someone of greater confidence." – Emily Jaenson

“That experience of being an outsider and someone that doesn't fit in is like the key to absolute success and making it in life if you know how to channel it.” – Haleh Rabizadeh Resnick

"I distinctly remember at one point, I wasn't really praying in a dedicated prayer space, but I said, 'Alright, God, I don't think I have a story, but you called me to this, so let me just start writing and see what comes out.'" – Amy Vogel

“If this is the next 30 years of your life, is this enough?” – Genevieve Piturro

“Slow down and appreciate every single moment and every interaction you have.” – Dr. Michelle Maidenberg

“You're not going to be happy every single day, but it's part of the human experience and it makes life meaningful." – Megan Conner

“Think of how many jobs the internet created that didn't exist 30 years ago. Web designer…there's so many jobs now, and it's going to be the same with AI, there are going to be so many different jobs developed to merge with and move forward with AI that, I mean, we haven't even conceptualized because we don't know all the possibilities that there are for this technology.” – Richard Rosser

“The physical body affects the mental body, and the mental body affects the physical body. They're connected.” - Brigitte Mars

"You don't know who needs to hear what you've written." – Stephanie Feger