090 The Path to Financial Wellness

reclaimdollarsBobby Kinzer, is the President of the Literacy Institute for Financial Enrichment, Inc., which is a non-profit he established to teach financial literacy.  Bobby is a former basketball player and his passion is to empower people to manage their finances and to eliminate the taboo associated with talking about their financial condition.

In this episode, Bobby Kinzer defines financial wellness.  He shares ideas about eliminating credit card debt, teaching children about financial responsibility, using automatic payments to make timely bill payments, things that impact your credit score, and a host of websites with financial resources that can set you on the right path to financial wellness.

 

014 Autism Awareness

UsImagine bringing your beautiful child into the world and watching as he progresses normally with all milestones being met. Then somewhere between 1 ½ and 2 years of age……everything changes.  Your precious child is kidnapped; not his physical body, but his brain.  The doctor says it is Autism.  Now what do you do?  How do you prepare?

Shante Nicole and husband, Chris Superville will share the story of their beautiful son, Dylan and how learning how to get through to Dylan became their mission in life.  It is truly a story of destiny, love, laughter, triumph, and the answer to a calling.

Learn how their journey led them to form the organization F.A.C.E., which gives the caregivers of all special needs children that much needed respite for several hours one Saturday each month.

How many times have you witnessed a parent who seemingly had no control over their child and think “If that was my child, I would……,” or “Why can’t they control that child?” How many times while flying or using public transportation did you throw that parent a certain look and think “Why can’t they shut that child up?” Would you believe that many people actually speak these words to the caregivers?

When it comes to Autism, it is not that simple. Neither does Autism have an obvious physical appearance that will allow the casual observer to see that the caregiver has an Autistic child.

Hopefully this episode will raise Autism awareness and increase the sensitivity levels of the general populace when witnessing what some deem as unruly children. Although this episode is about Autism, this also applies to all children with special needs and their caregivers.

Shanté and Chris will amaze you when they help explain Autism from their beautiful son Dylan’s perspective. You will be forever changed.

011 Using Their Artistic Gifts To Change Lives

This episode is about two amazingly artistic ladies who are living their dreams and helping others live theirs too.

Learn how Jackie Hicks’ gift as a Portrait Artist was discovered by a One-Hour Photo Technician and how Letitia Thornhill, Makeup Artist to the Stars, overcame religious barriers and the challenges of being a single mom to make her dream come true.

When this dynamic duo unites, they create timeless masterpieces that will literally knock you off your feet!

006 Surviving Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Hodgkins Lymphoma

After having a persistent cough for two weeks Erica finally decided to see her physician.  After receiving two Computerized Tomography (CAT or CT) Scans Erica’s doctor informed her that she had enlarged lymph nodes on her lungs.

As her health began to deteriorate and during a hospital stay, doctors performed another CT scan, which revealed the enlarged lymph nodes had spread from her lungs to her stomach and arm pits, strongly suggesting lymphoma.  After a battery of tests, Erica was finally diagnosed with Stage IV Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at the age of 27.

What followed was a grueling ordeal that included low blood counts, shingles, resistant staph infection (MRSA), blood clots, anxiety, happy days and sad days.  Within 6 months of her diagnosis, tests revealed that her lymphoma had gone into remission!

Despite the cancer going into remission, Erica still had to endure chemotherapy for another 6 months, which created nausea and painful tingling throughout her body. It seemed as if the sickness lasted until the following chemo treatment.  There was a point when Erica felt like giving up, but her doctor insisted that she remain strong through the last therapy session to increase the odds that the cancer will not return.

The road to recovery was tremendously hard for Erica.  However, after six months of chemotherapy, transplants, transfusions and lots and lots of prayer, as Erica puts it, “I BEAT CANCERS BUTT… by God’s grace!”

Erica founded  “D’zire2Survive” to improve the quality of life of patients and their families touched by the lymphoma disease by providing education and up to date information.  Erica wants to pay it forward by inspiring patients with peer to peer comfort to help them continue to fight and overcome their battle with blood cancers.

To learn more about Erica’s journey, copy and paste the following links to your browser:

 Website:  http://www.ericasurvived.com

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Lymphoma Research Foundation:  www.Lymphoma.org