In this episode, Melissa shares her incredible life story and testimony, from being adopted to surviving a horrific car accident and battling injuries, depression, as well as mental hardship. She is an extremely kind, strong, and powerful person who has prospered through life’s hardships and has helped countless others do the same in a divine way.

She and her husband Colin lead the Market place ministry called Pathfinders at Awaken Church AND they are now the lead pastors of their newest Campus in Boise, Idaho!! For the thousands of people who already love Melissa and for those who don't know her yet, get ready to be inspired by one of the most amazing stories of perseverance, healing, redemption and service that you have ever heard, enjoy!!

In this episode, Yigal Adato shares how he learned how everyone is born with leadership qualities inside of them, but you must unlock them.

Yigal was born in Istanbul, Turkey and moved go the United States at the age of 2. Growing up in the Jewish community, he was programmed not to say anything for the fear of being judged. He describes the hardships and stress his parent’s went through which motivated him to want better life in the future. His shares his journey of being involved in the Synagogue and dreams of being a rockstar.

Yigal highlights society’s view of masculinity, including not communicating or showing emotions. He emphasizes how he would keep his feelings locked up.

Tune in to Yigal's episode for insight from a leadership coach that helps business owners unlock their leadership so they make more, stress less, and live an epic life!

In this episode, Rich Giglio talks about his intense devotion to god, struggles with divorce and mental health issues, cancer, and his passion for music. Rich dives into the hardships he has endured throughout his life, but more importantly, he exemplifies how life allows hard things to happen for the development of one’s spiritual growth.

Throughout all of his hardships in life, he has always had a deep-rooted connection with god, and music. As a result, Rich has overcome his struggles with grace and growth.

Tune in to Rich’s episode for great insight into how overcoming adversity led him to the essence of divinely timed life purpose.

In this episode, Carlos Gutierrez talks about his journey to becoming #1 in all of eXp Realty real estate, his SDSU mascot journey, and the importance of setting goals. Carlos is from Lakeside CA, where he was raised on a farm in the countryside. He learned that working hard was crucial for success. He also emphasizes the importance of gratitude, setting goals, and taking clear action toward achieving them.

Carlos highlights his spiritual beliefs, the importance of gratefulness, and learning how to let the unimportant things go. Not only that, but he explains the specifics of becoming a successful realtor in today's modern day.

Tune in to Carlos's episode for great insight into a former SDSU Mascot that has now built an incredibly successful business through hard work, infinite gratitude, and a positive mindset. He highlights that going after goals with no fear, faith, and hard work is the key to success.

In this episode, Dan Fulkerson talks about his journey of manifestation, starting his law firm, his political standpoint, his manifestations, and the importance of having life perspective.  Dan grew up in Idaho with divorced parents but was always taught to consider that being happy is always a priority. He singlehandedly picked up his life and obtained a law firm degree where he is now the Co-founder of Batta Fulkerson law firm. 

Dan explains his opinions on people taking care of themselves mentally, physically, emotionally, and financially. He explains the importance of energy and manifestation in his life alongside the importance of always being yourself. 

Tune in to Dan’s episode for energetic spunk and amazing mindset advice that really makes you double-think about life. 

In this episode, Casey LeBlanc shares his life journey of being enrolled in an all-boys Catholic school, joining extracurricular activities, enduring physical injuries, attending college, and becoming the well-rounded individual he always strived to be. Casey grew up in San Jose, California, and had somewhat of a rebellious childhood that alarmed his parents enough to enroll him in a private Catholic school. He now realizes that his parents made the right choice because it allowed him to grow into the individual he is today.

Casey is now the CEO of New Venture Escrow, an extremely successful company that has led many small businesses into rapid expansion. He is passionate about business development and promoting healthy leadership.

Hear about Casey’s life journey and how he endured all his obstacles with a positive and hopeful mindset. This is an episode full of adventure and hope in the face of life's unexpected turns.

In this episode, Alycia Zimnoch shares her journey through becoming a pageant coach, entrepreneur, and mother. She is originally from a small town in Pennsylvania where she was raised by a Christian family household that rooted her confidence. Such confidence that it made her brave enough to pursue her dreams. Alycia has a “close your eyes and jump” mentality that has helped her find her life passions. Pageants, radio, and entrepreneurship are some of the many avocations that Alycia has successfully pursued and excelled in.

Hear about Alycia’s life struggles and how she overcame them. Having hope, patience, and ultimate confidence in herself is the perfect example to young girls and even older, more mature women that anything can be accomplished if you simply leave fear out of the equation. She is truly an inspiring, intellectual, and fearless Woman.

In this episode, Brent Williams, the owner of EMF Pro shares his education path, reasons why technology is harming our bodies and the reasoning behind the start of his company. Brent graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, where he worked as an RN for a decade. He then, studied nutrition, herbal medicine, and acupuncture which led him to study the harms of EMF (Electromagnetic Fields) exposure.

Brent is passionate about creating a solution for people who have constantly been battling sickness due to EMF exposure. As a result, he began teaching classes and speaking at different events to educate other practitioners on the harm EMF radiation has on the body.

Hear about Brent’s journey through medicine and how his passion for holistic medicine has led him to help countless people get protected from the radioactive dangers of modern technology

In this episode, Moris Adato, the owner of Cash Co Pawn shares his entrepreneurship roots, the hardships of being in an immigrant family, his passion for jewelry, and how his positive mindset helped him overcome adversity. Born in Istanbul, Turkey he immigrated to the United States at a young age where his father began various different businesses that did not take off. With that, he was forced to work hard from a young age and afford the things he needed.

Moris is a firm believer that positivity is a choice and a powerful tool for people to conquer difficulties in life. His wife has been his leading example and inspiration to continuously look for the positive things in life instead of the negative.

Hear about Moris’s life journey and how he harnesses strength to motivate himself every day to pursue a more positive, mentor-like mentality that ultimately impacts him and others.

In this episode, Samuel Deuth, the lead pastor of Awaken Church Bressi Campus alongside his wife Katie Deuth, shares his views on the impact that God can have on someone’s life and how a relationship with God can grant anybody strength to overcome life’s biggest mental and emotional obstacles. Having grown up with five siblings he went through life standing by the belief that family trauma is passed down, however, it is up to every individual to want to find change and prosper toward a life of fulfillment, happiness, and balance. He goes deeper into explaining this in his book, “7 Biblical Principles on Parenting.”

Samuel is a firm believer that everything happens for a reason, all the mistakes and hardships anybody endures are meant to teach us a lesson in life. With that in mind, Samuel is an advocator for people seeking a connection with God in order to have a good foundation for family life. His biblical worldview has guided him into a successful overcoming of family trauma, which has resulted in him having a healthy and beautiful marriage. 

Hear about Samuel’s life journey and how he let his life’s mistakes and his connection with God be the perfect formula for him to have all the tools to live a content, healthy, and prosperous life. In this episode, Samuel's pastorship makes him the ideal person to listen to when seeking life, family, and spiritual advice.

In this episode, Angela Brannon-Baptiste shares her incredible life story of her time spent throwing extravagant parties at the Playboy mansion with her charities "It's All About the Kids" and "Partying for a Purpose". Her connections there helped elevate her social status and opened up many doors of opportunity.

Growing up and navigating the challenges of divorced parents, Angela never had a prominent father figure, which in part led her down the wrong path of getting involved with abusive men. She adds that therapy helped change her way of thinking which led to her stepping out of toxic patterns.

Hear about Angela’s journey to enrichment as she fulfills her lifelong goal of having her own children’s charity. Angela’s story is one of inspiration for all women, simply because of her perseverance to overcome sexist work environments, emotionally toxic relationships, family loss, and health issues. Her strength and willingness to never give up are a reminder that everyone is capable of overcoming any adversity life brings their way.

In this episode, Lee Ann Yarbor, former Miss Coronado, talks about finding herself in the darkest places early in life. Surrounded by drugs and alcohol, she sought to fill the void of trauma from an absent father.

Instead, what she found was even more destructive. Facing rock bottom she managed to dig herself out by attending church, a place that offered her a chance for healing.

Now her mission is to find other people that were lost just like her and help guide them away from the destructive path into one of love, dignity, and self-respect.

In this episode, Klyn Elsbury talks about her lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis. She explains the hardships of being the outcast in school due to her absence in the classroom which, was a direct cause of continuous hospitalizations.

However, the undying support and love her family gave her inspired her to be as active as possible in order for her illness not to paralyze her lungs. Unfortunately, her warrior spirit came to a halt when she turned 19, after she dropped out of college she began to support herself, and then lost it all as a cause of bad habits. Left with no other option Klyn moved out to San Diego to face numerous years of hardship, poverty, and worst of all, being classified as legally disabled.

That is until a miracle happened, that changed the trajectory of her life for the better. Her lifelong journey of seeking a cure to her illness is genuinely inspirational and outright uncommon. She is now the author of a book called, “I am the untold story of success” which dives deep into her journey with cystic fibrosis and how she overcame complications that made life extremely difficult to navigate.

In this episode, Jon Heinrichs, executive pastor of Awaken church San Diego, delves into his past successes and failures, the miracles he’s experienced, and how his relationship with God has been at the core of it all.

Born and raised in San Diego, Jon was on track to be a baseball star when a series of injuries altered his life’s trajectory. Later, Jon experienced the power of faith when he conqured a major medical illness that left his doctors in disbelief.

Jon is a passionate husband, father and pastor who spends his time helping and healing others to share God’s message.

In this episode, Greg Banner, a financial planner and pilot photographer, shares the wonders that he's experienced in his life through the art of photography and how it led to him working with the NFL and Padres. In college, Greg had experience as a pilot photographer and then became the photo editor for his college yearbook. This then led him to work as a photographer for a sports magazine and got him into working with sports teams and legends.

Now, Greg is a partner and financial advisor at Asset Preservation Strategies which he has been a part of for 29 of his 35 years in the industry. Greg mainly works with business owners and shares his advice on your business and how the affluent and his entrepreneurs invest.

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In this episode, Chelsey Klien shares the incredible and emotional story of a tragedy that affects her to this day. Growing up in San Diego and always being athletic and goal-driven, Chelsey never allowed herself to quit and has always been passionate about her athletics. Once the pandemic started, she found a new passion in climbing, which she felt brought her closer to God.

Hear about Chelsey's adventurous journey to climb Mt. Shasta that led to a horrible tragedy that affects her even to this day. Her strength and perseverance are a reminder that life can change at a moment’s notice for anyone.

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In this episode, Tom Foster, Pastor at Awaken Church, shares his knowledge and his amazing testimony. After going through his parent’s divorce at a young age, he took that trauma and learned from it to become the person he is today. He enlightens others by expressing to be the person God created you to be and to not change or alter what God has given you.

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In this episode, Jacques Cesaire, former NFL player for the San Diego Chargers and Defensive Line Coach for Houston, opens up about his life story of growing up living all over the east coast. His parents were immigrants from Haiti and didn't know the first thing about sports so they pushed education on their children. Jacques got into sports and with the help of his brother's encouragement, strived to succeed in football. After college, he signed for the San Diego Chargers and played for 9 years. Jacques is now a defensive line coach for the Houston Texans.

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Stop beating yourself up. Patience is everything. Enjoy every moment in your life. JD dives into sharing some motivation for others to take a step back and analyze themselves. Enjoy your life and the journey.

JD gives his advice about relationships and having the "talk" before locking in with your future person.