They talk about how Joseph felt like he could never do anything to win in life in the eyes of his father, how he came to forgive him, and how they became best friends. They also talk about rejection, not being able to say sorry after someone passes away, and how people can come to forgive others, but they may not forgive themselves. 

They also talk about something very important and unique, unforgiveness. Unforgiveness can affect your body, your relationships, your life, and its is something that many people need to learn about to recover from. 

In this episode:

• How joseph dealt with rejection from his father
• How joseph delt with rejection from dating
• How joseph put himself back out there to date
• The definition of unforgiveness 

Key takeaways:

• The 2 main parts of forgiveness
• How to forgive yourself

Tweetable Moments:

• “Its okay to not be okay”
• “When you take the step to forgive someone, you may not hear what you want to hear. Do not take that personally.”
• “When we dont forgive ourselves, our bitterness and resentment bubbles up.”
• “Our brains are wired to scout for the bad stuff”

Connect with Dwayne Staten:

Dwayne's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwaynestaten/

Power of Forgiveness Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-power-of-forgiveness-with-dwayne-staten/id1505118249

Connect with Joseph James at:

Website: https://thealphaleadership.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alphaleadership

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/?hl=en

• Joseph shares his personal journey which has evolved into the transformative Alpha Leadership program.

• Joseph reflects on a powerful experience he had with an organization that mastered the art of building a winning culture.

• He emphasizes that creating a successful culture involves more than just creating an atmosphere; it's about shaping the environment in which you want to thrive.

• Joseph also delves into the impact of trust and vision in building winning cultures.

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Key Takeaways:

1. “Pain is a part of life, but with the right guidance, you can turn that pain into purpose.”

2. “Something that to win in life, you have to reinforce winning cultures.”

3. “Strategy is your plan if everything goes right.”

Connect with Joseph James at:

Website: https://thealphaleadership.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alphaleadership

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/?hl=en

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/purpose-through-pain/id1561912895

Key Takeaways:

• Winning at what truly matters: The episode emphasizes the importance of prioritizing relationships with family, friends, and God over mere accomplishments or material success.

• Having a clear vision and prioritizing what truly matters allows us to focus on actions and decisions that align with our values and long-term goals.

• Legacy is not just about leaving a name on a building or receiving accolades but making a positive impact on others' lives. It involves empowering and helping others to grow.

• Great leaders not only lead by example but also empower others to succeed, guiding them to achieve their goals and aspirations.

• Time is a finite resource, and how we invest it matters. Prioritizing our time with family, building relationships, and leaving positive impacts becomes crucial.

• Having a well-defined life plan that encompasses various aspects of life, such as faith, family, relationships, and career, allows us to live with intention and purpose.

• Rather than focusing on winning at trivial pursuits, focus on winning at meaningful aspects of life, such as personal growth, relationships, and spirituality.

• Legacy is built through consistent positive actions and experiences that impact others' lives, leaving a lasting impression.

• Be a leader who not only leads but also lifts others up, enabling them to achieve their potential and contribute positively to society.

• Recognize the value of time spent with loved ones, especially children. Create positive memories and experiences that will resonate throughout their lives.

• Regularly assess your actions and decisions to ensure they align with your values and the legacy you wish to leave behind.

Tweetable Moments:

1. “Clarity requires priority.”

2. “There's nothing wrong with winning as long as we're not losing at something.”

Connect with Joseph James at:

Website: https://thealphaleadership.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alphaleadership

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/?hl=en

In this episode:

• Joseph emphasizes the significance of understanding how we influence people and the responsibility that comes with it.

• Joseph delves into the dynamics of relationships, including romantic partnerships, friendships, and even our relationship with ourselves. He shares personal insights on conflict resolution, maturity, and the power of love in transforming lives.

• He encourages listeners to embrace the commandment of loving one another, drawing inspiration from the model of Jesus' leadership and his relationship with his followers.

• Joseph explores the transformative power of love, forgiveness, and personal growth in the context of relationships and influence.

Key Takeaways:

1. Influence and upbringing shape our choices.

2. Self-perception affects relationships.

3. Leadership style and influence.

4. The importance of genuine influence.

5. Winning in relationships.

6. Changing oneself and others through love.

7. Responding with love and maturity.

Tweetable Moments:

1. "We are nurturing our relationships with the people, and Jesus has called us to love one another."

2. "When you are going through tough times, you know who you can count on. You also get to know and truly understand who shares the same beliefs as you do."

3. "We are born into a world of selfishness; that's how we come into it."

4. "Immature people interpret every interaction based on what is in it."

Connect with Joseph James at:

Website: https://thealphaleadership.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alphaleadership

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/?hl=en

Key Takeaways:

• Being the spiritual head of the home starts with being a spiritual head of oneself.

• Leadership in the home is a shared responsibility.

• Effective communication with God is crucial for understanding His guidance and direction.

• Leadership is about serving and sacrificing, following the example of Christ's love for the church.

• Building a strong foundation as a leader and cultivating personal growth is essential.

• Alone time and self-reflection are valuable for personal and spiritual growth.

Tweetable Moments:

1. “A lot of times God will give us the answer to something before we ever even have the question.”

2. “Leaders create what we want through people.”

3. “This is where the model of leadership starts. It starts with us knowing and understanding that we've going to communicate with God.”

4. “If you'll learn to spend time with God in the quiet times and learning to hear his voice in the quiet times, you will not struggle to hear His voice in the chaotic times.”

Connect with joseph James at:

Website: https://thealphaleadership.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alphaleadership

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/?hl=en

Through the process of learning, he was able to understand how to be sensitive about others' triggers, as well as how he was able to acknowledge his own triggers to work through his past.

Key Takeaways:

• Triggers are teachers that show us what we need to heal.
• Triggers disclose areas where we need to heal.
• Learn what triggers others and focus on the root cause, not the symptoms.

Tweetable Quotes:

1. “Ask what happened and WHY it happened.”
2. “Triggers are teachers.”

Connect with Joseph James:

Website: https://thealphaleadership.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alphaleadership

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/?hl=en

• Learn how to get out of the “funk” created by troubles life brings.
• Discover how you can create SMART goals.

Key Takeaways:

• Think about the results you want to see.
• Create SMART goals
• Write your goals down.
• Create an action plan
• Create a timeline.
• Take action.
• Re-assess.

Tweetable Quote:

1. Without vision, people perish.
2. Our eyesight is distorted. Vision comes from the heart.
3. We have the ability to create the atmosphere within which we want to live.

Connect with joseph James at:

Website: https://thealphaleadership.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alphaleadership

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/?hl=en

On this episode:

• Seth shares how he was never taught how to process his emotions.
• Hear how growing up in a difficult home environment helped direct Seth’s journey into law enforcement.
• Joseph and Seth discuss the hardships of the faith journey.
• Seth opens up about his struggles with alcoholism and the deep depression he found himself in.

Key Takeaways:

1. Sometimes you have to see the monster within to truly change.
2. Build a support system around yourself.
3. Christ forgives you, and you can forgive yourself - but don’t forget where you came from.

Connect with joseph James at:

Website: https://thealphaleadership.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alphaleadership

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/?hl=en

In this Episode:

• Joseph shares his personal experiences, drawing from his leadership style developed in the Marine Corps and influenced by his upbringing.

• He reflects on the difficulties he faced in leading himself, emphasizing the crucial role it plays in effectively leading others.

• Joseph explores three key principles of leadership exemplified by Jesus, applicable to all regardless of their beliefs.

• Joseph encourages listeners to place trust in God's provision rather than succumbing to worry and anxiety.

• Joseph emphasizes the importance of prioritizing God's kingdom over worldly possessions, encouraging listeners to evaluate their priorities.

• Joseph shares personal anecdotes, including his own struggles and growth in leadership, underscoring the necessity of self-reflection and transformation.

Key Takeaways:

1. Leading ourselves is the hardest form of leadership. Before we can effectively lead others, we must first learn to lead ourselves.

2. Character matters in leadership. Our actions and behaviors, both in private and public, reflect our character. It is important to strive for integrity and authenticity, as our true character will eventually be revealed.

3. Trusting in God and surrendering our worries is crucial. We often carry burdens and stress, especially in areas of provision and significance.

4. Putting God's kingdom above our own agenda is a key aspect of leadership.

5. Leadership begins with ourselves. We need to assess our character, address our worries, and prioritize our relationship with God.

Tweetable Moments:

1. "Your character will reveal the things you do; they will find you out."
2. "The way we act behind closed doors will become public knowledge and manifest in other areas."
3. "Leaders worry because they bear weight."
4. "You are the hardest person to lead—yourself. However, you are the only one who can work on yourself. It's all a matter of choice."

Connect with joseph James at:

Website: https://thealphaleadership.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alphaleadership

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/?hl=en

• Joseph opens up about his personal journey and the transitions he has experienced with the podcast. Joseph has embarked on a transformative path over the past several months.

• Joseph shares his faith and emphasizes the importance of understanding the purpose behind life's struggles.

• Joseph introduces his coaching program, Alpha Leadership, clarifying that it isn't about control or dominance but about being a servant leader.

• Joseph discusses the challenges he faced after the loss of his wife and how he searched for answers and healing. He shares his toxic relationship and the struggles they endured, acknowledging societal pressure to separate but recognizing the voice of God guiding them to remain together.

• Joseph encourages listeners to seek healing and self-discovery in their own lives, whether it be in relationships, parenting, or business.

• Joseph emphasizes the importance of alignment with God's design for marriage and becoming alpha leaders within their families, emphasizing that it's not about hierarchy or dominance but about fulfilling their unique roles as called by God.

• Discover how you can experience a blessed, prosperous, and love-filled life, even amidst challenges, by embracing the principles of alpha leadership.

Tweetable Moments:

1. “Triggers are nothing more than wounds that are coming to the surface that have not been healed.”

Connect with joseph James at:

Website: https://thealphaleadership.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alphaleadership

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/?hl=en

In this episode, Joseph James talks all about identity, and how most people prioritize the wrong thing. Changing your identity is something that many people struggle with for a whole lifetime.

If you want to change your identity, the vision of yourself must change.

How we feel about our own lives is so important. We create an identity for ourselves about how we talk, look, act, and even who we interact with so we can keep up a certain look or idea of ourselves

But when your profession becomes your identity, something certainly needs to change. Joseph experienced this first hand, and in this episode, tells the story of how he was able to change his mindset around this.

If your identity is work, and if your job changes, your job changes your life feels meaningless.

In this episode:

• Joseph shares how he had to change his identity twice. Once after a career change, and once after his wife passed away.
• The steps to take to change your identity.
• How to know when your identity is no longer working for you.

Key Takeaways:

1. If you want to change your identity, the vision of yourself must change.
2. Work should not be your identity.
3. Your identity can change, when you put effort into it.

Tweetable moments:

1. “Align your future with where you want your identity to be.”
2. “If I want a different future, I have to change how I think now.”
3. “Change your mindset, change your world.”

Connect with Joseph James:

Website: https://thealphaleadership.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

In this episode:

• Tar’lese shares how she starts teaching people how to get rid of stress.

• Tar’lese and Joseph discuss the challenges they have overcome and how they surpassed them.

• Tar’lese talks about addressing and processing emotional pain, and focusing on identifying and acknowledging feelings rather than avoiding or suppressing them.

Key Takeaways:

• People only share their highlights and best moments on social media, so don't compare yourself to others.

• Taking the first step is to assess the situation.

• There is no right or wrong, nor good or bad, you have to release the emotions you've been bottling up and then address them.

Tweetable Moments:

1. "At the end of the day, when you're going through your own stuff, it feels like no one else understands."

2. "Vulnerability brings healing to us, but it's our transparency that brings healing to other people."

3. "Pushing through the pushing through is really pushing away."

Connect with Tar'lese Rideaux at:

Website: https://www.digitalrichesroadmap.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarlese/

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purthrpn

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

• Joseph will talk about Alpha Leadership part 2 and the acronym of ALPHA.
• Learn what flipping the script is.
• Joseph will share his journey and how he flipped the script in his life story.

Key Takeaways:

1. Your thoughts, good or bad, lead to emotions, emotions lead to choice, your choice leads to habits, and your habits lead to your character. Your character leads you into your destiny.
2. No matter where you're or what you believe, you have a way out of everything that has been said and spoken over you that's caused you to disbelieve in who you are and feel something other than genuine.
3. We can't get rid of things or conquer these negative thoughts, lies, or beliefs unless we confront them.

Tweetable Moments:

1. "When we verbalize things, two things can happen, it can lose its power, or it can gain power."

2. "Pain is life's greatest teacher. It's also life's biggest crutch."

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjjames

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

We learn from the good experiences, we learn from the bad experiences, and we learn from the indifferent experiences. We can take those experiences and learn from them to create better opportunities. We have a choice to be a victim or a victor. It's up to us.

Key Takeaways:

• When walking through the fire, we have one of two choices: it can either destroy us or refine us. The choice is ours.
• When we are being authentic, it allows the true self to be what we have claimed we are.
• Your "I am" statement may push you to greatness and ignite a fire inside of you. It will teach you how to take your word and become a daily habit to create the alpha leader within yourself.

Tweetable Moments:

1. "We have a choice to be a victim or a victor. It's up to us."

2. "Pain can be the crutch that gets you stuck, or it could be the thing that launches you into your destiny."

3. "I am can recreate, reinvent, restructure your mindset to becoming who you called to be, and that is to be authentic."

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjjames

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

On this episode:

• Joseph and Kelli will talk about trauma, the hurt, the pain, the guilt, everything that comes along with, or that can be attached to a divorce.

• The struggles that Kelli had to face during her relationship with her ex-husband and how she overcame them.

• Kelli’s transition from the divorce coaching to now the health and the wellness coach.

• How group counselling help people overcome challenges.

• Kelli shares her book and how it impacts to coach people.

Key Takeaways:

1. Every person that you have been with has a piece of you and you have a piece of them.

2. If hurt people can hurt people, healed people can also heal people.

3. We're all looking for unconditional love. The only place that we can get it is from God.

4. You are who you hang around.

5. The things that we do go through in life, prepare us for those times that are dark, for those times, that are uncertain for those times that you just I gotta find myself again.

Tweetable Moments:

1. “Love is not taught, it's caught.”

2. “Victim energy is actually equivalent to death.”

3. “You adjusting by teaching others and then teaching others, teach others.”

4. “What happens in the home is just magnified out in the workplace.”

Connect with Kelli Calabrese:

Website: https://www.intentionallyfabulous.com/?r_done=1

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellicalabrese/

Personal Website: https://kellicalabrese.com/

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

In this episode:

• How Lacey overcame cancer three times and became a professional female bodybuilder. 
• Lacey’s key mindset changes that took her from a cancer victim to a striving bodybuilder.
• Creating her own story and being more than just “Lacey the sick girl”
• How her support system got her through her cancer

Tweetable Quotes:

• “I wouldn’t change having cancer for a thing. It had made me who I am today. If I can help just one person, my life is fulfilled”
• “Most people in our lives are looking for an opportunity to serve other people”
• I didn’t view it as ‘I am a sick girl’. I didn’t allow that to happen. I wanted people to know me as Lacey, not the girl who has cancer. 
• “This does not control who I am, this is just part of the journey to get to the bigger stage in life”

Connect with Lacey:

Lacey's Facebook

Lacey's Instagram

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook Page

Facebook Group

Instagram

On this episode:

• Seth shares how he was never taught how to process his emotions.
• Hear how growing up in a difficult home environment helped direct Seth’s journey into law enforcement.
• Joseph and Seth discuss the hardships of the faith journey.
• Seth opens up about his struggles with alcoholism and the deep depression he found himself in.

Key Takeaways:

1. Sometimes you have to see the monster within to truly change.
2. Build a support system around yourself.
3. Christ forgives you, and you can forgive yourself - but don’t forget where you came from.

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purthrpn

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

Christina was in denial of the fact she was sexually assaulted by her ex-fiance 20 years ago. In her mind, sexual assault only happened by strangers in an aggressive way and not in relationships, not by someone you are in a relationship with. This misconception in her mind suppressed her mind kept her questioning what really happened. In the dance industry, there are many women coming out years later and joining the #MeToo movement by talking about their instructors who abused them as students, children, and young adults.

Years later she was triggered. Seeing her well her husband treats her made her realize how badly she was treated in the past. She realized what happened to her years ago, and came out with her story publicly because she wants people to know that they deserve to be loved, not treated unwell.

On this episode:

• Christina shares her experience of realizing she was sexually assaulted.
• How she told her husband, and he showered her in love, care, and support.
• Why do many women keep quiet about their sexual assault.
• Why many women question if what happened was sexual assault.
• The Me Too Movement and how prominent it is in the dance community.
• Why Christina stayed quiet for so long, and her fear that if she told her story people would minimize it.
• Her work in the at-risk youth community.
• How she helps her ministry support men transition out of prison and back into the community.

Key Takeaways:

• You deserve to be loved, not treated unwell.
• How telling your story can help others tell theirs.
• Finding a purpose in your pain to help others.
• Why we say getting into a new relationship can help you heal from a past relationship.

Quotable Moments:

1. “The painful things we experience have a purpose, so changing the question of what was the purpose of that happening to me, to how do I find purpose through it changes the perspective a lot.”
2. “You deserved to be loved, you deserve to be loved well, and in the way that God loves you.”
3. “He was my fiance, he said he loved me, this is not the context of how sexual assault happens.”

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook Page

Facebook Group

Instagram

Facilitating change through workshops on diversity, equity, inclusion, communication, radical kindness, mental health, and mindfulness, he is helping shift the way organizations view their culture and team dynamics.

He is on a personal mission to empower and inspire others to live their best lives through the virtues of kindness and mindfulness, helping people from all walks of life overcome limiting beliefs that have led to transformational changes both personally and professionally.

Using the humility and perspective that his life experiences have given him, Kary helps his clients discover their purpose and create a more meaningful life. From toxic masculinity and alcoholism to spirituality and meditation, Kary is here to talk about these experiences and how they influenced the course of his life and led him to where he is today.

On This Episode:

• How growing up in a toxic environment changed the way Kary viewed his parents
• The consequences of growing up thinking that only women are allowed to share their emotions
• The surprising gut punch that changed Kary’s life
• The intensity of Kary’s twenties as a functional alcoholic
• How Kary’s spiritual quest led him to a silent ten-day meditation retreat
• The seemingly crazy marketing scam that turned out to be true
• The event that turned Kary into a mental health advocate
• Taking the mysticism out of meditation

Key Takeaways:

1. Judgment and animosity make breakthroughs and connections impossible.
2. There’s always more to the story.
3. When you’re in a dark place, there’s nothing wrong with asking for help, but only you can do the inner healing work.
4. Self-love goes a long way.

Tweetable Moments:

1. “Sometimes you can get drunk on the positivity because you’re not allowing yourself to experience what you’re experiencing.” - Kary Youman
2. “It’s important to bounce back and to have a positive outlook, but sometimes you just really gotta deal with some shit.” - Kary Youman
3. “Eventually, if you train yourself to walk through the dark, you start to recognize that you’re the light.” - Kary Youman

Connect with Kary:

Website: https://kyouman.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karyyouman/

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

Key Takeaways:

• Understanding love means knowing and understanding how your love or how you were influenced by love.

• You are who you hang around with, or you're the sum of the five people you hang around with.

• Control is a very toxic trait in anybody's life, no matter who you are or what you do.

• Leading your family will put you in direct alignment with the way, especially if you're doing it under the covenant of God.

Tweetable Moments:

1. “Love is caught not taught.”

2. “It's not the communication that we have, it's the communication we don't have.”

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjjames

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

You can listen to what others say, and make that your reality. In this solo episode, Joseph shares how you can take control of your identity and write your own story.

Key Takeaways:

• Our beliefs create patterns.
• Be mindful of the stories you tell yourself.
• You have the power to choose which voices you believe.

Tweetable Quotes:

1. I have the ability to write my own story.
2. Don't let pain become an identity that keeps you stuck.

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purthrpn

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

On this episode:

• Brandon shares the “No’s” in his life which are the reasons why he does what he does today
• Learn about the Champion’s mindset
• Learn ways on how to navigate the feeling of self-doubt 
• How we can define success 
• Learn why ourself is the greatest investment 

Key Takeaways:

• The byproduct of solving a problem is money
• Choose to be helpful over being right
• You can take charge of your own success
• Self-doubt will always creep in and we just have to recognize it every time 
• Everything in life is sales
• Learn from your past so you can have the opportunity to not make the same mistake

Connect with Brandon Straza:

Instagram

The Mastermind Effect Podcast

The Success Finder Website

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook Page

Facebook Group

Instagram

She was suicidal, a stripper, lost her first husband, but by no accident, got gave her tools to be where she is today.

Before Jane could heal from the trauma, she had to forgive herself before she could forgive her brother.

This is a much more common issue than many think. In this episode, Jane goes into the statistics, but if your family experiences this, her advice is for the parents to “breath, remain calm, and get both of the siblings help.”

In this episode:

1. How Jane began to heal from sexual trauma from her brother
2. What to look out for in your own family
3. Sibling Sexual Assault Statistics
4. Prevention and awareness of sibling sexual abuse

Key Takeaways:

• Strategies to do if your family experiences sibling sexual molestation
• How to talk to your kids about sibling sexual molestation
• How to protect your kids from sibling sexual molestation

Tweetable Moments:

"Understanding grief is a huge gift."

Connect with Jane:

Jane’s Website: https://www.complicatedcourage.com/

Jane’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/janepepstein

Jane’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Complicatedcourage

Jane’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jane_complicatedcourage/

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purthrpn

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

Orrick is the proud owner of Oak Tree Publishing LLC, a company that helps individuals bring their creative ideas to life through books, music, and stage performances. He believes that our past does not have to define our future, and that with the right mindset and guidance, we can all achieve our dreams.

Orrick's personal experience with near-death encounters and communication with the spiritual world has led him to become a trailblazing motivational speaker, life coach, and mentor. He is passionate about teaching others how to communicate with their creator and fulfill their unique purpose in life.

So, if you're looking for inspiration and guidance on how to overcome tragedy and find your way towards a life of purpose and abundance, this is the episode for you. Tune in now to hear the incredible story of Orrick R. Quick Sr. and learn how you too can find your way towards your dreams.

Key Takeaways:

• It's okay to submit and when you're strong, and it's definitely okay to submit when you're weak.

• When we communicate with God, he literally is the game changer.

• There are things that are going to go through in our life that we have no control over.

• You can go so much farther with others than you can by yourself.

Tweetable Moments:

1. “All things work together for your good.”

2. “The setback is a setup for a comeback.”

3. “Sometimes it's better to take the steps back so you can take the right approach.”

4. “Unexpected actions always create unscheduled miracles.”

5. “There is no greater collaboration than working with God.”

Connect with Orrick Quick Sr. at:

Website: https://orrickquick.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orrick.quick

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coveredby33/

Get Orrick Quick Sr.’s book at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Reign-Over-Revealing-Greatest/dp/B09KDSVF6D

https://www.amazon.com/Developed-Thru-Darkness-Difference-Between-ebook/dp/B0BQJBCCY9

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

She is the CEO (Chief Excitement Officer) of Sparks of Fire International, a Certified Fearless Living Coach and Trainer, host of The Power of Investing in People Podcast, host of “Hey Shā, What Do I Say?” Facebook Live Show, author of “How to Get Your Voice Back”, and Co-Founder of #FIRESTARTERS Book Project.

Connect with Sha Here:

• Website; www.shasparks.com
• #FIRESTARTERS Book Project: https://firestartersbookproject.com/
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sha-sparks
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iamshasparks/
• Podcast on all platforms: The Power of Investing in People

In This Episode:

• Sha explains how she made choices involving her pain and the feeling of hopelessness.
• Sha explains her biggest pain point.
• Learn how acupuncture helped Sha.
• Discover where fear comes from and how you can take it on.
• Hear how parents impact our development.
• Learn how to identify healthy love versus unhealthy love.
• Discover the difference between responding and reacting.

Key Takeaways:

1. You have a choice of how you respond to pain.
2. Fear’s job is to protect you, but it can also stop you when it shouldn’t.
3. Familiar isn’t always what’s healthy.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “Trauma is what happened, fear is the reaction.”
• “We can’t rely on someone else to heal us.”

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purthrpn

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

Key Takeaways:

• There's still a price to pay for everything we do.

• Want and desire are two different things. Want is a longing, a yearning you're not willing to do something for. A desire is what you, whatever it is, are yearning for.

• You don't get stuck. You refuse to move because it's painful to move forward.

• If you want to avoid going through it, pay somebody who went through it. That's going to do the word for you.

• It is the space that we need to move forward. It would be best if you had forward momentum.

• If you want to change, you'll have the opportunity to, but once that happens, you have to take action and do so.

Tweetable Moments:

1. "Success has non-negotiable terms."

2. "When you seek money, you don't get enough."

3. "Ignorant doesn't mean you're stupid. Ignorant means you lack information and are unwilling to find it."

4. "Whatever you focus on, expanse."

5. "Your environment is stronger than your willpower."

Connect with Dr. Obom Bowen at:

Website: theunderdogmillionaire.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/obombowen/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drobombowen/

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/?hl=en

• What vulnerability truly means and my own experience of being vulnerable.
• How I have been practicing learning from what I have been teaching since I was a kid.
• What revelation looks like and how it helps me preach to myself.
• Why we shouldn’t just practice what we’re learning but instead, live what we’re learning.

Key Takeaways:

• True vulnerability is when you’re not comfortable talking about something to someone.
• Learning how to live what you learn means you’re going to mess up.

We teach what we need to learn.

• Preach to yourself.
• Learn how to live what you learn instead of just practicing it.

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/?hl=en

She spent the early years of her life in the witness protection program, 9 different foster homes, and experienced teenage addiction, homelessness, and – just last year – her husband's suicide.

Despite her challenges she has found her purpose.

On This Episode:

• Learn how Serena has helped others find their purposes.

• Find out what purpose through pain means to Serena.

• Hear about Serena’s struggle to connect with different foster families and her inability at a young age to adapt.

• Learn how childhood trauma impacted her adulthood.

• Serena shares how she met her husband and the betrayal that she experienced.

• Learn how fear became the driving factor in Serena’s decisions.

• Discover how you can actually unpack.

Key Takeaways:

1. Forgiveness is for you.

2. You can’t earn love, it has to be freely given.

3. Don’t drown in other’s expectations. You have to fill your own void.

4. Pain and the journey behind the victory is where the inspiration lies.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “You find joy in the suffering.”

• “You’re never really alone.”

• “Healing is an ongoing process.”

• “You can’t heal when you hide.”

• “We are as sick as our secrets.”

Recommended Resource:

The Bloom App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bloom-cbt-therapy-self-care/id1475128511

• Joseph was a guest on a T.V. show and will share his unique perspective on how pain can be both a crutch and a launching pad.

• Learn Joseph's firsthand experience using his pain as motivation to achieve success.

• Know Joseph's podcast weekly episodes and the streaming platforms.

• Listen to Joseph's life-changing lessons.

Key Takeaways:

• We all go through pain, but the pain is life's greatest teacher and it can also be life's biggest crutch.

• So many people in this world have gone through the same exact thing that you've gone through, but keeping your story inside of you doesn't allow for healing for yourself.

Tweetable Moments:

1. "Vulnerability brings healing."

2. “You're not alone, and you're absolutely not alone."



Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

Key Takeaways:

• Every bit of pain that we go through in life has an intended purpose.
• Remove yourself from the situation to gather your thoughts and yourself, improve yourself, combat better, and strengthen so that the people you're leading understand what move you're going to make next so that they can follow suit.
• When we change our minds, we change the game.
• Use your gift to make the shift in your life.

Tweetable Moments:

1.   "Life's not fair, and it's a jungle out there."

2.   "The best practice is action."

3.   "Remove yourself to improve yourself."

4.   "Lyrics affect the mind, rhythm affects the will, and the melody affects the emotions. Show me what a person is listening to, and I'll show you their lifestyle."

5.   "Seek to understand before seeking to be understood."

Connect with Kenneth Allen Thomas at:

 www.kennethallenthomas.com  

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/?hl=en

In this episode, we have a special guest Regina Gulbinas. She will share her life journey and how she overcame her struggles and got to where she is today.

Regina experienced a toxic relationship and a very abusive marriage. And trying to get out of this marriage, she raised two children while also dealing with over 2 million in debt. She has a phenomenal story to talk about today. Not only able to get out of it but how she's been able to help and coach businesses that have gone through very similar situations, struggles, pain, challenges, and adversities and help them grow to get out of it. Another life-changing topic that we will hear as Regina shares knowledge and many values with us today.

Key Takeaways:

• It's okay to grieve. You're going to have those moments, and it's inevitable. You go through an abusive relationship or major debt, or you go through somebody trying to destroy your life, but take the moments, be strategic about it and have a plan.

• It's okay to walk away, and it's okay for people not to agree with you, for people to dislike you, and for people not to understand. All of these are okay if you know you're doing what you're doing for the right reasons.

• Stop asking people what they think about how you should live your life because they're just projecting their unresolved stuff onto you.

Tweetable Moments:

1. "It takes a lifetime to get to a decision, and then it takes a second to make it."

2. "When you're walking through the fire, only two things can happen. It can destroy or refine you, and the choice is ours."

3. "If you had a chance to relive today, don't live the same way.”

Connect with Regina Gulbinas at: regina@reginagulbinas.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/regina-gulbinas-82423120/

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

• Joseph and his brother, Michael, discuss their abusive childhood and the things they’ve taken from it.
• Learn what drove Michael to become entrepreneurial.
• Michel discusses how travel impacted him.
• Michael opens up about his divorce.
• Hear how cycling helped Michael’s mental health.
• Learn how to stop quitting.

Key Takeaways:

1. Don’t allow your pain to stick to you.
2. You have to be able to stop erosion before you have a full flood.
3. We have everything we need to succeed. We just need to take the consistent, correct, steps.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “Make it a priority every day to do SOMETHING.”
• “You’re either eroding or growing.”
• “We quit in small stages.”
• “We’re built to make a difference.”
• “You can’t be grateful and hateful at the same time.”

Connect with Michael:

MichaelJamesRemodeling.com

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purthrpn

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

In this episode, Joseph talks about "If you were on your deathbed," which was held in an Ultimate Speaker Competition. He shares his story, the breakthrough, trials, and tribulations.

As you walk through life, how you're spinning your time? Are you just going throughout your day, your head buried in your phone, pacing back and forth, or are you living it purposefully?

On the deathbed of life that we walk through just doing our own thing, not paying attention, we're missing out, and we're living in regret of not being able to go back to spend time with the people that are no longer here. So when we're going through life and have the chance, don't wait until you can't move anymore.

Key Takeaways:

• If you can create memories with your loved ones, do it, and don't waste time until it's too late.

Tweetable Moments:

• "Regret is always at the end."

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purthrpn

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

On This Episode:

• Joseph talks about the topic given to him during the Ultimate Speaker Competition: The People You Meet.
• Learn the power of letting your fear go.
• Hear why the connection is decisive for your purpose.

Key Takeaways:

1.   The power and the ability to use your proper purpose all have to do with one thing, connection.

2.   Let go of your fear to get you unstuck.

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purthrpn

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

In this episode, Joseph discusses the power of words. As a speaker, he tackled this topic at an Arizona event. It is the two most powerful words on Earth, followed by everything. It can help anyone change and formulate someone's life.

He also shares his journey growing up in a very abusive home, where he dealt with rejection, feeling abandoned, constantly seeking approval, and limiting beliefs. 

When you're in that circumstance, in that predicament, in that challenge, it's not you versus the world and you versus you. It is you becoming an Alpha Leader.

Key Takeaways:

• The two most powerful words that will change your life.
• Flipping the script is just nothing more than taking something you can feel negatively and flipping that same thing into something positive.
• Alpha is not about domineering. Alpha is about taking control of who you are.

Tweetable Moments:

• "When you begin to lean on the circumstances, you can pull yourself out of what could have been a very dark and long road."
• “Our words can speak life, but it can also speak death.”
• "So just like the example of the dog, we cannot be affected by the world around us."
• "Pain is life's greatest teacher and also life's biggest crutch."
• "I am who God says I am."

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjjames

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

She is also the author of The 51 Powerful Ps of Public Speaking. Lady Krystylle wrote this book to give the reader insight and wisdom, not just opinion. It also helps to work through the fears and frustrations based on real techniques that worked based on the people she has interviewed and heard speak.

She went from a rough journey to realigning herself. Lady Krystylle talks about the impact of wealth and teaches people how to reimagine and re-image themselves with what they need in this life, and it's not all about money. It's about having where they have abundance in their life, not all about money.

In this episode:

• Lady Krystylle and Joseph talk about their upbringing and their journey in childhood of getting bullied that led them to where they are today.
• Lady Krystylle and Joseph discuss why people get stuck.
• Know the definition of FEAR "Fresh, Energy, Awaiting, Reset" by Lady Krystylle Richardson.
• Learn how resetting our mind can relate to abundance.
• Lady Krystylle’s tips for self-acceptance.
• Introducing Lady Krystylle's book The 51 Powerful Ps of Public Speaking.

Key Takeaways:

• Once we accept ourselves, it doesn't matter who accepts us. We have that confidence.
• We have to have our do list, our stop list. And the stop list, once you put it in eviction, you can't go back there.
• Once we know who we are and accept who we are, then the possibilities are endless.
• Regardless of whether your belief system is spiritual or not, you're still a powerful individual and a genius. You are creative.
• We have to be who we are, and we have to be honest with ourselves and accept ourselves. And then just let God do the rest.

Tweetable moments:

1.   "Your voice should be heard. You shouldn't be silenced in any part of your life."

2.   "Creativity breeds creativity."

3.   "Speak the negative things out there because it loses its power."

Connect with Lady Krystylle Richardson:

Website: krystyllerichardson.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KrystylleRichardson/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamkrystylle/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krystylle-l-richardson-5b8903/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamkrystylle

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

• Joseph will talk about Alpha Leadership part 2 and the acronym of ALPHA.
• Learn what flipping the script is.
• Joseph will share his journey and how he flipped the script in his life story.

Key Takeaways:

• Your thoughts, good or bad, lead to emotions, emotions lead to choice, your choice leads to habits, and your habits lead to your character. Your character leads you into your destiny.
• No matter where you're or what you believe, you have a way out of everything that has been said and spoken over you that's caused you to disbelieve in who you are and feel something other than genuine.
• We can't get rid of things or conquer these negative thoughts, lies, or beliefs unless we confront them.

Tweetable Moments:

1.   "When we verbalize things, two things can happen, it can lose its power, or it can gain power."

2.   "Pain is life's greatest teacher. It's also life's biggest crutch."

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjjames

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

We learn from the good experiences, we learn from the bad experiences, and we learn from the indifferent experiences. We can take those experiences and learn from them to create better opportunities. We have a choice to be a victim or a victor. It's up to us.

Key Takeaways:

• When walking through the fire, we have one of two choices: it can either destroy us or refine us. The choice is ours.
• When we are being authentic, it allows the true self to be what we have claimed we are.
• Your "I am" statement may push you to greatness and ignite a fire inside of you. It will teach you how to take your word and become a daily habit to create the alpha leader within yourself.

Tweetable Moments:

1.   "We have a choice to be a victim or a victor. It's up to us."

2.   "Pain can be the crutch that gets you stuck, or it could be the thing that launches you into your destiny."

3.   "I am can recreate, reinvent, restructure your mindset to becoming who you called to be, and that is to be authentic."



Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjjames

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

Dr. Michelle Mras is a very impactful executive coach and a speaking coach, an author of 16 books, a host of two podcasts, and a powerful icon helping people formulate their stories and walk through healing by telling their stories.

On This Episode:

• Dr. Michelle shares her experiences in life and how she overcomes her traumatic journey.
• Dr. Michelle discusses how she went from pain to purpose or tragedy to triumph from her upbringing.
• Learn how Dr. Michelle's coaching as an executive coach and as helping people formulate their stories.
• Dr. Michelle shares what happened after her brain injury and her mindset through that journey.
• Hear how forgiving yourself can help you lead and work in the world.
• Joseph and Dr. Michelle discuss the trauma and tragedies they had in life and how they used that as a tool for their healing journey.
• Dr. Michelle shares her book, Hold My Crown: Women of Grit Share Stories of Resilience. The stories of women and the miracle of life happen in their stories.

Key takeaways:

1.   Be able to forgive because you do need forgiveness for yourself.

2.   Your inner critic isn't holding you back. Your inner critic challenges you to prove

how badly you truly want something.

3.   When you walk in faith and trust the opportunities that are open to you, when you listen to that voice in your soul, there's nothing you can do wrong.

4.   Remember that when someone's holding you back, they're not holding you back, they're afraid of losing you.

5.   Eat dessert first. The small things in life are the things that you will regret more than anything when you miss them.

6.   Remember, when you're not protected and alone, God's protecting you another way. He's enabling you to encompass that learning experience, that you can utilize it somehow in another lifetime or at another time. But remember that you're never alone.

Tweetable Quotes:

"Life's too short to play small. Life is too short for taking little or petty things and making them big."

"The difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions." -Ellen Glasgow.

"Your power is the power in your brain that can either make or break you, and it's your choice."

"The best thing that's going to happen is another door of opportunity to where you want. It's going to be there, so stop being the adult."

Connect With Dr. Michelle Mras:

Website: https://michellemras.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellemras/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/MichelleMras

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

• Michael shares his story about the childhood trauma that he went through.
• Joseph and Michael discuss their journey of learning different ways around survival.
• Michael comes across how to create a healthy body and mind.
• Learn about Joseph and Michael's discussion about being the change you want to see in the world.
• Joseph and Michael will talk about helping people get past their childhood trauma and becoming a hero of their own stories.

Key takeaways:

1.   You thrive in chaos because when you were in your developmental years, your brain

started to look at and assess the situations and scenarios you were in for

safety. After all, the brain serves one purpose, safety.

2.   Confidence does not come from how your body looks. The confidence comes from the intention and effort you put in daily to move towards your goals.

3.   Thrive in peace, compassion, empathy, sympathy, grace, companionship, joy, and love.

It's not that you can't have the ability to have resilience in the chaos because

you kind of need that, but that's not where you should thrive.

Tweetable Moments:

"If you want something in life, you have to earn it." 

"What are you willing to do to have the life you want? No excuses, just results!"

"Authenticity is the highest vibrating frequency known to man."

 "Action is a cure-all."

Connect With Michael Unbroken:

Website: https://www.thinkunbrokenpodcast.com/episodes/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelUnbroken/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelunbroken/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC95YX4cZdz39HHIaLZYFsGA

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

loves you or loves you anyways, but he's still treating you wrong, stop telling

yourself the story because it gets you stuck.

In this episode, Joseph shares about going through something that affects and

holds us back that creates a story in our life all centered around trauma,

pain, guilt, and shame.

A lot of us get stuck in our situation because the story that we tell ourselves keeps

us there.

Key Takeaways:

• Don't get stuck on your story where your story makes you get stuck where you are.
• Tell your story from a hero's perspective, not a victim's.

Tweetable Moments:

“Pain is life's greatest teacher.”

“Transparency brings healing to others.”

Connect with Joseph James:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

We have an amazing guest – Joe Ortega.

His journey started at 14 years old, homeless and hungry for change. He came across

“think and grow rich” and instantly changed his life. He started to sell

clothes online for quick money, which led him to create his first business, a

clothing brand called “Elite Kings Clothing”. He was homeless at the time of

founding his first business, applied what he learned from think and grow rich,

and sold that company at the age of 18. This was the true beginning of his

journey into the journey of a thousand miles.

Tweetable Quotes:

Stop wasting your time doing things that don’t get you results. – Joseph Ortega

Connect with Joseph Ortega:

Website: https://www.joeortegaceo.com/

Facebook: Joseph Ortega | Facebook

YouTube: (7) Joseph Ortega - YouTube

Key Takeaways:

• Always do your best to weather the storm.
• Don’t stop in the midst of your storm.
• You’re going to have bad days but never let your day dictate your life.
• Do not change direction in the midst of your storm.
• Know and recognize that you’re in a storm, and it’s completely okay. 
• Feed your mind with things that will help you get better.

Tweetable Quotes:

• To change your mind, you have to feed your mind.
• Change your mindset. Change your world.
• You can not climb a smooth mountain. 

Connect with Joseph James:

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In Joseph’s life, there have been times he has excelled at being disciplined, but in times of grief and pain, he has failed. Joseph has been a member of the marine corps, law enforcement, homeland security, taught self-defence, has a dog training business, and is a solopreneur. This does not mean that he has self-discipline all the time.

If you need discipline for eating better, doing better in school, getting better at work, going to the gym, etc, this episode is for you. 

In this episode:

• Joseph shares the best and most effective ways to get disciplined, even when it seems impossible
• Why you need to be disciplined
• How to plan ahead for a better life, when things are going wrong

Key Takeaways:

• Challenge yourself to finish
• Plan ahead
• Create an atmosphere in which you want to thrive and be successful,
• There is no such thing as perfectionism 
• Celebrate yourself, even if everything goes wrong.

Tweetable Moments:

• “It's very easy once you’ve done something to find an escape route, this is just an easy excuse”
• “Becasue of the fact I am human, I go through stuff.”

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Connect with Joseph:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

In this episode, Joseph James talks all about identity, and how most people prioritize the wrong thing. Changing your identity is something that many people struggle with for a whole lifetime. 

If you want to change your identity, the vision of yourself must change.

How we feel about our own lives is so important. We create an identity for ourselves about how we talk, look, act, and even who we interact with so we can keep up a certain look or idea of ourselves

But when your profession becomes your identity, something certainly needs to change. Joseph experienced this first hand, and in this episode, tells the story of how he was able to change his mindset around this. 

If your identity is work, and if your job changes, your job changes your life feels meaningless. 

In this episode:

• Joseph shares how he had to change his identity twice. Once after a career change, and once after his wife passed away. 
• The steps to take to change your identity. 
• How to know when your identity is no longer working for you. 

Key Takeaways:

• If you want to change your identity, the vision of yourself must change.
• Work should not be your identity.
• Your identity can change, when you put effort into it. 

Tweetable moments:

“Align your future with where you want your identity to be.”

“If I want a different future, I have to change how I think now.”

“Change your mindset, change your world.”

On This Episode:

• Joseph James shares the physical abuse he experienced as a child.
• Walk in a mindset of forgiveness, even when you’re in the heat of it.
• Joseph warns how trauma can control your actions and lead you to hurt others.
• No human being can bring healing to you. You have to make the decision.

Key Takeaways:

1. Make the decision to change.
2. Recognize the value of forgiveness.
3. Identify what needs to heal.
4. Acknowledge your emotions.

Tweetable Quotes:

"You win by forgiveness."

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

As a child, she loved gymnastics and wanted to go to the Olympics. That was her coping mechanism to stress in life, and at the age of 13, she had to give it all up. 

She asked God time and time again, “Why did you give me a sidelines body, but not give me a sidelines heart”. She learned to build her body back up as a friend and ally, and love it regardless of the struggles and pain.

She went on to compete in American Ninja Warrior, finishing a triathlon, and other athletic endeavors. 

She now helps others heal emotionally, physically, and spiritually through her clinic. She started her road as an alternative health care practitioner in 2002, started her own clinical practice in 2009, and today she loves working with people's health challenges and helping them find their way to wellness. Now she wants to give that experience of feeling better, help others participate in life more, and reclaim your health!

Key Takeaways:

• Not allowing adversities to define your life
• Allison’s strong desire to continue participating in life. 
• The power of feeding your faith and starving your fears 
• How music can lift up our mood and use as therapy 
• How to move from a place of overwhelm to calmness so you can show up and connect with yourself 

In this episode:

• How Alison was a gymnast before becoming a quadriplegic
• How she coped with the dark thoughts, including listening to worship music and motivational speakers
• How difficult if was for her when she became a mom because her body was not always consistently there for her 

Tweetable moments:

• “I had to be easy on my body and love myself.”
• “Every moment is a choice, and I get to make those choices every day.”

Connect with Alison:

https://home.inner-restoration.com/

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

She has experienced the highs and lows of maintaining physical and mental health, working full time, having multiple side businesses, and having a social life! 

When Sharron was a child she was sexually abused, and this caused her to carry guilt and shame for years. As an adult, she had to learn how to let love in and let go of the shame. 

They speak about how we all have a reason that we are here, we just have to uncover it. Finding our purpose is where our ultimate happiness will come from. It starts with talking about our emotions.

In this episode:

How her childhood sexual abuse led her to become suicidal in her teen years. 

How she reestablished herself after hitting rock bottom.

How she mentally processed 2 miscarriages in 6 months.

How she found herself in a time where she had nothing going on, so she followed her passion. 

Key Takeaway:

Growing up with shame and finding ways to cope.

How she learned to make her pain worth it by helping others.

We all have a reason that we are here, we just have to uncover it. That is where our ultimate happiness will come from. 

Tweetable moments:

“How you look at things helps you process and move through things more powerfully.”

“We are all so unique. From our DNA to our personalities we are all here for a reason.”

“It’s so important to normalize talking about the uncomfortable parts of life.”

“I can create a new me.” - Joseph James 

Connect with Sharron Keogh:

Website: http://www.sharronkeogh.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theSharronKeogh

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesharronkeogh/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharronkeogh/

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The power of the mind is like a magnet. We can attract or we can repel, it’s up to us. When we attract things, it’s things that we want. Surround yourself with people and thoughts that you want to attract and be like. 

If you want to move on, and stop living the life that you were living or are living,  it all starts with your thoughts.

Key Takeaways:

• When you surround yourself with positivity, positivity will come into your life. 
• Only you can control what you do with your thoughts.
• If you want a healthy life, think positively. If you want a toxic life, think negatively.

Tweetable Moments:

• “What you feed your mind, makes it grow.”
• “The power of the mind is like a magnet.”
• “Create the life you want with your thoughts”

Connect with Joseph James:

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• Caleb shares the difficulty of growing up as a “P.K.” (Pastor’s Kid.)
• Learn about the incredible bond Caleb has with his twin brother.
• Joseph and Caleb discuss the difficulty of having a strained relationship with strict fathers.
• Caleb felt like no one understood him growing up and the desire to commit suicide as early as 4 years old.
• Discover how Caleb set healthy boundaries with his father.
• Caleb shares how bodybuilding helped him heal.

Key Takeaways:

1. You must forgive the one who hurt you and yourself to receive closure.
2. Be patient and things will happen as they are supposed to happen.
3. Put yourself in other’s shoes.

Tweetable Quotes:

“There’s a difference between being a father and being a dad.”

“If there is a possibility for a spark of love in this world, why am I not grasping for that spark?” – Caleb Peterson

“Turn your losses into lessons.”

Connect with Joseph James:

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Key Takeaways:

1. The reason for our pain is different for everyone.
2. You can walk with God and still feel hurt.
3. We experience pain in life so we can share the experience with others.

Tweetable Quotes:

• We cannot touch what we cannot feel.
• Pain is life’s greatest teacher but it can also be life’s greatest crutch.
• Vulnerability is not something to be afraid of, it’s something to be empowered by.

Connect with Joseph James:

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On This Episode:

• Vinay shares his experiences growing up as an Indian in a majority white area.
• Learn how Vinay spiraled into alcoholism and the history of addiction in his family.
• Hear how a toxic relationship worsened Vinay’s addiction and habits.
• Joseph and Vinay discuss the rehab process and trying to be sober in New Orleans.
• Hear how learning self-defense can help you emotionally in addition to protecting yourself physically.
• Find encouragement to overcome the ups and downs of life and business.
• VInay explains why they sold everything they own and began traveling.

Key Takeaways:

1. You have to tackle problems like addiction with no half measures.
2. Community is a necessary asset when overcoming addiction and trauma.
3. Learning to defend yourself is secondary to the confidence it builds.

Tweetable Quotes:

Everyone wants to talk about success, no one wants to talk about the small things. – Joseph James

Connect with Joseph James:

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• Learn what action steps you can take to overcome pain and rejection.
• Joseph opens up about his negative experiences in his childhood and the searing pains of loss he has experienced.
• Learn the danger of seeking approval and constantly trying to fix everything.

Key Takeaways:

1. Forgive yourself.
2. Create goals, dreams, and visions for your life.
3. Take time to grieve.
4. Find someone you can help.
5. Find a way to help them.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “Forgiveness requires healing.”
• “Without action, your goal is just a thought.”
• “Change your mindset, change your world.”

Connect with Joseph James:

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Valhalla is Louisiana's FIRST and ONLY private, hardcore, training facility among an abundance of mediocre corporate gyms. They have created an environment for those serious about their health and fitness goals, without the distracting non-sense found at other gyms.

In This Episode:

• Shawn talks about growing up under extreme mental and physical abuse.
• Shawn explains why he associated money with unhappiness
• Learn why Shawn decided to take the leap and open up his own gym.
• Joseph and Shawn talk through depression and suicide.
• Joseph gets real about rejection.

Key Takeaways:

1. Don’t let other’s limitations become your limitations.
2. Keep an eye out for unexpected resources.
3. If you’re still here, you can keep going.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “All the small things add up to big shit.” – Shawn Oddo
• “Whatever energy you put out is what you get back.” – Shawn Oddo
• “We can either use pain to leave us stuck like glue or pain can launch us into our destiny.” – Joseph James

Connect with Joseph James:

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Before we can reach our goals and create a positive vision, we just need to start small. We need to stop thinking about all the negative things in our lives and think about our future goals.

Download Joseph's Free Morning Routine ebook: https://witty-artisan-3809.ck.page/e99d552ce1

In this episode:

• Morning Routines can heal you.
• It is easy to get stuck in a negative routine.
• The lack of a routine gave Joseph panic attacks.
• How to use the SAVERS strategy in your day.

Key Takeaways:

• Get up 15 minutes early so you can devote time to your morning routine.
• Don't sabotage your sleep or your morning with negative thoughts.
• Create a specific space in your home to begin your morning.

Tweetable Moments:

• "Get specific on what you want to see happen."
• "Time heals wounds if you take action to heal."

Recommended Resource:

Hal Elrod's The Miracle Morning: https://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Morning-Not-So-Obvious-Guaranteed-Transform/dp/0979019710

Download Joseph's Free Morning Routine ebook: https://witty-artisan-3809.ck.page/e99d552ce1

Connect with Joseph James:

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The best revenge is a life well-lived. It is so easy to care for people that we have relationships with and neglect the most important person, yourself. 

In this episode, Joseph speaks with Sarah K. Ramsey about how to design a life that you deserve, after surviving a toxic relationship. Sarah is a life strategist, toxic relationship specialist, dream builder, heart-centered healer, and intuition empowerment expert. She is a best-selling author of the book Becoming Toxic Person Proof and host of the Toxic Person Proof podcast which reaches thousands of listeners around the world.

We can be toxic to ourselves. Toxic relationships are not limited to boyfriend/girlfriend relationships, it can also be with parents, co-workers, bosses, truly anyone who we have relationships with. 

Key Takeaways:

3 ways to heal from a toxic relationship

How to come up with a healing strategy 

A lot of people suffer from Smart Girl/Guy Syndrom - thinking you can fix everything with enough hard work 

Tweetable Moments:

“When people tell you who they are, believe them” - Maya Angelou

“My good behavior does not change someone else’s behavior” - Sarah K. Ramsey

“The best revenge is a life well lived” - Sarah K. Ramsey

“Not letting people steal your power, that’s integrity.” - Sarah K. Ramsey

Connect with Sarah:

Sarah’s Website: https://sarahkramsey.com/

Sarah’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bouncebackcoaching

Sarah’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bouncebackbetter/

Connect with Joseph James:

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On This Episode:

• Joseph shares how he learned to deal with feelings of abandonment, rejection, and abuse.
• Learn the danger of trying to always be a fixer in your relationships.
• Joseph shares how he always sought approval from others.
• Hear Joseph’s vision for the future of the Purpose Through Pain Podcast.

Key Takeaways:

• The number one place you need to look for help is within.
• The pain we experience has a reason for it.
• We can’t touch what we can’t feel.

Connect with Joseph James:

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On this episode:

• Michael shares how his life experiences as a 10-year old turned his life upside down.
• Know what emotional toughness looks like. 
• Hear the question that made Michael evaluate his existence. 
• How Michael lived from being the villain, the damsel in distress to being the own hero of his story. 

Key Takeaways:

• Your story is your own power.
• You’re the only one who can save you—be the hero. 
• You choose the character you want to play in your own story.
• Be thankful for both the journey and destination because you can’t love the destination if you hate the journey. 

Tweetable Quotes:

• Our story is our power.
• Our life is a movie and we’re playing the characters in our movie. Make sure you’re playing the character that you want.
• You have to be the hero of your story.
• Vulnerability brings healing.
• Go through it to grow from it.

Connect with Michael Fabber:

• Facebook Page
• Twitter
• Website

Connect with Joseph James:

• Facebook Page
• Facebook Group
• Instagram

Words can destroy, words can build up, words can inhibit, words can build you up, words can make you do whatever you put power into. 

Your words can make or break you mentally and physically. 

If you are going through something in your life at the moment, Joseph highly recommends that you start using positive affirmations. 

In this episode:

How positive affirmations changed Joseph’s life

When Joseph spoke negative words to himself, he saw a negative impact

Why you should NOT believe the things other people say about you 

Key Takeaways:

The words you speak can have a positive or negative impact on your life.

Once you start speaking affirmations consistently, they will become a part of your life and will change your life forever.

Your mind is programmed to do what you say, and that is why positive words are so important.

Tweetable Moments:

I use my failures as my stepping stones

I have the power to change my story

I have the courage to say no 

I am good enough 

I am handsome/beautiful

I inspire and motivate others

I am a person of value and worth and no one can make me feel inferior 

I am smart 

I am not lazy

Success will be my driving force 

I love myself 

We want to hear your feedback! Please send your feedback and positive affirmations to Joseph on Facebook, Instagram, or email!

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Christina was in denial of the fact she was sexually assaulted by her ex-fiance 20 years ago. In her mind, sexual assault only happened by strangers in an aggressive way and not in relationships, not by someone you are in a relationship with. This misconception in her mind suppressed her mind kept her questioning what really happened. In the dance industry, there are many women coming out years later and joining the #MeToo movement by talking about their instructors who abused them as students, children, and young adults. 

Years later she was triggered. Seeing her well her husband treats her made her realize how badly she was treated in the past. She realized what happened to her years ago, and came out with her story publicly because she wants people to know that they deserve to be loved, not treated unwell.

On this episode:

• Christina shares her experience of realizing she was sexually assaulted
• How she told her husband, and he showered her in love, care, and support
• Why do many women keep quiet about their sexual assault
• Why many women question if what happened was sexual assault 
• The Me Too Movement and how prominent it is in the dance community
• Why Christina stayed quiet for so long, and her fear that if she told her story people would minimize it. 
• Her work in the at-risk youth community
• How she helps her ministry support men transition out of prison and back into the community

Key Takeaways:

• You deserve to be loved, not treated unwell
• How telling your story can help others tell theirs
• Finding a purpose in your pain to help others 
• Why we say getting into a new relationship can help you heal from a past relationship

Quotable Moments:

• “The painful things we experience have a purpose, so changing the question of what was the purpose of that happening to me, to how do I find purpose through it changes the perspective a lot.” 
• “You deserved to be loved, you deserve to be loved well, and in the way that God loves you”
• “He was my fiance, he said he loved me, this is not the context of how sexual assault happens”

Connect with Joseph James:

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In Joseph’s life, there have been times he has excelled at being disciplined, but in times of grief and pain, he has failed. Joseph has been a member of the marine corps, law enforcement, homeland security, taught self-defence, has a dog training business, and is a solopreneur. This does not mean that he has self-discipline all the time.

If you need discipline for eating better, doing better in school, getting better at work, going to the gym, etc, this episode is for you. 

In this episode:

• Joseph shares the best and most effective ways to get disciplined, even when it seems impossible
• Why you need to be disciplined
• How to plan ahead for a better life, when things are going wrong

Key Takeaways:

• Challenge yourself to finish
• Plan ahead
• Create an atmosphere in which you want to thrive and be successful,
• There is no such thing as perfectionism 
• Celebrate yourself, even if everything goes wrong.

Tweetable Moments:

• “It's very easy once you’ve done something to find an escape route, this is just an easy excuse”
• “Becasue of the fact I am human, I go through stuff.”

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Connect with Joseph:

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On This Episode:

• Travis talks about his interest in entrepreneurial topics from an early age.
• Listen in as Travis talks about growing up in a religious bubble, and the difficulty of making the decision to move away from ministry.
• Get the keys to overcoming rejection.
• Hear why Travis began his podcast.

Key Takeaways:

• Confidence is important. Stop imposter syndrome in its track.
• Consistency is the key to success.
• Learn from your no's and remember your yeses.
• Keep a good relationship with yourself.

Connect with Travis Chappell:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/traviscchappell

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travischappell/

Website: https://travischappell.com/

Build Your Network Podcast: https://linktr.ee/BYNpod

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• What vulnerability truly means and my own experience of being vulnerable. 
• How I have been practicing learning from what I have been teaching since I was a kid.
• What revelation looks like and how it helps me preach to myself. 
• Why we shouldn’t just practice what we’re learning but instead, live what we’re learning.

Key Takeaways:

• True vulnerability is when you’re not comfortable talking about something to someone.
• Learning how to live what you learn means you’re going to mess up.
• We teach what we need to learn.
• Preach to yourself.
• Learn how to live what you learn instead of just practicing it. 

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At the age of 12 he turned to drugs, and at 13 started drinking. 

At the age of 18, after being in and out of handcuffs many times and being fired from a job, he decided to make a change for the better.

In this episode:

How to deal with emotional childhood trauma.

How to understand what is causing the emotional trauma.

Takeaways:

A Healthy Body helps a Healthy Mind

Past Trauma can manifest in many ways

Connect with Michael Unbroken:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Michaelunbroken

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelAnthonyUnbroken

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/Michaelunbroken

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The power of the mind is like a magnet. We can attract or we can repel, it’s up to us. When we attract things, it’s things that we want. Surround yourself with people and thoughts that you want to attract and be like. 

If you want to move on, and stop living the life that you were living or are living,  it all starts with your thoughts.

Key Takeaways:

• When you surround yourself with positivity, positivity will come into your life. 
• Only you can control what you do with your thoughts.
• If you want a healthy life, think positively. If you want a toxic life, think negatively.

Tweetable Moments:

• “What you feed your mind, makes it grow.”
• “The power of the mind is like a magnet.”
• “Create the life you want with your thoughts”

Connect with Joseph James:

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She was suicidal, a stripper, lost her first husband, but by no accident, got gave her tools to be where she is today. 

Before Jane could heal from the trauma, she had to forgive herself before she could forgive her brother. 

This is a much more common issue than many think. In this episode, Jane goes into the statistics, but if your family experiences this, her advice is for the parents to “breath, remain calm, and get both of the siblings help.”

In this episode:

How Jane began to heal from sexual trauma from her brother

What to look out for in your own family

Sibling Sexual Assault Statistics

Prevention and awareness of sibling sexual abuse 

Key Takeaways:

Strategies to do if your family experiences sibling sexual molestation 

How to talk to your kids about sibling sexual molestation 

How to protect your kids from sibling sexual molestation 

Tweetable Moments:

"Understanding grief is a huge gift."

Connect with Jane:

Jane’s Website: https://www.complicatedcourage.com/

Jane’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/janepepstein

Jane’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Complicatedcourage

Jane’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jane_complicatedcourage/

Connect with Joseph James:

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The power of the mind is like a magnet. We can attract or we can repel, it’s up to us. When we attract things, it’s things that we want. Surround yourself with people and thoughts that you want to attract and be like. 

If you want to move on, and stop living the life that you were living or are living,  it all starts with your thoughts.

Key Takeaways:

• When you surround yourself with positivity, positivity will come into your life. 
• Only you can control what you do with your thoughts.
• If you want a healthy life, think positively. If you want a toxic life, think negatively.

Tweetable Moments:

• “What you feed your mind, makes it grow.”
• “The power of the mind is like a magnet.”
• “Create the life you want with your thoughts”

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjjames

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

Joseph and Jennifer talk about how Joseph raised his children alone, how his children dealt with the death of his wife, and navigating life as a single parent. 

Joseph shares about his morning routine, you can find the free ebook here: https://witty-artisan-3809.ck.page/e99d552ce1

In this episode:

• How joseph death with becoming a single parent
• How he taught his children about death and grief 
• How he became a better dad
• Joseph’s morning routine 

Key Takeaways

• Surround yourself with supportive people who can help you through tough times. 
• You are not alone, even if you are widowed, there is a whole community to support you.
• Create a morning routine (link below for Joseph’s morning routine free ebook)

Tweetable Moments:

• "As I grew as an individual, I was able to process grief” - Joseph James
• "It's okay to grieve, just don't get stuck in it” - Joseph James
• "Take your time to grieve" - Joseph James

Get Joseph's free morning routine ebook here: https://witty-artisan-3809.ck.page/e99d552ce1

Connect with Jenny Lisk:

The Widowed Parent Podcast: https://jennylisk.com/podcast-main

Jenny Lisk's website: https://jennylisk.com/

Connect with Joseph James:

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Those with a workhorse mindset may feel like resting is a negative thing, but it is so crucial. In a previous episode, Joseph talked about Mental, Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual rest.

In this episode, Joseph addresses Social Rest, which can be taking a rest from social interactions, or surrounding yourself with people who energize you. He also addresses Creative Rest and Sensory Rest. 

We are constantly present, following people online and updating people about our lives. We overwork ourselves and under rest ourselves.  

Key Takeaways:

• American’s don’t take enough rest time. 

• There are 7 ways to rest.

• When you don’t rest, you burn out and burn yourself out. 

Tweetable Moments:

• “Allow yourself to be artistic for inspiration” 

• “Get into a place where you can shine”

• “Take a rest from your environment”

• “The strongest individuals take a 30-minute break to give themselves a break, mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually” 

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As a child, she loved gymnastics and wanted to go to the Olympics. That was her coping mechanism to stress in life, and at the age of 13, she had to give it all up. 

She asked God time and time again, “Why did you give me a sidelines body, but not give me a sidelines heart”. She learned to build her body back up as a friend and ally, and love it regardless of the struggles and pain.

She went on to compete in American Ninja Warrior, finishing a triathlon, and other athletic endeavors. 

She now helps others heal emotionally, physically, and spiritually through her clinic. She started her road as an alternative health care practitioner in 2002, started her own clinical practice in 2009, and today she loves working with people's health challenges and helping them find their way to wellness. Now she wants to give that experience of feeling better, help others participate in life more, and reclaim your health!

Key Takeaways:

• Not allowing adversities to define your life
• Allison’s strong desire to continue participating in life. 
• The power of feeding your faith and starving your fears 
• How music can lift up our mood and use as therapy 
• How to move from a place of overwhelm to calmness so you can show up and connect with yourself 

In this episode:

• How Alison was a gymnast before becoming a quadriplegic
• How she coped with the dark thoughts, including listening to worship music and motivational speakers
• How difficult if was for her when she became a mom because her body was not always consistently there for her 

Tweetable moments:

• “I had to be easy on my body and love myself.”
• “Every moment is a choice, and I get to make those choices every day.”

Connect with Alison:

https://home.inner-restoration.com/

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

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There is always someone out there to keep you from your destiny.

Know when you are in a slump. Take ownership of what you are going through. Learn to work harder on yourself than you do at your job.

1. Work your plan, even if it is baby steps.
2. Activate the thinker in you! Don't stop at what you are doing just because it has been unsuccessful. Failures are nothing but life lessons.
3. Get clarity on what you want to do.

Tweetable Moments:

"Everything I am going through is not going to stop me from where I am going to."

"Everything I go through prepares me for my destiny."

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

They talk about how Joseph felt like he could never do anything to win in life in the eyes of his father, how he came to forgive him, and how they became best friends. They also talk about rejection, not being able to say sorry after someone passes away, and how people can come to forgive others, but they may not forgive themselves. 

They also talk about something very important and unique, unforgiveness. Unforgiveness can affect your body, your relationships, your life, and its is something that many people need to learn about to recover from. 

In this episode:

• How joseph dealt with rejection from his father
• How joseph delt with rejection from dating
• How joseph put himself back out there to date
• The definition of unforgiveness 

Key takeaways:

• The 2 main parts of forgiveness
• How to forgive yourself

Tweetable Moments:

• “Its okay to not be okay”
• “When you take the step to forgive someone, you may not hear what you want to hear. Do not take that personally.”
• “When we dont forgive ourselves, our bitterness and resentment bubbles up.”
• “Our brains are wired to scout for the bad stuff”

Connect with Dwayne Staten:

Dwayne's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwaynestaten/

Power of Forgiveness Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-power-of-forgiveness-with-dwayne-staten/id1505118249

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Joseph's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

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In this episode, Joseph shares that when he lost his wife and father within 22 days of each other, he didn’t have any goals in mind. All he wanted to do was stay in bed, but he realized he needed to start small, by just sitting up in bed. His big goal was just to get out of the house. 

If you don’t have your goals written down, your mind will continue to be distorted. This is why you need a plan before these things may happen! In this episode, he breaks down what you need to do to simplify goals.  

Key Takeaways:

The 6 steps you need to take to create clear goals 

How Joseph created goals after the loss of his father and wife

How Joseph grew his dog training business. 

Tweetable moments:

“You can’t achieve what you can’t see.”

“Where there is no vision, the people perish” Proverbs 29:18

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjjames 

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

The best revenge is a life well-lived. It is so easy to care for people that we have relationships with and neglect the most important person, yourself. 

In this episode, Joseph speaks with Sarah K. Ramsey about how to design a life that you deserve, after surviving a toxic relationship. Sarah is a life strategist, toxic relationship specialist, dream builder, heart-centered healer, and intuition empowerment expert. She is a best-selling author of the book Becoming Toxic Person Proof and host of the Toxic Person Proof podcast which reaches thousands of listeners around the world.

We can be toxic to ourselves. Toxic relationships are not limited to boyfriend/girlfriend relationships, it can also be with parents, co-workers, bosses, truly anyone who we have relationships with. 

Key Takeaways:

3 ways to heal from a toxic relationship

How to come up with a healing strategy 

A lot of people suffer from Smart Girl/Guy Syndrom - thinking you can fix everything with enough hard work 

Tweetable Moments:

“When people tell you who they are, believe them” - Maya Angelou

“My good behavior does not change someone else’s behavior” - Sarah K. Ramsey

“The best revenge is a life well lived” - Sarah K. Ramsey

“Not letting people steal your power, that’s integrity.” - Sarah K. Ramsey

Connect with Sarah:

Sarah’s Website: https://sarahkramsey.com/

Sarah’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bouncebackcoaching

Sarah’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bouncebackbetter/

Connect with Joseph James:

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In this episode, Joseph shares tips to deal with your trauma and pain head-on, and stop feeling shame and emptiness. Listeners, if you are avoiding painful situations and not attempting to find a resolution, this episode is for you.

Trauma almost always leads to shame, and we as humans try to do everything we can to avoid the feeling of shame. Shame showed up in Joseph's life by needing approval from his parents, friends, coaches, and mentors. He had to look within himself to seek his own approval and not need others' approval.

On This Episode:

• Joseph talks about the dangers of avoiding situations that remind us of our past.
• How childhood trauma can show up in adult life if you don't deal with it properly.
• You are responsible for creating the atmosphere you want. Bring the vibe you want with you.

Key Takeaways:

• The result of trauma is shame.
• Shame makes us seek approval.
• Healing from trauma requires turning to the true authentic self.
• Joseph is always on a healing journey, it is a thing he will continue to work on.
• By not recognizing your trauma, you will never heal.

Tweetable Quote:

• "Vulnerability brings healing."
• "Create the atmosphere you want when you walk into a room."
• "Do not run away from your trauma, embrace it. Take ownership of it."

Please share this episode with anyone in your life who is experiencing trauma or pain, this podcast is all about helping others find their Purpose Through Pain.

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

Gordon has come a long way in his mental health journey and uses what he’s learned to help educate kids and adults with their struggles with stress, anxiety, resentment, and worthlessness. He speaks to the unique human ability to change our minds and show how to use tools to acompish that change. 

Gordon is an author, public speaker, and advocate for suicide prevention and mental health awareness, writing regularly on his website mentallyagile.com. He speaks to the uniquely human ability to change our minds and shows how to use tools to accomplish that change. 

While “tough it out” is fantastic advice for someone who already knows what to do and has the ability to do it, Gordon believes that it is impractical and dangerous advice to those with no idea what they are doing.

Whether you have a diagnosed mental illness or are just facing the stresses of everyday life, tune in to hear about Gordon’s experience with depression, self-harm, anti-depressants, and therapy, and learn how you can start taking action today.

On This Episode:

• Gordon’s struggle with depression growing up with good parents and a good childhood
• The impact of having a predisposition for mental illness
• Planning his first suicide attempt and the friend who changed the course of his life
• Gordon’s brutal cycle with anti-depressants
• How he started working with his depression instead of rebelling against it
• The human stress response and why it is not designed for the ongoing stresses we experience today
• The power of visualization and learning how to be content
• Mental agility vs. mental toughness
• Action steps to keep moving forward when dealing with stress, anxiety, and overwhelm

Key Takeaways:

• Depression isn’t usually something you just wake up with one day. It’s a slow and insidious process. 
• Never underestimate the power of simply asking someone, “How can I help?”
• Listen to your doctor when they tell you not to quit your anti-depressants cold turkey.
• The human mind has a significant ability to adapt.
• Don’t judge yourself for not being at 100% every day.

Tweetable Moments:

• “We exist on a spectrum of behaviors.” - Gordon Corsetti
• “If you don’t sleep well, you’re screwed long-term. Nobody operates well off of a lack of sleep.”  - Gordon Corsetti
• “Pain teaches if you’re willing to be a student.” - Gordon Corsetti

Connect with Gordon:

Website: https://mentallyagile.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mentallyagile

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mental_agility

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mentallyagile/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gordoncorsetti/

Email: gcorsetti@mentallyagile.com 

Contact Form: https://mentallyagile.com/contact

Connect with Joseph James: 

Facebook Page: https://mentallyagile.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mentallyagile

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mental_agility

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mentallyagile/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gordoncorsetti/

Email: gcorsetti@mentallyagile.com 

Contact Form: https://mentallyagile.com/contact

Connect with Joseph James: 

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

Time and life can pass us by very quickly. Are we making the best use of it? That is the topic of today's solo episode.

Time is the one thing that every living being on this planet has in common. None of us know exactly how much time we will have here on this planet, but it is up to us to make the most of it. Time is so easy to take advantage of, but if you don't use it wisely, it will go away and you can never get it back.

On this Episode:

• Joseph shares about the loss of his wife and how he recognized he didn't make the best use of his time.
• Learn how to make your relationships count with the time you have.
• Discover the difference between being driven and being available to those most important.

Key Takeaways:

• Don't become so driven you to become dismissive of people.
• You can be in the same room as others and still not be present.
• You never know how much you have time.

Tweetable Quote:

• "If you will change your mindset, you will change your world."

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purthrpn

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

The Self Love Revolution Summit is a free online event. You will meet the experts who have mastered the art of self-love and learn how to enhance your relationships, find financial freedom, and start living a happier, more loving life.

Joseph James was a featured speaker during this summit.

Jonathan worked in the entertainment industry for 20 years was doing something that he thought was making him happy, but he realized he was not actually happy, so he changed his life. He realized that his definition of success and the actual definition of success were very different. He has all the physical attributes to make himself happy, but no matter how successful he became, he never became happy. 

He went on a journey to figure out what was wrong with him and why he was not happy. At the end of his journey, he realized that nothing was actually wrong with him, he just was not living in the moment. He was postponing happiness until he was more successful, and there was a huge disconnect. 

In this episode:

• About the Self Love Revolution Summit
• Jonathan realizes that his definition of success is not the actual definition of success
• His tips on how to feel successful and happy
• Jonathan realized he was running from himself, not actually addressing himself.

Key Takeaways:

• Working hard and making money is not always the key to success. You must look within yourself to find happiness. 
• Spend time with your loved ones instead of grinding at work because that is what will make you happy
• Courage is a skill 
• Fear is a huge motivator

Tweetable moments:

• "Be happy first. When you are happy, you are successful." - Jonathan Troen
• "When you put success before happiness, you get burnt out." - Joseph James
• "Money is helpful, but it is not going to make you happy if you are already unhappy
• It is okay to be me." - Jonathan Troen
• "If you’re not afraid, you aren’t doing anything important." - Jonathan Troen

Get your free ticket to the Self Love Revolution Summit: https://www.selfloverevolutionsummit.com/

Connect with Jonathan Troen:

Website: https://www.troen.net/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathantroen

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/troen

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

Joseph is a helper and is realizing that finding a solution to people's problems is not always what people want in conversation, sometimes people just need to let things off their chest. 

Tweetable Moment:

• “It’s not that the mistakes are worth it, but the journey is worth it.”

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: instagram.com/meetjosephjames

We all have times in our lives that feel very chaotic and it can be very hard to manage. Joseph gives some tips on how to balance life when it is chaos. 

In this episode:

How joseph learned that he needed to only control what he could and to let go of those things that he cannot control 

Surround yourself with the things that feed your soul

Why you should always communicate, even when it is hard

Key Takeaways:

How to take a step back and trust 

Create your own atmosphere

Control what you can, let go of what you can’t

There is no such thing as over-communicating 

Flip the script and eliminate negative words from your vocabulary

Tweetable moments:

“Control what you can, don’t stress about what you can’t.”

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

In this episode, Joseph sits down with Michelle Crist a close friend and mentor of his. Michelle dealt with alcohol addiction and some mental health matters, which runs through her family.

Michelle became strong growing up by having to grow up faster than others her age. When she was in middle school, she had a stalker and her parents made her take martial arts classes to protect herself if anything happened. 

When she was a freshman in high school she saw her teacher get shot. This changed her perspective on safety. When she went back to school she could not believe how normal everything was. Her life changed, her teacher’s life ended, but no one was really reaching how she was expecting. 

She realized if she was shot too, no one would have noticed until the teacher told them. Once she started prioritizing safety over connections, she felt very empty. She had a great job but felt weak and purposeless. She decided to end her life becasue she was just tired of living the life she was living. 

When she decided to end her life, she felt God’s hands on her. She was unable to move. The voice was just telling her to breathe. 

This episode is all about how to change yourself have a life that you are painfully wanting and prioritizing the right things. If you want to set yourself up on solid ground, this episode is for you. 

In this episode:

• How Michelle changed her life after feeling purposeless. 
• Overcoming alcohol addiction.
• Dealing with PSTD
• Entering a relationship to heal one another in a healthy way. 

Key Takeaways:

• When you are overwhelmed, just take a breath and believe in yourself. 
• Life is hard, but fear and doubt hold no truth. Do not let those thoughts overpower you. 
• Love life and make connections with others. That is the key in life. 

Tweetable moments:

• “Just because you have weak moments, you can’t stay in that”
• “We tend to think what happened to us. We are not weak. We are perfect not because we are strong but because we complement God’s greatness.”
• “Fear and doubt are loud and rarely hold truth. They hold survival, not life.”

Connect with Michelle Crist:

Michelle’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MichelleCrist_thankful/

Michelle’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michelle.clay.7505

Michelle’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-crist-7557a715b/

Michelle’s Email: michelle@advanceyourreach.com

Advance your reach: https://advanceyourreach.com/

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

Time and life can pass us by very quickly. Are we making the best use of it? That is the topic of today's solo episode.

On this Episode:

• Joseph shares about the loss of his wife and how he recognized he didn't make the best use of his time.
• Learn how to make your relationships count with the time you have.
• Discover the difference between being driven and being available to those most important.

Key Takeaways:

1. Don't become so driven you to become dismissive of people.
2. You can be in the same room as others and still not be present.
3. You never know how much you have time.

Tweetable Quote:

"If you will change your mindset, you will change your world."

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purthrpn

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

Adriana is a firm believer in living life to the fullest. She has 4 successful entrepreneurial businesses, all while fighting for her life. Over the past 5 years, she has had 27 procedures that have kept her alive. 

Adriana lost her identity when she became increasingly ill. She didn’t want to be seen as a sick person. Her identity was in corporate America, but her body no longer allowed her to work those long hours in the office. She had to search for her new identity, so she started meditating daily. 

The pressure not to work made her realize what made her happy and she started to do the things that she loved, including running a social media marketing agency and coaching over 6,500 clients globally, across 5 continents, in the past nearly 20 years.

Adriana's battle with chronic illness started in childhood with severe asthma and recurrent bouts of bronchitis, which she outgrew as an adult. The toughest days came from 2015-2019 when I underwent over 25 procedures and surgeries. She has continued to battle wich chronic illnesses, including Type 3C diabetes, chronic pancreatic disease, gastroparesis, Addison’s disease, hypopituitarism, hypothyroidism, celiac disease, and osteoporosis. 

She has learned to thrive in the body she was born with. To maximize her productivity and happiness, she schedules her day around when her body works best, usually doing the things she needs to do in the morning. She shares her story so other people who may be dealing with health dilemmas may feel seen.

In this episode:

• Adriana Cowdin shares how she manages how to run multiple successful businesses while battling chronic illnesses. 
• How she created a new identity for herself after leaving corporate America. 
• Finding Happiness and Thriving Amid Health Adversities
• How she built 4 businesses while fighting for her life.  

Key Takeaway:

• You can change your identity when you set your mind to it
• You are not alone, even in your darkest moments
• Learn to thrive in the body you are born with 
• She became successful in entrepreneurship while fighting for her life

Tweetable Moments:

• “Life is really about how you find your way when adversity comes your way”
• “What we feed our mind grows”
• “No book was written for you unless you write it yourself”
• “I am blessed with every day I am given.”
• “If it helped one person, its worth it”

Connect with Adriana:

Adriana's Website: https://adrianacowdin.com/

Adriana's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fabulousandfiercewomen/

Adriana's Facebook Group, "Fabulous, Fit, & Financially Fierce Women Entrepreneurs": https://www.facebook.com/groups/magnificentmillionaire

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

Through the process of learning, he was able to understand how to be sensitive about others' triggers, as well as how he was able to acknowledge his own triggers to work through his past.

Key Takeaways:

• Triggers are teachers that show us what we need to heal.
• Triggers disclose areas where we need to heal.
• Learn what triggers others and focus on the root cause, not the symptoms.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “Ask what happened and WHY it happened.”
• “Triggers are teachers.”

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

On this episode:

• Brandon shares the “No’s” in his life which are the reasons why he does what he does today
• Learn about the Champion’s mindset
• Learn ways on how to navigate the feeling of self-doubt 
• How we can define success 
• Learn why ourself is the greatest investment 

Key Takeaways:

• The byproduct of solving a problem is money
• Choose to be helpful over being right
• You can take charge of your own success
• Self-doubt will always creep in and we just have to recognize it every time 
• Everything in life is sales
• Learn from your past so you can have the opportunity to not make the same mistake

Connect with Brandon Straza:

Instagram

The Mastermind Effect Podcast

The Success Finder Website

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook Page

Facebook Group

Instagram

Key Takeaways:

• We cannot forgive ourselves when we project our pain onto others.
• We judge and shame others as a distraction from our fractured relationship with ourselves.
• Forgiving ourselves is part of our healing 

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook Page

Facebook Group

Instagram

Joseph met Michelle at the Ultimate Wealth Camp in Las Vegas, where Joseph was a speaker. 

Michelle was a victim of domestic violence. In 2016, she performed a 65-minute solo play about her experience, and after that, she connected with so many others who the same things have happened to them. 

Text UNITE to 26786 to receive a downloadable document to help you overcome and recover 

In this episode: 

Michelle grew up in a healthy and happy family

She found herself in an abusive relationship for 4 years 

How she founded unsilenced voices

Key Takeaways:

The stages of domestic abuse

Try to leave at the first sign of abuse

Before you're trapped in a toxic relationship, research that person 

The ways to get out of an abusive relationship

Tweetable moments: 

"Hurt people hurt people."

"You fall in love with someone for good times."

"Just keep swimming. Nothing can make you give up." 

Connect with Michelle Jewsbury:

Unsilenced Voices: https://unsilencedvoices.org/

Michelle's coaching and masterclass: https://www.unsilencemyvoice.com/

Michelle’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michellejewsburyspeaks

Michelle’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michellejewsbury/

Text UNITE to 26786 to receive a downloadable document to help you overcome and recover

The Purpose Through Pain Podcast centers on personal stories that offer

life lessons on topics like rejection, grief, anxiety, and trauma.

Joseph James is a former U.S. Marine and Law Enforcement veteran,

business owner, father, motivational speaker and life coach. Joseph has

spoken in many venues across the nation and has helped thousands of

people understand their purpose in life. After his wife’s battle of

cancer, and the journey of pain his family went through, Joseph is now

coaching people that have gone through life’s struggles, pain and trauma

to help them not just find their purpose through pain but teach them to

take their pain and launch them into their destiny.

On This Episode:

1. Joseph shares how he learned to deal with feelings of abandonment, rejection, and abuse.
2. Learn the danger of trying to always be a fixer in your relationships.
3. Joseph shares how he always sought approval from others.
4. Hear Joseph’s vision for the future of the Purpose Through Pain Podcast.

Key Takeaways:

1. The number one place you need to look for help is within.
2. The pain we experience has a reason for it.
3. We can’t touch what we can’t feel.

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purthrpn

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

Family is so important to Joseph James, but as a child, it was quite difficult. He grew up with an abusive father and was very scared of rejection. In this episode, Joseph invites his brother, Michael James, onto the show. They discuss how they grew in their life and what they dealt with as an adult who grew up in an abusive household.

In This Episode:

• Joseph and his brother, Michael, discuss their abusive childhood and the things they’ve taken from it.
• Learn what drove Michael to become entrepreneurial.
• Michel discusses how travel impacted him.
• Michael opens up about his divorce.
• Hear how cycling helped Michael’s mental health.
• Learn how to stop quitting.

Key Takeaways:

• Don’t allow your pain to stick to you.
• You have to be able to stop erosion before you have a full flood.
• We have everything we need to succeed. We just need to take the consistent, correct, steps.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “Make it a priority every day to do SOMETHING.”
• “You’re either eroding or growing.”
• “We quit in small stages.”
• “We’re built to make a difference.”
• “You can’t be grateful and hateful at the same time.”

Connect with Michael:

MichaelJamesRemodeling.com

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

In this episode, Joseph James talks all about identity, and how most people prioritize the wrong thing. Changing your identity is something that many people struggle with for a whole lifetime. 

If you want to change your identity, the vision of yourself must change.

How we feel about our own lives is so important. We create an identity for ourselves about how we talk, look, act, and even who we interact with so we can keep up a certain look or idea of ourselves

But when your profession becomes your identity, something certainly needs to change. Joseph experienced this first hand, and in this episode, tells the story of how he was able to change his mindset around this. 

If your identity is work, and if your job changes, your job changes your life feels meaningless. 

In this episode:

• Joseph shares how he had to change his identity twice. Once after a career change, and once after his wife passed away. 
• The steps to take to change your identity. 
• How to know when your identity is no longer working for you. 

Key Takeaways:

• If you want to change your identity, the vision of yourself must change.
• Work should not be your identity.
• Your identity can change, when you put effort into it. 

Tweetable moments:

“Align your future with where you want your identity to be.”

“If I want a different future, I have to change how I think now.”

“Change your mindset, change your world.”

Connect with Joseph James:

https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

Facilitating change through workshops on diversity, equity, inclusion, communication, radical kindness, mental health, and mindfulness, he is helping shift the way organizations view their culture and team dynamics. 

He is on a personal mission to empower and inspire others to live their best lives through the virtues of kindness and mindfulness, helping people from all walks of life overcome limiting beliefs that have led to transformational changes both personally and professionally.

Using the humility and perspective that his life experiences have given him, Kary helps his clients discover their purpose and create a more meaningful life. From toxic masculinity and alcoholism to spirituality and meditation, Kary is here to talk about these experiences and how they influenced the course of his life and led him to where he is today.

On This Episode:

• How growing up in a toxic environment changed the way Kary viewed his parents
• The consequences of growing up thinking that only women are allowed to share their emotions
• The surprising gut punch that changed Kary’s life
• The intensity of Kary’s twenties as a functional alcoholic
• How Kary’s spiritual quest led him to a silent ten-day meditation retreat
• The seemingly crazy marketing scam that turned out to be true
• The event that turned Kary into a mental health advocate
• Taking the mysticism out of meditation

Key Takeaways:

• Judgment and animosity make breakthroughs and connections impossible.
• There’s always more to the story.
• When you’re in a dark place, there’s nothing wrong with asking for help, but only you can do the inner healing work.
• Self-love goes a long way.

Tweetable Moments:

• “Sometimes you can get drunk on the positivity because you’re not allowing yourself to experience what you’re experiencing.” - Kary Youman
• “It’s important to bounce back and to have a positive outlook, but sometimes you just really gotta deal with some shit.” - Kary Youman
• “Eventually, if you train yourself to walk through the dark, you start to recognize that you’re the light.” - Kary Youman

Connect with Kary:

Website: https://kyouman.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karyyouman/

Connect with Joseph James: 

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

• How I managed to create a peaceful environment amidst a toxic environment as a child.
• The difference between controlling yourself in the midst of a situation and controlling the situation.
• Learn how to act or choose to react in the midst of the situation instead of trying to control the situation.

Key Takeaways:

• Focus on how you are handling the situation instead of focusing on other people.
• We can’t make people change or control other people. 
• We’ll better off walk through our own healing and recognize our own triggers if we learn how to control ourselves in the midst of the situation.

Tweetable Quotes:

• We have the ability to change the atmosphere in which we want to live.
• Triggers are teachers showing us what needs to be healed.

Connect with Joseph James:

• Facebook Page
• Facebook Group
• Instagram

• Learn what action steps you can take to overcome pain and rejection.
• Joseph opens up about his negative experiences in his childhood and the searing pains of loss he has experienced.
• Learn the danger of seeking approval and constantly trying to fix everything.

Key Takeaways:

1. Forgive yourself.
2. Create goals, dreams, and visions for your life.
3. Take time to grieve.
4. Find someone you can help.
5. Find a way to help them.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “Forgiveness requires healing.”
• “Without action, your goal is just a thought.”
• “Change your mindset, change your world.”

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

On this episode:

• Rachel shares how she became a fan of the Saints going to games with her dad.
• Learn how Rachel began pursuing her career in journalism, and how her dream job slipped away.
• Discover the way to navigate difficult transitions.
• Rachel opens up about her diagnosis with epilepsy.
• Discover how to build a support system.

Key Takeaways:

1. Everyone goes through transitions.
2. GIve yourself room to grieve.
3. FInd someone to help and help them.

Tweetable Quotes:

• You can't fill a full cup. Pour into others.
• We hold the key to our own healing.

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

Joseph is a helper and is realizing that finding a solution to people's problems is not always what people want in conversation, sometimes people just need to let things off their chest. 

Tweetable Moment:

• “It’s not that the mistakes are worth it, but the journey is worth it.”

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: instagram.com/meetjosephjames