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Episode 92 Interview with Carmel Clermont: Mother to the Masses Carmel Clermont is a Haitian woman who was raised by her aunt in Haiti until she was 15 years old. She finally joined her parents in the US in 1986. She went to high school, and to college, got married and had 5 children, inherited 5 more stepchildren, and decided she was most at home when she was helping others, so she went to work to unofficially adopt 300 children in Haiti through the support of their orphanages. Tune into ...

Episode 91 Creating Your Life on Purpose (Guest Interview with Taylor Proctor) When a story is told we follow along with the main character and await the challenge or the crux of the story – the adventure, and then we listen or watch as the hero decides what to do. The events have already happened, that’s why the story can be told, but the piece we didn’t need to think about was how the characters in the story made their real-time choices and thus those actions or inactions that moved the ...

Episode 90 Your Origin Story: Where are you from? (Guest interview with Will Schaub) What is an origin story? The definition found in the ever trusted source of Wikidepia states that:” In entertainment, an origin story is an account or back-story revealing how a character or group of people become a protagonist or antagonist, and adds to the overall study of a narrative, often giving reasons for their intentions.” I will add that sometimes it’s focused on what led you to a certain place...

Random Acts of Kindness – Boots on the Ground It’s an inside job “Along your pathway of life, you will observe that you are not the only traveler. There are others who need your help. There are feet to steady, hands to grasp, minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save.” –Thomas S. Monson, Past Prophet of the LDS Church Random Acts of Kindness are a thing. There are groups, websites, and people who rally others to get out and focus on acts of kindness and the creat...

Episode 88: Defining Our Personal Values – Do you have stories to prove these are your values? When a business defines its values it determines what it wants its governing value system to be. Now, this can be hot air, something that sounds good in a mission statement, or it can be something that the management and employees live by. When we set our own personal value system it’s very similar. Actively choosing the values you wish to create your life around can give you direction, definitio...

Episode 87 Interview with Jen Faber: How to Live More in 3 Months than you have in 3 Years What does a successful life look and feel like to you? For everyone it’s going to be a little different. For Dr. Jen Faber, my guest today, she had built a six-figure wellness practice and was a thought leader in her industry, but despite all she had created in her professional life she felt like a version of herself was trapped inside and was screaming to break free. Jen had to redefine what a successf...

Episode 86 Interview with Jennifer Anderson – Chief Inspiration Officer Welcome to the Love Your Story Podcast, Episode 86. Have you ever woken up at approximately 3:00 a.m. in the morning? It’s weird. For years I would wake up between [3:00]- 4:00 a.m. and often at exactly the same minute regardless of when I went to bed. This went on for so long that I started to think it was some sort of weird sign, but then I was listening to Wayne Dyer who talked about waking up at 3:00 a.m. and how he felt...

Episode 85 Interview Dr. Brenda Kelleher Flight: Life is a Reflection of Thought Has your life turned out as you expected? Do you ever feel like things are totally out of your control? Are you overwhelmed, stuck and ready to get your life back?….so starts the paragraph on Dr. Brenda’s home page. And since that very first question she poses is the exact same question as the one I posed on my pre-dissertation research study, you can imagine that I wanted to hear what she had to say about “Has your...

Healing Our Stories Healing is a cyclical event. We don’t do it once. We do it over and over. As I ponder on this topic I think about all the people I have interviewed – people who have lost children to hiking accidents, car accidents, suicide. People who have lost spouses and parents to murder and suicide. A woman with an eating disorder and a man whose father tried to kill him as a child in order to prove himself a prophet in God’s eyes. This is just the tip of the iceberg. The stories are ...

Episode 83 Interview Wendy Garrett – Life is Tough, but I’m Tougher Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast, episode 83 where I’m talking with Wendy Garrett. When one has a paralyzed limb it’s unlikely that you’ll see them running, but it’s even less likely that you’ll see them running a marathon, but even less likely than that is that they will be competing in the major world marathons, but that’s the story we get to hear today. Stay tuned to find out about Wendy’s accident, the long process ...

Hearing From Those Inside the 21-Day Challenge The 21-Day Challenge launched in January and I wanted to give you a peek into what the challenge has been creating for those who have jumped on the bandwagon and accepted the challenge. Today’s episode contains stories from four of the 21-Day Challenge participants so you can hear about some of the challenges, you can hear what the participants think of the challenges, and you can get a feel for the type of experiences being generated. I hope you...

Relative Race: Interview with the host Dan Debenham -Reality TV Helping People Find Family Today I’m sitting at Roots Tech, the genealogy tradeshow at the Salt Palace in the capital of Utah, Salt Lake City. Dan Debenham, the host of the popular and highly acclaimed reality TV show Relative Race, and I, are sitting inside a bright lime green car, used by one of the teams in the reality show. We are sitting in here as a type of sound booth, so we can talk about the show, get the stories of the ...

Interview with Diane Butterfield – Part 2 You Can’t Choose What Happens to You, But You Can Choose How You Respond Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast. Today is episode 80, which ends a 2-part series of interviews with Diane Butterfield. I’ve given this story 2 episodes because it’s long, it’s intense, and around every corner, there is another twist to the plot, another funeral, another dragon to be slain. If you’ve ever thought life was not fair, well…you’re in good company with today’s i...

Interview with Diane Butterfield – Part 1 You Can’t Choose What Happens to You, But You Can Choose How You Respond Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast. Today is episode 79, which starts a 2-part series of interviews with Diane Butterfield. I’ve given this story 2 episodes because it’s long, it’s intense, and around every corner, there is another twist to the plot, another funeral, another dragon to be slain. If you’ve ever thought life was not fair, well…you’re in good company with today’s...

Episode 78: Interview with Ganel-Lyn Condie One of the things that I believe that we run up against in this day in age is the issue of self-condemnation, comparison, expectations, – we live in a cultural space of doing it all; a social media space of seeing it all – all the great vacations, all the great relationship tributes, all the perfectly prepared meals and nicely decorated homes, the business accolades of associates and friends, the award banquets and the celebrations – all wonderful thin...

Interview with Mark Asquith – Origin Stories: The past defining the future Every story has a life, and every life has a story. Today on the Love Your Story podcast I bring to you Mark Asquith, from England, successful entrepreneur also known as the Hot Dog kid. Why do I bring this up – the incident with the hot dog? Because it’s a catalytic story in Mark’s life that made such an impact that over 20 years later it still helps him define what he wants, who he is, and who he isn’t. Stay tuned for m...

Body Talk – Stories from the Inner Critic Looking in the mirror has for many, become one of the most uncomfortable things we do. Uncomfortable because the minute we do the inner critic hammers away. It’s universal. You’re not alone. Criticizing the physical form we each inhabit is a rampant and pervasive story no matter where you live or who you are. Keep listening for a discussion on body talk, recrafting body stories, and why we’re all in this together. Stories are our lives in language. We...

The Search for Annie Schmidt: Part 3 “Bless the thing that broke you down and cracked you open because the world needs you open.” –Rebecca Campbell On Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 Annie Schmidt, daughter of Jon Schmidt, famous for his piano playing in the Piano Guys, and Michelle Schmidt, was reported missing. Over the next month, hundreds of people and search dogs embarked on what became an ordeal that gained national attention as the search for her unfolded. This three-part series includes...

PART II The Search for Annie Schmidt On Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 Annie Schmidt, daughter of Jon Schmidt, famous for his piano playing in the Piano Guys, and Michelle Schmidt, was reported missing. Over the next month, hundreds of people and search dogs embarked on what became an ordeal that gained national attention as the search for her unfolded. This three-part series includes interviews with Annie’s mother -Michelle, the woman who found Annie’s body – Lydia Mcgranahan, and another partic...

THE SEARCH FOR ANNIE SCHMIDT – PART 1 On Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 Annie Schmidt, daughter of Jon Schmidt, famous for his piano playing in the Piano Guys, and Michelle Schmidt, was reported missing. Over the next month, hundreds of people and search dogs embarked on what became an ordeal that gained national attention as the search for her unfolded. This three-part series includes interviews with Annie’s mother -Michelle, the woman who found Annie’s body – Lydia Mcgranahan, and another parti...

Understanding Story Archetypes Can Provide A Whole New Interpretation of Your Story Welcome back to the Love Your Story podcast. Today we are getting real with the parts of story. This is going to be fun. Have you ever been blocked in life? You’re cruising along in life, headed toward your goal or something you want, and bam, something challenges you. Of course you have! It’s a part of everyday life. So, let’s talk about a perspective shift here on this topic. First a definition. What is an a...

A Story about Zimbabwe, Three Professional Golfers, and a Whole Lotta Love Once Upon A Time there were three professional golfers who walked into a bar…. No, No, wrong story… But there were 3 professional golfers. Their names were Reeve, CeCe and Lolly. All three were blond white women, but one was a native Zimbabwean, one was a native South African, and one was a native Norwegian. This story starts with Reeve, a coach on the professional women’s European golf tour, who in 1996 was walk...

Sharing Stories to Create Understanding Sometimes something as simple as a pair of cowboy boots and a story can change lives. The stories that make up our lives are the building blocks, that when put together, explain, in large part, who we are because they illustrate the paths we’ve walked and the decisions we’ve made or not made. When these stories are shared we open the doors to understanding one another, and that changes everything. Stay tuned for a discussion on understanding one anot...

Ben Amos Interview: Using Video Strategically (Business Episode) Welcome back to the Love Your Story interview land. Today we embark on a business episode in our interview with Ben Amos from Austrailia. Ben is a passionate online video strategist and the host of Engage with Story podcast. He is the founder and creative director of Innovate Media; an online video strategy and production agency based in Queensland, Australia. His podcast is all about exploring the power of storytelling in moving p...