Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things

How to Break the Cycle of Relationship Addiction, Codependency and Toxic Partnerships   Sherry Gaba, LCSW is one of the world's leading experts on this subject. Author of the bestselling book Love Smacked, you've seen her featured on VH1's Celebrity Rehab, CNN, Inside Edition, Access Live, E! News, and in Cosmopolitan, Women's World, the Los Angeles Times, Thrive Global, the New York Post and Psychology Today. A licensed psychotherapist, life coach and founder of Wakeup Recovery, Sherry marries her vast knowledge of the addiction recovery process with her expertise in relationship coaching and counseling.   But she has a very personal reason for specializing in this area. She WAS a romance and love addict for most of the first 40 years of her life! Married four times, she was driven by the need for reassurance, comfort, safety, validation and financial support that she perceived a relationship offered. Her compulsion stemmed from being a premature baby placed in an incubator for weeks after birth. Without that initial bonding and supporting parenting, she suffered the abandonment that drives most people who are love addicted. Sherry's husbands included the abuser, the neglector and the alcoholic.   Listen to learn about her story and her tips of breaking the cycle!

In episode 654, you'll hear Keri talk about the show she's been doing for the last 7.5 years and how the show will be adjusting going forward with one episode a month.  Take a quick listen to learn more and don't forget to listen to all of our amazing previous episodes!

In episode 653 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our teen guest host Aiden.  Once a month he brings the kid's perspective on life.  This one he talks about his experience doing this show and this being his final one for the time being. My hope is that it will expand your mindset and maybe encourage you to have a conversation with a kid in your life. 

How to Harness Your Gifts, Fulfill Your Purpose, and Create a Life of Joy   Years ago, Dr. Karen went through her "Dark Night of the Soul", succumbing to fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune disease, multiple chemical sensitivities...even suicidal depression. Her medical training wasn't enough for her to get better, so she began exploring holistic healing and energy medicine. After healing herself, she began sharing the wisdom she learned with her clients and has now evolved her own healing methodology called The TOLPAKAN™ Healing Method.   Today, she teaches her Light Medicine healing method to people around the globe. Her mission is to help spiritually conscious people harness their Superpowers so they can thrive and vibrate their highest light so that they can anchor in a brand new reality of peace, love, joy, and harmony for all.   Listen as we chat about How to Harness Your Sensitivity as a Superpower, how she's done it and how she helps others do the same.

Secrets to go from Stuck To Unstoppable  In episode of 651 I chat with Genecia Alluora, a former Miss Singapore, Cafe Retail Chain Owner and Southeast Asia Woman of Excellence 2010, International Progressive Women 2019.  We chat about how she's built a business and a following through her hard work and mindset.  She is awarded by Noble Queen Most Prominent Women Empowerment in 2020. She is also a Business Coach and awarded as Mentor of the Year in Powerhouse Global Ltd., the Founder of Soul Rich Woman, the #1 female entrepreneur network in Southeast Asia that connects more than 200,000 women across the region in the 'Soul F' membership program. For the past 17 years, Genecia coached celebrities, CEOs and politicians to be seen as a leader on stage. Today, with the Soul Rich Woman Blueprint and SRW academy, she mentors thousands of women to bring their business and leadership brand online.

Creating More Control Over the Life You Want   In episode 650 I chat with Dr. Reza Abraham. Do you ever feel like you want more out of life but you can't seem to figure out how to make it happen? Listen as Dr. Reza Abraham talks about gaining more control on what you want plus his story of doing the same.  

In episode 649 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our kid guest host Aiden.  Once a month he brings the kid's perspective on life.  This one he talks about his thoughts on the changes he sees as a teen with gas prices and daylight savings time.  My hope is that it will expand your mindset and maybe encourage you to have a conversation with a kid in your life. 

Leading the Way in Preventing Child Sex Trafficking   In episode 648, learn more about this important topic.   Now more than ever children are at risk for online child exploitation and they do not even have to leave home for it to happen. Any mobile app with a chat feature can put a child at risk. Nor is this isolated to children in lower incomes. Any child can be targeted! There are many organizations that help recover children from forced slavery, there are fewer that are focused on the exploitation of children. Paving the Way Foundation has taken on this mission—in a big way!   Jan Edwards is the founder of Paving the Way Foundation which is committed to empowering communities to be a fierce disruption in the cycle of child trafficking and online exploitation through highly engaging and empowering educational programs.   Jan is spearheading a national information campaign with schools, parents, teens in middle and high schools, the media, and other critical organizations on how to spot, resist and report perpetrators.  Listen to learn more about why she started this and about how to stay alert to this important topic. 

In episode 647 I chat with Lauren Krasnodembski.  With the daily hustle of everyday, your thoughts and actions are on automatic pilot. We tend to program ourselves to do certain things in certain ways, but just like we can train the muscles in our body, we can also train our mind so that it becomes stronger, more resilient, and healthier, according to Lauren Krasnodembski, author of Reclaim Your Power.   Krasnodembski had her first "oh crap" moment when she was driving home from Costco one Sunday afternoon. Someone had asked her, "what are you passionate about?" and she froze. Despite these moments, she felt paralyzed to act because her mind kept hijacking her power, which kept her on the hamster wheel that we often call life. Yet, things shifted when she followed Warren Buffet's infamous advice that, "the best investment you can make is in yourself." Listen to her story and the advice she gives to others to start reclaiming their power.

Finding Forward After Paralysis   In episode 646, you'll hear an inspiring and motivating story.  At 49 years old, Air Force reservist, flight instructor, and scuba diver Jeffrey Morse found himself lying in a hospital bed, paralyzed from the neck down after suffering both an aneurism and a stroke. Doctors told him that he would likely never walk again, but Jeffrey wasn't the type to give up. With incredible inner strength, determination, and faith, Morse defied all odds against him. He set a goal that he would walk out of the hospital in six weeks when he was set to be released. And to the astonishment of his medical team, he did just that!   He continues to live with disabilities but listen as he talks about how he continues to find ways to move forward and encourages positive thinking as well. Learn more about his story and how he encourages others to find the mindset to more forward.