Changing the Perspective Podcast

Dr. Michele Finneran and I discuss the support that is needed and can be received with the right direction while in Domestic Abuse situation.  We discuss not just the support needed for the person in the abuse situation but the support needed for the people surrounding the person being abused.  There isn't enough discussion about the people that surround the abuse victim.  Those people can be helpful but can 100% become an incredibly large issue as well.   Dr. Finneran's mission in writing this book, "Surviving Domestic Abuse: Formal and Informal Supports and Services", is to help victims of domestic abuse navigate effectively through the myriad of formal and informal supports and services. She interviewed real-life survivors and utilized their voices to translate what was helpful in escaping the realm of domestic abuse. Dr. Finneran's passion in writing this book is to provide knowledge, give support options and ultimately empower victims of domestic abuse. It is also the intent of this author to leverage victims' perceptions, reflections and feelings...and to document recommendations for policy, strategy and decision making for supports and service providers. WEBSITE:   https://drmichelefinneran.com FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/dr.finneran INSTRAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/dr.finneran... LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelefi... Pinterest  https://www.pinterest.com/veccandasso...

Blending families can be super hard.  Megan Botto and her husband help people who are trying to blend their families in the most settled way as possible.  Blending creates chaos for all people involved but that chaos can be simplified and lessened if certain boundaries and situations are worked on ahead of the blend.  1 thing that is 100% of blending a family, emotions will be involved and everyone's emotions are valid no matter what another family members opinion may be of the situation. If you are blending a family or already have and are having some issues with it, please find Megan and her husband below:   http://broken2blessed.org/  Please subscribe to our channel and hit the like button below this video.  We will release a video at the end of every week! Check out our past interviews for some amazing stories! Please also check out our social media pages below.   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/changingthep...  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/changing_th...

From military action to talking to spirit, Dean McMurray has experienced a lot in his life.  He talks with me about how he discovered he was a medium.  We talk in detail about what a medium is, what a medium does and how they can help someone that needs some healing from their losses or past issues.  I have said that healing is not a one size fits all thing, which is why I want to bring all kinds of ways you can find peace and heal from your past situations. You can follow Dean or get in contact with him from the links below:  www.deanmcmurray.com  www.themilitarymedium.com   Please subscribe to our channel and hit the like button below this video.  We will release a video at the end of every week! Check out our past interviews for some amazing stories! Please also check out our social media pages below.   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/changingthep...  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/changing_th...

Sam is a high school senior who was diagnosed with autism when he was 4. Although Sam has faced challenges along the way, autism never has HAD him. Sam is the creator and owner of the podcast Autism Rocks and Rolls, which can be found on Podbean, YouTube, ITunes, Spotify, and SoundCloud. Sam loves rock and roll music, so Autism Rocks and Rolls was born.   Through Sam's podcast and public speaking, the messages and missions he wants to spread are: I am not broken. Look at me. Do not ignore me because I have autism. I am a functional member of society. I can do what you do, just a little differently, but, aren't we all different? I am the voice of those who can and can't speak on the spectrum. Don't ignore and dismiss us. Recognize that we are a human being first. We just happen to have autism.    Check out Sam's podcast and media appearances from his website:  autismrocksandrolls.com   Please subscribe to our channel and hit the like button below this video.  We will release a video at the end of every week! Check out our past interviews for some amazing stories! Please also check out our social media pages below.   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/changingthep...  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/changing_th...

Life after abuse, multiple failed marriages, bad choices and so on isn't always easy to manage but it can be great even if you don't feel that way for awhile.  Author Lorrine Patterson and I talk about all of the rough patches in her life that led her to write an amazing book about the crazy that she called her life.  She had multiple failed marriages, several situations of abuse in different forms, a string of bad choices in singlehood and then found real true love the way it was meant to be.  That led her to write a book about her life with the idea that you can go through some major crap and still have an amazing life in the end.  You can find Lorrine and her book at the links below:  Website -www.lorrinepatterson.com  https://www.amazon.com/Freeing-Your-H... With your purchase of her book "Freeing Your Heart for Love" you will receive a free gift called 5 Simple Ways to Love Yourself.     Please subscribe to our channel and hit the like button below this video.  We will release a video at the end of every week! Check out our past interviews for some amazing stories! Please also check out our social media pages below.  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/changingthep... Instagram https://www.instagram.com/changing_th...

Life after the military is sometimes hard and when you see the things that certain parts of the military personnel see, then it is REALLY hard.  Eric and I discuss what drove him to write his new book Bomb Hunters Story - Clearing Roads.  He talks about the job he had in the military and the things that he had to see and be a part of that led to PTSD and the realization that he was going to have a hard transition back to "normal" life.  He found out that there was not as many resources for military veterans when they get out of the service to get help for the mental part of trauma that forms when you have the types of jobs that military personnel have.  Please check out his book link below to get his book and read his story of life after the military.   https://www.amazon.com/Bomb-Hunters-S... Please subscribe to our channel and hit the like button below this video.  We will release a video at the end of every week! Check out our past interviews for some amazing stories! Please also check out our social media pages below.  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/changingthep... Instagram https://www.instagram.com/changing_th...

Years of abuse can do a number on a persons mental, emotional, physical, financial and spiritual well being.  You can get past it with a little work on yourself.  Paola Frias and I have a conversation about ways to work past issues that abuse can cause in a person.  The cycle is real and the issues that come from it are hard for a person to get past without some support and work on self love and self esteem.   Please subscribe to our channel and hit the like button below this video.  We will release a video at the end of every week! Check out our past interviews for some amazing stories! Please also check out our social media pages below.   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/changingthep...  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/changing_th...

Common threads among abuse. In this video we did something amazing.  We brought together 16 abuse victims together in one interview.  This group crosses 4 countries and 10 different states in the US.  Together they have 5 different sources of abuse (parental, significant other, co-worker, friend and child) and 7 different forms of abuse (verbal, emotional, mental, physical, sexual, financial and spiritual).     The goal of this video is to show commonality among all the different forms, types and sources of abuse out there. No matter  where you live or what type of abuse you have gone through, there is common threads that bring us all together as a community of survivors. Please subscribe to our channel and hit the like button below this video.  We will release a video at the end of every week! Check out our past interviews for some amazing stories! Please also check out our social media pages below.   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/changingthep...  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/changing_th...

Common threads among abuse. In this video we did something amazing.  We brought together 16 abuse victims together in one interview.  This group crosses 4 countries and 10 different states in the US.  Together they have 5 different sources of abuse (parental, significant other, co-worker, friend and child) and 7 different forms of abuse (verbal, emotional, mental, physical, sexual, financial and spiritual).    The goal of this video is to show commonality among all the different forms, types and sources of abuse out there. No matter  where you live or what type of abuse you have gone through, there is common threads that bring us all together as a community of survivors. Please subscribe to our channel and hit the like button below this video.  We will release a video at the end of every week! Check out our past interviews for some amazing stories! Please also check out our social media pages below.  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/changingthep... Instagram https://www.instagram.com/changing_th...

From starting a relationship and ignoring the red flags, to the punishments received while in the relationship then to having to call the police and get free from it all - this interview goes start to finish of a narcissistic relationship.  Laura and I discuss multiple facets of being in a relationship with a narcissistic partner.  Although the face in the situation is different, the situation itself feels so familiar.  Laura is wanting to help young women learn the red flags of abuse before they get sucked into a long term relationship with the wrong person.  You can find her blog and Instagram below:   The links are below:    IG: www.instagram.com/theothersidestrong   Blog: Theothersidelowajane216.wordpress.com    Please subscribe to our channel and hit the like button below this video.  We will release a video at the end of every week! Check out our past interviews for some amazing stories! Please also check out our social media pages below.   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/changingthep...  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/changing_th...

This is a fun and deep interview that surrounds finding the real you after hiding in the dark for awhile. Loss of his first son, excessive partying and alcohol use, questioning everything he grew up knowing and deciding to make some changes is what we discuss in this interview with Zachary Motes.  He lost his first son at only 9 days old.  He spiraled into a dark place that had him questioning everything he thought he knew in religion and spending a lot of time in bars.  He was a drummer in a band and that ultimately helped him stay numb and in the bar scene.  As he started to realize he needed to make some changes, he also decided to really question what he wanted out of spirituality and how to find some inner peace.    He has written 2 books so far and the links are listed below.   Resources: livingselfpodcast.com   https://www.amazon.com/Living-Self-En...  https://www.amazon.com/Living-Self-Em...  Please subscribe to our channel and hit the like button below this video.  We will release a video at the end of every week! Check out our past interviews for some amazing stories! Please also check out our social media pages below.   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/changingthep...  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/changing_th...

Have you experienced multiple struggles in your life and each one had the ability to take you all the way down but you rallied anyway?  Tereson had that story.  She has several struggles that she could have drown from in life but got up from the bottom and made a better life for herself.  It not always about status in life, sometimes it is just about having peace.    Catch out her blog and website: https://refusingtodrown.com/  Catch Tereson on her own podcast link below: https://anchor.fm/refusingtodrown  Please subscribe to our channel and hit the like button below this video.  We will release a video at the end of every week! Check out our past interviews for some amazing stories! Please also check out our social media pages below.   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/changingthep...  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/changing_th...

Kris talks about her years of struggling with depression, anxiety and lack of self esteem.  She discusses having suicidal thoughts at certain times.  She also talks about how she is taking control of those things in 2021.  She is finding gratitude in the daily things of life now.  She has had some major struggles but has had so many amazing victories in life as well.  I am so excited she decided to share this story with everyone. The resources she listed in this video:  Andy Stanley has great messages that have helped me greatly, his app is called Your Move by Andy Stanley. I have watched every one of his episodes.   Also Craig Groeschel's Leadership podcast.    Please subscribe to our channel and hit the like button below this video.  We will release a video at the end of every week! Check out our past interviews for some amazing stories! Please also check out our social media pages below.   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/changingthep...​  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/changing_th...

When you grow up in religion you are taught that anything other than just the gender you were born in is the only option for right or wrong.  You are taught that it is about a man and a woman and the rest is wrong.  This is what Sue had to settle in when her child came to her about told her that they identified different then they were born.   It caused riffs in her parent/child relationship as well as in her support system around her.  She started researching what transgender really was and how she could help her child as a parent and find satisfaction in the religious world she grew up in.  After doing her research she started finding ways to support her child with some major life decisions and still be filled in her spiritual world.  Her child has now fully transitioned and is living an incredible happy life compared to where they were as a teenager.  She wants to bring awareness to others out there struggling with this identity transition.  The resourced discussed in the interview are listed below: www.suevizcarra.com Church  Affirming Christian Denominations (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT-af...​  Gay Church https://www.gaychurch.org/affirming-d...​  Christian Denominational Positions on Homosexuality (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...​ Social Support PFLAG http://www.pflag.org/​ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides an opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity. LGBTQ Community Centers Directory http://www.lgbtcenters.org/Centers/fi...​ Advocacy / Education Gender Spectrum www.genderspectrum.org National Listing of LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges & Universities www.campusprideindex.org

Have you every thought about Hypnotherapy but weren't quite sure about it? Listen to this interview with Stacie Johnson.  She is a certified hypnotherapist and mindset coach that explains what hypnotherapy is and talks about the myths she hears people say about it. You can treat an incredible amount of issues in your head and your body with the hypnotherapy sessions she offers.   Check her out at:  https://www.iamstacie.com/​  https://www.facebook.com/iamstaciej​  Please subscribe to our channel and hit the like button below this video.  We will release a video at the end of every week! Check out our past interviews for some amazing stories! Please also check out our social media pages below.   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/changingthep...​  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/changing_th...

From high level athletics to high level coaching, bad decisions with alcohol and choices that needed to be made in relationships all led to an amazing book.  In this interview, I talk with Author Ryan Stock on how our relationship with athletics, vices and life choices all lead us down a path that isn't always pretty.  We talk about how his book came to be based on him making the choice to give up alcohol, find some inner peace by working on self love and becoming aware of the part he was playing in his personal relationships.  He manages an app for athletes to help them with mindfulness and meditation in both athletics and in life.  He coaches people in sports or connected to sports how to be mindful of the emotions that are involved in the sport they play and the life they live.  You can get in touch with Ryan or follow him on the resources below: mymindsport.com  ryan@mymindsport.com  amryanstock.com  www.instagram.com/mymindsport  www.instagram.com/amryanstock  www.facebook.com/ryan.stock.585 Grab his new book One Last Drop with this link  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/173...​  Please subscribe to our channel and hit the like button below this video.  We will release a video at the end of every week! Check out our past interviews for some amazing stories! Please also check out our social media pages below.   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/changingthep...​  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/changing_th...

Bella has had over 10 concussions due to different sports she played.  She discusses all the effects those concussions have had on her everyday life and how she has set up accommodations to live what everyone would consider a "normal" life.   She has set up several organizations and support groups to help people who are dealing with the after effects of a concussion.  She discusses several reasons including her pages that she runs which are listed below. Links https://postconcussioninc.com(https://instragram.com/postconcussion...(https://facebook.com/postconcussioninc/Twitter: @hostbellapaige Facebook Group: Post Concussion Syndrome Support Group Local Brain Injury Awareness: Canada:https://braininjurycanada.ca/en/node/3USA: https://www.biausa.org/find-bio Please subscribe to our channel and hit the like button below this video.  We will release a video at the end of every week! Check out our past interviews for some amazing stories! Please also check out our social media pages below.  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/changingthep...Instagram https://www.instagram.com/changing_th...

Sara Bradford is a wife of someone on the autism spectrum and has 2 children on the spectrum as well.  She has taken the lessons she has learned from her life of research and living with her autistic family, and wrote books made for children about those lessons.  She specifically talks about subjects that a "neuro-typical" person would see as a disability.  She wants children to have a fun way to learn about the differences in other individuals and find amazing qualities in those differences.     In our interview we talk about her husband and children and some of the situations they have had to deal with and modify in their world to make sure each of them life their own life in the best way possible.  She also discusses the benefits of support groups and tells us how to specifically find her groups that she offers for anyone that wants to learn more or be supported due to Autism.   Find all of her resources below:   https://sjchildsbooks.wordpress.com/​  https://www.facebook.com/ALL4KIDSBOOKS​  https://www.instagram.com/sjchildsbooks/​  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0iN...​  Please subscribe to our channel and hit the like button below this video.  We will release a video at the end of every week! Check out our past interviews for some amazing stories! Please also check out our social media pages below.   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/changingthep...​  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/changing_th...

A survivor of 23+ years of domestic violence has taught Laura the good, bad and UGLY of life.  She has come out of her marriage with an abuser and is making her life better for her and her children and knows the things to not take for granted anymore.  Through her recovery she has decided to start a support site and podcast to help others who are in or have been in an abusive relationship know they are not alone.  Her favorite quote is "Find a way or make one". She started a Facebook page and a blog both listed below along with some resources to help people that are in her situation.   Resources:  www.facebook.com/dvwalkingwounded  www.dvwalkingwounded.wordpress.com  Find a Domestic violence advocate in your area  Find a good couselor Lean on the police or local law enforcement if necessary   Please subscribe to our channel and hit the like button below this video.  We will release a video at the end of every week! Check out our past interviews for some amazing stories! Please also check out our social media pages below.   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/changingthep...​  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/changing_th... YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwBYPMPsuGalIPCtHRIScUg

Doug talks about what life really looks like when you are in the middle of addiction.  He was homeless and addicted to lots of different vices in the middle of his life.  The toll it takes not only on the addict but the family is not good.  He got rescued by the grace of God by turning himself in when the time was right.  He went from a life of addiction, lies and homelessness to a life of success.  His story is fantastic and one I hope can reach just the right person.    Please subscribe to our channel.  We will release a podcast at the end of every week! Check out our past interviews for some amazing stories! Please also check out our social media pages below.   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/changingthep...​  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/changing_th...