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Based in the Netherlands, Michelle Coops is a rebelicious word wizard, international speaker, and founder of Be a Brand Rebel. She has helped hundreds of national and international brands, countless entrepreneurs and rebelicious professionals, by uncovering their true story and helping them to authentically position themselves as the experts in their field. Impacting businesses on a global scale, Michelle travels the world, speaking on the international stage, igniting her audiences to connect with their inner Brand Rebel, whilst inspiring you to unapologetically share your story in a way that does justice to your brand and mission.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Why words are so powerful in the process of shaping your life and building any type of brand, organization, or business.
• The way that words influence the trajectory of our lives.
• How Michelle left a cult, moved out on her own at age 17, and began to think for herself.

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Connect with Michelle:

• BeABrandRebel.com
• What You'r P.O.I.N.T., Dude? (free e-book)
• Facebook
• Instagram (Michelle)
• Instagram (Be A Brand Rebel)
• LinkedIn
• YouTube
• Twitter

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Rebecca "Bex" Bedford is a self-acceptance champion, body positive activist, public speaker, and entrepreneur. In 2013, Bex started her vlog channel on YouTube, and it quickly gained traction garnering hundreds of thousands of views. In her videos, she speaks frankly about all facets of life as a person of extended size, her struggles, and triumphs with self love and self acceptance, and topical commentary on current events in the plus-size world. Her initial YouTube channel was named "Being an SSBBW" (Super Sized Big Beautiful Woman), yet Bex felt like the acronym no longer represented her message, but felt more exclusive, focusing too much on looks, size, and gender. In 2019, Bex made the leap to change her brand to Bex Bedford, which affords her the ability to just be herself, not bound by any one notion or group, allowing her to be her true authentic self.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• The journey of self-acceptance that Bex has been through.
• How Bex responds to people making fun of her in public and online.
• A bit about Bex's dating experiences. 

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Connect with Bex:

• BexBedford.com
• The Bex Bedford Podcast
• YouTube
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• Snapchat

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Michelle Dickinson who has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for over 18 years and is currently an associate director at Johnson & Johnson. She is the author of Breaking Into My Life: Growing Up with a Bipolar Parent and My Battle to Reclaim Myself. Her memoir offers a rare glimpse into a young girl’s experience living with—and loving—her bipolar mother. After years of playing the role of child caregiver, she embarked on her own healing journey of self-discovery. Michelle is out to raise awareness and compassion for those struggling with mental illness along with those who care for them, so that more people get the treatment and help they need and deserve. She believes that together we can eradicate the mental health stigma once and for all.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• How Michelle's life was dramatically impacted by her mother's bipolar condition.
• The path that Michelle has walked in order to break free and reclaim herself.
• How you can help a friend or family member who might be suffering.

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Connect with Lisa and Other Resources:

• Breaking Into My Life (book)
• BreakingIntoMyLife.com
• Facebook
• Instagram
• YouTube
• LinkedIn
• 18percent.org
• Landmark Education
• What Is Depression? (NAMI)
• If you are in need of mental support, please call NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Health) at 800-950-6264 or text the word NAMI to 741741.

Today's Episode Is Sponsored By:

• Get Your Pretty On was designed for real women, by real women. By offering a useful (might we add popular) blog, a styling program to get your closet organized (who doesn't love spending less time wondering what to wear?!), and a community of amazing (seriously, the best!) women, you'll get all the fashion and lifestyle inspiration you need to get your mojo back. We won’t be surprised if you stick around for a while, it’s a lot of fun!

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David Trotter is a launch coach, meditation guide, and host of the Inspiration Rising podcast. For over 25 years, he's been helping people get unstuck, clarify their goals, and rise up in their life, love, and leadership. He is passionate about creating resources to help you uncover your purpose, truly enjoy your life, and make a significant difference in the world. David and his wife, Laura, have been married 25 years and live in southern California.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Whose responsibility it is to cultivate the type of relationships you want.
• Three ways to help you cultivate those relationships.
• Why complaining and blaming are poor strategies.

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Connect with Inspiration Rising:

• Facebook Group (Inspiration Rising Insiders)
• Facebook (Inspiration Rising)
• Instagram
• Twitter
• YouTube
• LinkedIn

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Lisa Cummings is a StrengthsFinder Trainer and Speaker who has delivered training and speaking events to over 13,500 participants in 14 countries. You can see her featured in places like Harvard Business Publishing, Training Magazine, and Forbes, and she’s the CEO of a company called Lead Through Strengths. Her super-powers include seeing each person’s uniqueness - even when they can't see it in themselves, infusing corporate cultures with energy and zest that were more lost than your sock that disappeared in the laundry 13 months ago, and offering a practical how-to element to a topic that often leaves people hanging after the initial inspiration.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Why obsessing over your strengths is more effective than your weaknesses.
• How the StrengthsFinder assessment can help you be more successful in all areas of life.
• What it looks like to use your strengths daily.
• A fresh approach to looking at your weaknesses. 

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Connect with Lisa:

• LeadThroughStrengths.com
• Lead Through Strengths Podcast
• Twitter
• Facebook
• YouTube
• LinkedIn
• Pinterest
• StrengthsFinder Lock Screen Images
• StrengthsFinder 2.0 (book and assessment access code)
• Strengths Based Parenting: Developing Your Children's Innate Talents (book and assessment access codes)

Today's Episode Is Sponsored By:

• Get Your Pretty On was designed for real women, by real women. By offering a useful (might we add popular) blog, a styling program to get your closet organized (who doesn't love spending less time wondering what to wear?!), and a community of amazing (seriously, the best!) women, you'll get all the fashion and lifestyle inspiration you need to get your mojo back. We won’t be surprised if you stick around for a while, it’s a lot of fun!

Don’t Miss A Single Episode:

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Before listening to this episode (part two), listen to part one of our conversation with Terri.

Terri Cole is a New York-based, licensed psychotherapist, relationship expert and founder of Real Love Revolution and Boundary Bootcamp, her two female empowerment courses reaching women in over 25 countries.

Prior to her current incarnation as a love and relationship expert, Terri was a bi-coastal talent agent negotiating endorsement contracts for supermodels and celebrities. Her lack of satisfaction in the world of entertainment led her to change careers in her 30’s to become a psychotherapist and female empowerment expert. For the past two decades, Terri has worked with some of the world’s most well-known personalities from international pop stars, athletes, Broadway performers and TV personalities to thought-leaders and Fortune 500 CEOs. She empowers over one hundred thousand women weekly through her published articles and blog posts, therapeutic meditations, online courses, and her popular podcast, The Terri Cole Show.

Terri's strategies combine practical psychology, eastern mindfulness practices plus harnessing the power of intention to create sustainable positive behavioral change i.e. true transformation.

She has been featured as an expert therapist and master life coach on A&E’s Monster In-Laws, TED X, The Lisa Oz Show, Real Housewives and had a weekly radio show on Hay House Radio. Plus, she regularly writes for The Huffington Post, Positively Positive, The Daily Love, Well+Good, and has been featured in Italian Elle, Forbes, Origin, Vogue, Self and most recently was on the cover of Inspired Coach magazine.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Eight practical steps that can help bring back the passion.

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Connect with Terri:

• Eight Steps to Bring the Passion Back (free download)
• TerriCole.com
• Instagram
• Twitter
• Facebook
• YouTube
• The Terri Cole Show (podcast)
• The Gottman Institute (referenced by Terri)

Inspiration Rising Online Courses:

• Me Time Meditations: A 21 Day Journey to Transform Your Mind, Heart, & Priorities in Just 5 Minutes
• Launch Your Life: A Workable Plan to Make Lasting Changes in 60 Days

Don’t Miss A Single Episode:

• Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Music.
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Terri Cole is a New York-based, licensed psychotherapist, relationship expert and founder of Real Love Revolution and Boundary Bootcamp, her two female empowerment courses reaching women in over 25 countries.

Prior to her current incarnation as a love and relationship expert, Terri was a bi-coastal talent agent negotiating endorsement contracts for supermodels and celebrities. Her lack of satisfaction in the world of entertainment led her to change careers in her 30’s to become a psychotherapist and female empowerment expert. For the past two decades, Terri has worked with some of the world’s most well-known personalities from international pop stars, athletes, Broadway performers and TV personalities to thought-leaders and Fortune 500 CEOs. She empowers over one hundred thousand women weekly through her published articles and blog posts, therapeutic meditations, online courses, and her popular podcast, The Terri Cole Show.

Terri's strategies combine practical psychology, eastern mindfulness practices plus harnessing the power of intention to create sustainable positive behavioral change i.e. true transformation.

She has been featured as an expert therapist and master life coach on A&E’s Monster In-Laws, TED X, The Lisa Oz Show, Real Housewives and had a weekly radio show on Hay House Radio. Plus, she regularly writes for The Huffington Post, Positively Positive, The Daily Love, Well+Good, and has been featured in Italian Elle, Forbes, Origin, Vogue, Self and most recently was on the cover of Inspired Coach magazine.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• The reasons why we want to have sex so much in the beginning of a relationship.
• The challenges that often cause the frequency of sex to decline.
• Eight practical steps that can help bring back the passion (part 2 of our conversation).

Create beautiful, engaging social media in 5 minutes a day - www.RiseUpCreatives.com

Connect with Terri:

• Eight Steps to Bring the Passion Back (free download)
• TerriCole.com
• Instagram
• Twitter
• Facebook
• YouTube
• The Terri Cole Show (podcast)

Inspiration Rising Online Courses:

• Me Time Meditations: A 21 Day Journey to Transform Your Mind, Heart, & Priorities in Just 5 Minutes
• Launch Your Life: A Workable Plan to Make Lasting Changes in 60 Days

Don’t Miss A Single Episode:

• Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Music.
• Leave a quick review on any of the podcast apps to tell people what you think about the show.
• Take a screenshot of the podcast and post it on Instagram or Instagram Stories. Tag us @insporising. We’ll repost and give you a shoutout!

David Trotter is the host of the Inspiration Rising podcast and meditation guide for Me Time Meditations, a 21 day journey to transform your mind, heart, and priorities in just five minutes a day. For over 25 years, he's been helping people get unstuck, clarify their goals, and rise up in their life, love, and leadership. He is passionate about creating resources to help you uncover your purpose, truly enjoy your life, and make a significant difference in the world. David and his wife, Laura, have been married 25 years and live in southern California.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• How David has been using guided meditation for the past 25 years.
• The impact of investing five minutes a day in meditation.
• How you can enjoy five daily meditations for free.

Create beautiful, engaging social media in 5 minutes a day - www.RiseUpCreatives.com

Free Five-Minute Meditations:

• InspoRising.com/FiveMinutes

Connect with Inspiration Rising:

• Facebook (Inspiration Rising)
• Facebook Group (Inspiration Rising Insiders)
• Instagram
• Twitter
• YouTube
• LinkedIn

Don’t Miss A Single Episode:

• Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Music.
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Jeanne Pepper Bernstein is the mother Blaze Bernstein. On January 10, 2018, 19-year-old University of Pennsylvania sophomore Blaze Bernstein was found dead in a park in Orange County, California, eight days after having been reported missing. He was visiting his family in Lake Forest, California, when he was killed. Two days later, one of Blaze's former high school classmates and a member of neo-Nazi terrorist group Atomwaffen Division was arrested and charged with murdering him. Because Blaze was both openly gay and Jewish, authorities declared that he was a victim of a hate crime. You can watch a complete 48 Hours episode on the crime, but our focus with Jeanne was to get to know Blaze and understand the family's effort to honor his memory through the Blaze Bernstein Memorial Fund and a pay-it-forward movement called BlazeItForward.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• How the Bernsteins have coped with their loss.
• Jeanne's thoughts on faith in light of Blaze's death.
• How people have tried to make sense of his death in ways that have been painful to the family.
• The ways that Blaze's legacy is living on and how you can participate.

Free Five-Minute Meditations:

• InspoRising.com/FiveMinutes

Connect with Jeanne:

• BlazeBernstein.org
• Blaze Bernstein Memorial Fund
• Blaze Bernstein Obituary
• BlazeItForward (Facebook Group)
• Instagram (Jeanne)
• Twitter (Jeanne)
• Orangewood Foundation
• Blaze Bernstein Murder: Was an Ivy League Student Slain in the Name of Hate? (48 Hours episode)
• PFLAG 

Don’t Miss A Single Episode:

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Dr. Shannon Gulbranson is the author of Date Yourself Well: The Bestselling 12 Engagements of Becoming the Great Lover of Your Life and founder and C.E.O. (Caring Empowered Owner) of Healing Life Coaching, Inc. She’s hosted a daily podcast for the past two years called Women Sipping on Life. Serving thousands of patients for over two decades in private practice, as well as one of the leading cancer hospitals in the world, she has become an expert in engaging the head + heart and healing the heart + soul.

In This Episode, You Will Learn: What it means to cultivate the lovely.

• Why women (and men) should be dating themselves.
• Five engagements of a great lover.
• How every truth has two different perspectives.
• How to love yourself in all conditions unconditionally.

Create beautiful, engaging social media in 5 minutes a day - www.RiseUpCreatives.com

Connect with Dr. Shannon:

• DoctorShannon.com
• Women Sipping On Life (podcast)
• Date Yourself Well (free book)
• Facebook
• Instagram 

Don’t Miss A Single Episode:

• Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Music.
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