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Danielle Elliott Smith
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  • When I first discovered Haha Bailey's writing, I thought I was reading stories about music. Concerts. Road trips. The venues where people gather to hear the songs they love. But the more I read, the more I realized that music was only the beginning. Haha was writing about being human. About relationships that end and relationships we try to repair. About growing older and beginning to see our parents not simply as Mom and Dad, but as people with their own struggles, disappointments, and dreams. About the unexpected people who enter our lives at precisely the right moment. And about the memories we might never have made if we'd decided to wait until someday.

    The Moments That Change Everything: Music, Masculinity & Second Chances with Haha Bailey

  • What if some of the smallest words we use are quietly shaping the way we see ourselves—and the way we live our lives? Should. Just. I’m sorry. They seem harmless. Most of us probably say them every day without giving them much thought. Until we start listening.

    Should. Just. I’m Sorry.: The Words That Quietly Give Our Power Away

  • What if the behavior you're desperately trying to change is only part of the story? Carrie Lupoli has spent decades helping women transform their health, but along the way she discovered that nutrition was never really the destination. It was the doorway. In this deeply personal conversation, Carrie and I explore the invisible pressures women learn to carry: body image, perfectionism, people-pleasing, motherhood, achievement and the belief that our worth is something we have to earn

    From Corset to Crown: Carrie Lupoli on Worth, Identity & the Pressure to Be Enough

  • Beth Ann Riechman has made showing up a way of life. After nearly 30 years in sales, Beth Ann retired at 50 and began using the skills, experience and connections she'd built throughout her career to serve organizations across the St. Louis community.

    How You Make Them Feel: Finding Purpose Through Service with Beth Ann Riechman

  • In this episode of There Is Always a Way, Erin shares how losing her identity after a sports injury eventually led her into addiction at a young age. She talks honestly about depression, psychiatric treatment, abstinence, finding recovery, navigating heartbreak, rediscovering faith, and learning that healing doesn't happen in isolation.

    From Surviving to Thriving: Erin Smith on Recovery, Faith and Finding her Way Home

  • For bestselling author Laura Zigman, changing her relationship with alcohol wasn't about rock bottom or dramatic consequences. It was about recognizing a quiet truth: she didn't like thinking about wine every afternoon. She didn't like needing it. And she didn't like how it had slowly become part of the rhythm of her life.

    The Quiet Whisper That Changed Everything: Laura Zigman on Curiosity, Wine Culture and Choosing a Different Path

  • In this episode of There Is Always a Way, Adam shares the story behind his ten years of sobriety. We talk about losing his brother, growing up surrounded by trauma, spending six months in jail after his fourth DUI, and the moment he finally realized he couldn't keep living the way he was.

    The Life I Never Want to Lose: Adam Hamby on 10 Years of Sobriety, Family and Fighting For What Matters Most

  • What if relapse wasn't the end of the story? What if it became the beginning of a deeper one? For nearly sixteen years, Heather King lived alcohol-free. Then life happened: Years of caregiving....The loss of both parents...Compassion fatigue... Trauma....Burnout....Grief. Eventually, she found herself doing something she never imagined she would ever do again: Drinking.

    Finding My Way Back: Heather King on Recovery, Relapse, and the Courage to Begin Again

  • This conversation is also the story behind ReDefining Sober™—why I created it, what I've learned from walking alongside hundreds of women, and why I believe there isn't one right way to redefine your relationship with alcohol.

    There is Always a Way: Danielle Elliott Smith on Seven Years of Hope, Healing and ReDefining Sober

  • What If One "Yes" Changed Everything? Sometimes the most extraordinary stories begin in the most ordinary ways. For Dr. Calvin Sun, it began with a lost bet. Today, Calvin is a board-certified emergency physician, author, entrepreneur, founder of Monsoon Diaries, and one of the youngest people to visit every country in the world. But none of it was part of "the plan."

    What Happens When You Trust the Next Step: A Conversation with Dr. Calvin Sun

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