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Love Episodes

Again...Let Your Love Be Larger part 2 with Rebecca Galli
May 28, 2025

Again...Let Your Love Be Larger part 2 with Rebecca Galli

Rebecca Galli's story isn't just about survival—it's about creating a magnificent life from the pieces that remain after tragedy shatters your original plans. Picking up where Part 1 left off, this powerful conversation delve...
Let Your Love Be Larger Than Your Circumstances: Rebecca Galli's Journey
May 21, 2025

Let Your Love Be Larger Than Your Circumstances: Rebecca Galli's Journey

What does resilience look like after losing your brother, your son, your marriage, your ability to walk, and raising a child with autism? Rebecca Galli knows this terrain intimately. As a bestselling author of over 400 column...
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Quotable
May 7, 2025

What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Quotable

A 93-year-old powerhouse and her equally remarkable daughter share wisdom gleaned from lives spanning Depression-era hardship, wartime childhood, personal loss, and professional reinvention in this captivating Mother's Day conversation. Meet Gwen Borden and Amy Goober, co-authors of "My Mother Alwa…
Finding Faith After Unimaginable Loss: Autumn Starr Canterbury's story part 2
April 30, 2025

Finding Faith After Unimaginable Loss: Autumn Starr Canterbury's story part 2

The resilient spirit refuses to be broken. Autumn Star Canterbury embodies this truth in ways that will leave you breathless. When you've been traded for a horse, abandoned at a homeless shelter, and told repeatedly that your...
Discarded But Not Broken:  Autumn Starr Canterbury Story of Survival Part 1
April 23, 2025

Discarded But Not Broken: Autumn Starr Canterbury Story of Survival Part 1

What happens when the people meant to love you become the source of your deepest wounds? In this unforgettable episode, one woman shares her powerful journey through a childhood shaped by betrayal, abandonment, and unthinkabl...
Life Happens on the Other Side of Hard Things: Zoe Smith part 2
April 9, 2025

Life Happens on the Other Side of Hard Things: Zoe Smith part 2

Zoe Smith shares her transformative journey from a high-powered career to becoming a holistic healing practitioner, offering powerful insights on overcoming fear to reach our goals and healing the whole self. • Everything we ...
Healing & Balancing Mind, Body, and Soul with Zoe Smith
April 2, 2025

Healing & Balancing Mind, Body, and Soul with Zoe Smith

Zoe Smith's transformation from policy-maker to holistic healer represents a journey many secretly yearn for but few dare to undertake. After years shaping national healthcare policy in the UK, including work on the groundbre...
Guest:Zoe Smith
Joy and Grief are companions: When Light Meets Darkness
March 26, 2025

Joy and Grief are companions: When Light Meets Darkness

Tina and Ann explore the complex relationship between joy and grief, examining how these seemingly opposite emotions often coexist and even strengthen each other. They share personal stories of experiencing both simultaneousl...
Navy SEAL to Social Warrior: Tom LaGrave's Mission for Youth
March 19, 2025

Navy SEAL to Social Warrior: Tom LaGrave's Mission for Youth

Tom LaGrave shares his remarkable journey from Navy SEAL to licensed clinical social worker, revealing how personal struggle and recovery led him to create Honor Bound Academy, a transformative program for youth transitioning...
The Simplicities of life make who we are:  When finding our center can mean safety and peace
March 12, 2025

The Simplicities of life make who we are: When finding our center can mean safety and peace

When was the last time you truly appreciated an ordinary moment? In this heartfelt conversation, we unpack the counterintuitive idea that mundane moments might actually be the most meaningful parts of our lives. After recover...
Embracing Adoption and Differences: A Journey with Author Sasha Saidman part 2
March 5, 2025

Embracing Adoption and Differences: A Journey with Author Sasha Saidman part 2

Can a children's book change a life? In this inspiring episode, author Sasha Saidman reveals how stories about adoption, differences, and self-acceptance meet kids exactly where they are—sparking empathy, imagination, and con...
The Escape: Victoria Ellen's Courageous fight against abuse and systematic failures.  Part 2
Feb. 19, 2025

The Escape: Victoria Ellen's Courageous fight against abuse and systematic failures. Part 2

Victoria Ellen's extraordinary journey from terror to triumph is the heart of this episode. Eight months pregnant and seeking refuge from an abusive marriage, Victoria's tale is a powerful testament to courage and resilience....
When the one hurting you is in your own home: An interview with author Victoria Ellen Part 1
Feb. 12, 2025

When the one hurting you is in your own home: An interview with author Victoria Ellen Part 1

What if the person who vowed to love and protect you was the very one orchestrating your pain? Join us on Real Talk with Tina and Ann as Ann sits down with Victoria Ellen, the courageous author of "Painting in the Rain: A Tru...
Even Your Lowest Moment can be Redeemed Part 2 Mikey Silas Interview
Sept. 18, 2024

Even Your Lowest Moment can be Redeemed Part 2 Mikey Silas Interview

Cleveland's best vocalist/songwriter, most interesting person, Mikey Silas, talks candidly about some of his worst moments and how the band , Apostle Jones, became part of making amends. Ann and Mikey explore how personal str...
The Healing and Transformative Power of Music with Mikey Silas of Apostle Jones Part 1
Sept. 11, 2024

The Healing and Transformative Power of Music with Mikey Silas of Apostle Jones Part 1

What if the power of music could heal your deepest wounds and unite communities in the face of adversity? On this transformative episode of Real Talk with Tina and Ann , we welcome Mikey Silas, the magnetic frontman of Clevel...
Kindness can Change a Life
March 13, 2024

Kindness can Change a Life

Guest co-host Denise Bard's book is out!! 30 -second moments and the Women who Raised Me. Listen as she talks about her story and reflects on the moments that define and shape us. Her story is a raw and honest account of triu...
Anniversaries: The Delicate Balance of Celebrations and Grief Part 2
Feb. 21, 2024

Anniversaries: The Delicate Balance of Celebrations and Grief Part 2

Every year, as the calendar circles back to the day we said goodbye to a loss, we find solace in the small rituals we've created to honor memories. Today's episode is a tender exploration of how we navigate the poignant anniv...
Anniversaries: The Delicate Balance of Celebration and Grief Part 1
Feb. 14, 2024

Anniversaries: The Delicate Balance of Celebration and Grief Part 1

Tina and Ann get nostalgic in the complex tapestry of emotions that anniversaries weave into our lives. We unfurl the delicate threads of joy, heartache with reconciling past grievances with love and understanding. It's a jou...
Reading someone's Trauma or Triggers is a Love Language
Dec. 14, 2023

Reading someone's Trauma or Triggers is a Love Language

Have you ever questioned the saying "God won't give you more than you can handle" and wondered if maybe, just maybe, He does? This deep and meaningful conversation tackles that very thought, highlighting how our trials can dr...
Reading someone's Trauma or Triggers is a Love Language
Dec. 13, 2023

Reading someone's Trauma or Triggers is a Love Language

Each person has a different love language. Each person has a different way of showing trauma. Hard is hard and people can be judged as to how long they should react or how they should react after any particular trauma. Feelin...
From Something to Someone: The Denise Bard Story of Resilience and Hope Part 1
Oct. 11, 2023

From Something to Someone: The Denise Bard Story of Resilience and Hope Part 1

Denise Bard's life story, one marked by struggles and hardships, is a compelling portrayal of the human spirit's capacity to rise above circumstances. This is a must listen as Denise discusses being born from two drug-addic...
Rock Paper Scissors, Love, Hate, Fear Part 1
Sept. 25, 2023

Rock Paper Scissors, Love, Hate, Fear Part 1

What changed your life more? Love or Fear? What is the stronger emotion? If Rock breaks scissors, but paper covers rock, Fear dilutes love, but love melts fear. Let's look at these two emotions, together. People say that lov...