Choosing life

Opening up about his mental health saved Kieran from losing it all. Returned soldier Kieran opens up to host Wendy Searle about finding community in the army, adjusting to real life after spending years in Afghanistan and how he's using his mental illness to create positive chang ... Show More

Kirsten has a brain aneurism. It's like a ticking time bomb in her head and means that something as simple as a sneeze could end her life. Kirsten shares her experience, with host Wendy Searle, of the strange feeling of living with a death sentence while being busy as a mum and w ... Show More

39 weeks into her pregnancy Jodie knew something wasn’t right. She couldn’t feel her baby moving. Jodie shares the story of her grief, acceptance and motivation to make her son’s short life count, with host Wendy Searle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

In his journey toward self-discovery, Shane must reconstruct his past by cobbling together memories of his kidnapping, upbringing, and the enormous swell of questions which once defined his identity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

<p>Despite regular therapy, Jane is in a funk. She and Dann discuss what's happened to them, and what she hopes (and fears) life coaching might do for her — or teach her to do for herself. Jane embarks on a hunt for a professional life coach of her own.</p><p>See <a href="https:/ ... Show More

<p>For the first 40 years of her life, Jennifer Finney Boylan figured the price of living her truth would be much too steep; by opening up about who she really was, she assumed she’d lose everything, including the love of her life. But over time, it became clear that hiding who s ... Show More

<p>Spiritual teacher/author/life coach Iyanla Vanzant sifts through the tragedies, misfortune and abuse she suffered in her early life. Iyanla opens up about how she was able to reinvent herself and claim the life she knew she was destined to live.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecas ... Show More

<p>For most of her young life, Lisa Brennan-Jobs bounced back and forth between two very different homes—that of her mother, who raised Lisa alone for the first few years of her life and struggled to make ends meet; and that of her father, Steve Jobs, who lived exactly the way yo ... Show More

<p>Author Dani Shapiro reveals what it was like to, by chance, discover a shocking secret about herself, and what this secret taught her about identity, family, and new beginnings.</p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">http ... Show More

<p>On this episode of <em>Our American Stories</em>, Tracy Grant was the managing editor of the Washington Post. She shares the story of why the days taking care of her dying husband were the best 7 months of her life.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate">Su ... Show More

<p>Oprah Winfrey shares excerpts from her<em> </em>New York Times Best-Selling book, <em>What I Know For Sure</em>, which offers her insights, revelations and wisdom on how to live the life you want. From reminiscing about her first interview with Robin Williams to revealing one ... Show More

Sandra introduces you to a man that left his fortune to the study of the afterlife!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.