All posts in Overcoming Obstacles

Channing Moss

By | 01/2012 | Courage, Heroes, Inspiration, Overcoming Obstacles, Patriotism | Comments Off
Channing Moss

SPC Channing Moss should be dead by all accounts and those who saved his life did so knowing that they might have died with him.

Channing J. Moss joined the United States Army in June of 2005 to not only support his family but to protect his country. On March 16, 2006 while deployed in southeastern Afghanistan, his life was changed forever and he survived to tell his story. SPC Moss received the Purple Heart, the oldest award still awarded to soldiers wounded in combat, and the Medal of Valor in June, 2006 for the injury he sustained during combat. Read more…

Svetlana Kim

By | 07/2011 | BUSINESS, Courage, Diversity, HUMAN RESOURCES, Overcomers / Adversity, Overcoming Obstacles | Comments Off
Svetlana Kim

Svetlana Kim is an International Speaker, Spokesperson for the 2011 Macy’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur, and Community Advocate.

She is the author of White Pearl and I: A Memoir of a Political Refugee, which chronicles her journey from Russia to the United States, where she arrived with only one dollar in her pocket and a few words of English at her disposal; today, she is a leader among her peers in the business world, and has been honored with numerous awards citing her commitment, skill, and integrity. Read more…

Mellanie True Hills

By | 06/2011 | Aging, Authors, Baby Boomers, BUSINESS, Disability Issues, Entrepreneurs, HEALTH / WELLNESS, Healthcare, Healthcare/Pharmaceutical, Inspiration, Inspiring Lives, Motivation - Non Sports, MOTIVATION / INSPIRATION, Overcomers / Adversity, Overcoming Obstacles, Spouse Programs, Stress Management, Women's Issues, Work / Life Balance | Comments Off
Mellanie True Hills

Mellanie offers electrifying programs that energize attendees and provide them with tools and techniques for creating permanent changes. We look forward to providing you with a program that attendees will never forget and that will make a permanent change in their lives.

As you get ready for your event, what messages do you want attendees to take away with them? That our hurried and hyperbusy lifestyles can put us at risk, but that they have the power to make changes that will protect them? That they need to put themselves first so that they will be there for others? Read more…

Mike Mullane

By | 05/2011 | Astronauts / Aviators, BUSINESS, CELEBRITIES, Inspiration, Leadership, Motivation, MOTIVATION / INSPIRATION, Overcoming Obstacles, Spouse Programs, Success, Teamwork | Comments Off
Mike Mullane

As a veteran of the earliest flights of the American Space Shuttle program, Mike Mullane has seen the world from a perspective that few people have ever experienced directly but that inspires a deep sense of wonder in all of us. Mullane shares his experiences with audiences both young and old in his hallmark multi-media presentation, “Stories from Space.” A prolific writer and speaker since his retirement from the space program in 1990, his contributions range from the popular, fact-filled “Do Your Ears Pop in Space?” to the award winning children’s book, “Liftoff! An Astronaut’s Dream.” Read more…

Marcia Fine

By | 04/2011 | Authors, BUSINESS, Communication Skills - personal, Family Relationships, Inspiration, Motivation, Motivation - Non Sports, Overcoming Obstacles, Personal Development, Relationships, Religion, Spouse Programs, Women's Issues | Comments Off
Marcia Fine

Marcia Fine inspires audiences with her wit and savvy observations. Her satirical series, particularly relating to women who do too much, gives audiences a chance to laugh at the absurdity of the tech world we live in.

As an award-winning author she delves into the roots of family stories and searches for meaning in Jewish history. Both historical novels dealing with post-Holocaust lives and the Spanish diaspora make audiences take a closer look as to where their families started. Read more…

Jessica Cox

By | 03/2011 | Astronauts / Aviators, BUSINESS, Courage, Disability Issues, Great Achievers, HEALTH / WELLNESS, HUMAN RESOURCES, Inspiration, Inspiring Lives, Motivation - Non Sports, MOTIVATION / INSPIRATION, Overcomers / Adversity, Overcoming Obstacles, Spouse Programs | Comments Off
Jessica Cox

Jessica is recognized internationally as an inspirational keynote speaker. Born without arms, Jessica now flies airplanes, drives cars and otherwise lives a normal life using her feet as other use their hands. She holds the title of the first person without arms in the American Taekwondo Association to get a black belt and the Guinness World Record for being the first armless person in aviation history to earn a pilot’s certificate. Convinced that the way we think has a greater impact on our lives than our physical constraints, she chose to pursue a degree in psychology while in college at the University of Arizona. Read more…

Kitty Chappell

By | 02/2011 | Communication Skills - personal, Conflict Resolution, Courage, Family Relationships, HEALTH / WELLNESS, HUMAN RESOURCES, Humor, Inspiring Lives, MOTIVATION / INSPIRATION, Overcomers / Adversity, Overcoming Obstacles, Personal Development, Relationships, Religion, Spirituality, Spouse Programs, Women's Issues, Work / Life Balance | Comments Off
Kitty Chappell

We’ve all discovered that where there is life, there is pain. As we struggle to gain coping skills to help us endure, survive, and overcome our past and present pains, who among us is satisfied with clichés—sugar-coated admonitions to “just pray and the pain will go away”? Kitty Chappell is an accomplished “where the rubber meets the road” international speaker who offers meat for the soul—something the mind can chew on. She is an award-winning author of three non-fiction books, I Can Forgive If I Want To: Forgiving the Unforgivable, Read more…

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