Podcasts by PEP Talks: People Empowering People

Ray Bassin-No fear but of fear itself from 2020-11-02T00:00

Ray has experienced 35 years of drug addiction in and out of jails and hospitals where he spent 3 weeks in a coma and 2 months learning how to walk again. Ray survived 7 open heart surgeries (3 ...

Tracey Watts Cirino: Beyond Common from 2020-10-26T00:00

Tracey Watts Cirino..... is an entrepreneur, speaker, author of Beyond Common ‘12 Essentials

for Success in Life and in the Workplace”, business consultant, and the CEO and founder of Lavi...

Tony Viola: Finding faith and perseverance in time of unfairness from 2020-10-12T00:00

Tony Viola, a former mortgage broker, was indicted three times and tried twice on identical charges by a multi-jurisdictional mortgage fraud task force. Prosecutors alleged Tony duped banks like...

Evan Scharfeld: Cultivate yourself from 2020-09-21T00:00

Evan is a yoga certified instructor and the owner of Cultivate Yoga Space in Avon and Cultivate Yoga Non-Profit which offers free yoga classes to underserved communities. He is a single father o...

Therese Lynch: All you need is Love from 2020-09-14T00:00

 Theresa is a wife of 17 years and mom of two children through transracial open adoption. She has been a type 1 diabetic for over 30 years, which is why her husband and she chose adoption to cre...

Dallin Candland: Actions Gave Me a Voice from 2020-09-07T00:00

Dallin currently is a college student at BYU in Idaho. He is studying business management with an emphasis in marketing. In school, he didn’t make the basketball team but later ended...

Pearl “Escape” Howie: We all need to escape sometimes from 2020-08-31T00:00

Pearl comes to us having traveled the world to learn from healing masters: a
 Sikh yogi, a Toltec family, a Bhutanese monk, a Vietnamese nun, an
 African shaman, a Native American heal...

Matthew Teck: Trust the Journey from 2020-08-24T00:00

Ask most kids who play an instrument what they want to be when they grow up. "I want to be a rockstar," they'll say. Well, our guest today, Matt Teck, got that opportunity! After ...

Munira Premji: Choosing Hope from 2020-08-17T00:00

Munira is the author of Choosing Hope: One Woman. Three Cancers. the story of how she battled three advanced cancers: Stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Stage 3 multiple myeloma, and Stage 3...

Shannon Sabol: Grateful life from 2020-08-10T00:00

Shannon is a certified Holistic Health Coach, a yoga teacher for over a decade, and a mother of two awesome kids.  As a health advocate and wellness guide, she helps parents prioritize their own...

Jackie Anderson: A new HoriZEN meet yourself where you are at from 2020-08-03T00:00

Jackie Chavez Anderson is a Yoga teacher and certified Ayurveda Health Educator and founder of A New HoriZen, educating, encouraging, and empowering others to ignite their health evolution. Jack...

Lili Gordan: Get out of your own way! from 2020-07-27T00:00

Lilli is a US citizen living in Maine who came from Bulgaria 15 years ago in hopes to restart her life. She is a massotherapist, yoga instructor, and Ayurvedic health counselor. Lili shares with...

Jessica Kellem: This, Too, Shall Pass from 2020-07-20T02:00

Jessica is a 29-year-old single mother, Ohio State University graduate, former special education instructor, and now podcaster who is always striving to better herself and her life. Over the last f...

Jessica: This, Too, Shall Pass from 2020-07-20T00:00

Jessica is a 29-year-old single mother, Ohio State University graduate, former special education instructor, and now podcaster who is always striving to better herself and her life. Over the las...

Brittany Witczak: The Storm before the Rainbow from 2020-07-13T00:00

Brittany Witczak is a 31-year-old hairstylist and wife.  Brittany is married to Kyle and together they have been trying to have a baby with much heartache, peaks, and valleys and finally triumph...

Alicia Svonavec: Alicia’s Angels from 2020-07-06T00:00

Alicia is a French teacher who is on parental leave to care for her two little girls who were each born with serious health conditions.  Her oldest daughter, Penelope (PeeWee) was born premature...

Jessica Patzell: I have a choice to use my voice from 2020-06-29T00:00

Jessica Patzell: Jessica is a single mom of three, domestic violence survivor, and a believer in embracing your authentic self. For over a decade Jessica hid in the shadows ashamed of her...

Suzy Remer: Vacuum in Squares from 2020-06-22T00:00

Suzy is an outgoing, active, and successful mother of two adult boys who recently wrote the book, “Vacuum in Squares,” a memoir of how her twin sister and she survived living with an abusive fat...

Suzy Remer: Vacuum in Squares from 2020-06-22T00:00

Suzy is an outgoing, active, and successful mother of two adult boys who recently wrote the book, “Vacuum in Squares,” a memoir of how her twin sister and she survived living with an abusive fat...

Maria Boulas: Making opportunity out of difficulty from 2020-06-15T00:00

Maria is a 14-year-old teenager who was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer four years ago when she was in 4th grade. Maria has undergone three surgeries and three isolated radioactive iodin...

Pammy Boulas: My ability is stronger than my disability from 2020-06-08T00:00

Pammy is a 20-year-old college graduate who not only graduated from Capitol University in three years with a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts in Philosophy, but also received a near full scholarship to...

Jen Hengsteler: Faith, Perspective&Gratitude from 2020-06-01T00:00

Jennifer is a special education teacher, single mother of two teenagers, and a widow of nearly 18 years. Jen became widowed when her firstborn son, Alec was 6 months old and her late husband and...

Mary Fischer: Faith over Fear from 2020-05-25T00:00

Mary, a Magnificat Hall of Fame inductee and former professional basketball player for Dublin Ireland, is the mother of four boys ages 7 weeks to 8 years old. Her six-year-old son, Leo, was diag...

Maggie Schupp: Finding Positivity in Grief from 2020-05-18T00:00

Five years-ago Maggie lost her best friend suddenly and her world was turned upside down. She learned to surround herself with positive people, rid herself of any negative obstacles, and continu...

Shelley Soderstrom: Stay Strong from 2020-05-11T00:00

Shelley is a young mother and wife who over the past 16 years has been diagnosed with cancer in several areas of her body resulting in amputation, lung removal, several surgeries, chemotherapy, ...

Wayne Muldrey: On the Blue Line from 2020-05-04T00:00

Wayne Mulder is a law enforcement officer in Florida who also hosts a podcast and website both entitled, “On the Blue Line.” These platforms were created to empower police, given their demanding...

Kristina Heaton: Once Upon A Thyme from 2020-04-27T00:00

Kristina Heaton is a busy mother of four kids ranging in age from 5-22 years old who after working a stressful job for many years took the risk and followed her dream to open up her own cookbook...

Carrie Treister: Finding Your Edge from 2020-04-20T00:00

Carrie Treister is a successful yoga teacher and teacher trainer who created at a young age, “Carrie Treister School of Yoga.” Carrie is a beacon of resiliency as she experiences both physical l...

Tim Bratz-Failing Forward from 2020-04-13T00:00

Tim Bratz is the CEO and founder of Legacy Wealth Holdings, a real estate investment company that acquires and transforms distressed apartment buildings into high-yield assets for their own port...

Bri-Finding the Light in the Darkness from 2020-04-06T00:00

Briana Wozniak is a 16-year-old student at Berea High School who lives with a rare genetic disorder called, Wolfram Syndrome.  She was diagnosed with type one diabetes when she was 7, just a cou...

Lyn Tomsik: A Blessing in Disguise from 2020-03-30T00:00

Lyn Tomsik is a teacher who has taught math for twenty-seven years in both Brooklyn and North Olmsted City Schools where she is presently teaching high school math. Lyn has had quite the journey...

Adam Sand: Keep all hands, feet and objects inside the ride! from 2020-03-16T12:00

Despite living with Autism, ADHD and PTSD, Adam is an author of seven published books that can be found at www.myhazingstory.weebly.com and on A...

Greta Fechter: Get out of your history and into your destiny from 2020-03-09T19:00

Greta Fechter is a wife, mother of three boys, former Language Arts middle school teacher for 21 years in the Cleveland Municipal School District, yoga teacher, and now podcaster. Despite her le...

Kasey Kellem-Don't Stop Believing!! from 2020-02-22T16:00

Kasey Crawford Kellem is a school counselor, author, yoga instructor, motivational speaker, former business owner and special ed teacher, and now, podcaster. She is a beacon of resiliency as she...

Kasey Kellem-Don't Stop Believing!! from 2020-02-22T16:00

Kasey Crawford Kellem is a school counselor, author, yoga instructor, motivational speaker, former business owner and special ed teacher, and now, podcaster. She is a beacon of resiliency as she...