
Accepting Your Quest
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In this episode, I’m sharing with you an audio story I recorded for Matthew (my husband) for his birthday in 2016. It is a story of accepting one’s quest, the role we are given in it and going through it believing that we are not alone – even when the quest is battling Stage 4 cancer.
Waking Up in America – the podcast series is about people, music and stories that can help us heal, love and uplift others.
Matthew Cameron: “I Want to Live Through This”
Two days after Valentine’s Day of 2017, Matthew was diagnosed with Stage 4 Adenocarcinoma of the Lung. After the initial shock subsided, he said he wanted to live through it. And since then, each day he wakes up ‘feeling alive’ and ends each day with gratitude saying: “Thank you for a beautiful day!” Even on those days when he was bedridden suffering excruciating pain. His letter announcing his diagnosis and his attitude toward it moved thousands of people to show their support and to consider the precious moments of their own lives.
This episode features the audio story recorded on his birthday and reflects on Matthew’s role as Sam and Frodo, referencing one of his all time favorite books “The Lord of the Ring.”
Connect with Matthew:
FB: facebook.com/matthew.cameron
GoFundMe Page: gofundme.com/caring-for-the-camerons
Website: stormlightpictures.com/
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13:37
Irenka: Unafraid to Be Herself
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Irenka: Unafraid to Be Herself
Waking Up in America – the podcast series is about people, music and stories that can help us heal, love and uplift others.
Irenka, music artist from Belgium, based in Nashville TN talks about being unafraid to be who you are meant to be. Her own experience of not fitting in and being suicidal for 10 years of her young life drives her to inspire others to live courageously and authentically.
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“Dreamland”
by Irenka
Hear it on Irenka’s website: BlackSwanWorld.com
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18:00
Irenka: Unafraid to Be Herself
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Irenka: Unafraid to Be Herself
Waking Up in America – the podcast series is about people, music and stories that can help us heal, love and uplift others.
Irenka, music artist from Belgium, based in Nashville TN talks about being unafraid to be who you are meant to be. Her own experience of not fitting in and being suicidal for 10 years of her young life drives her to inspire others to live courageously and authentically.
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“Dreamland”
by Irenka
Hear it on Irenka’s website: BlackSwanWorld.com
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13:31
WUIA Podcast Series – I Stopped Anyway I Stopped Anyway
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Waking UP in America – Podcast Series
Waking Up in America – the podcast series is about people, music and stories that can help us heal, love and uplift others.
In this episode, Tajci tells a story of helping a woman whose truck broke down in the remote hills of Kentucky, on the weekend of a tremendous divide in America.
Story and poem in this podcast episode:
Last Sunday I drove down a remote Kentucky road. I passed a woman in a long gray coat leaning on her cane and waving at me. She stood next to her truck. I sped by her just like the car before me did.
Then, I took a second look in my rear view mirror. The hood of her truck was up.
“I couldn’t help her even if I stopped” a thought flashed through my mind. “I don’t know anything about cars and I am incredibly out of my element here, where I don’t know people and my phone barely gets any signal.”
But I had just spent a weekend with some amazing women and we talked about, among other things, our need to transcend fear, get out of our comfort zone, become stronger and take care of all of our brothers and sisters – not just the ones we agree and feel comfortable with…
I also had two meetings scheduled that coming week – with organizations that take care of suffering, struggling and broken women.
I hit the brakes and put my car into reverse.
“I don’t know anything about cars, and I’m not from here but I can at least stay with you until someone more competent shows up.” I told her when as I backed up to her and rolled down my window.
“Thank you” she said and after she told me what had happened she smiled: “I like your hair.”
“And I like yours,” I replied. Mine was all pink and purple and she had pink highlights in hers.
For a while I stood next to her and between waving at cars, I texted my friend with whom I had just spent the weekend. She sent me a phone number of a local mechanic who answered the phone only to say he didn’t work on Sundays.
It was cold. The woman’s back was hurting and she was really upset. Several cars passed by with not one stopping.
“Well… maybe I wouldn’t have stopped either” I thought, “for two women with pink hair standing on a side of the road in KY. I used to judge women by their appearance too…”
She told me she had just moved to KY from up north to be closer to family, but her situation was hard and complicated. She was staying at someone’s house ‘in the sticks.’ She was a beautiful woman who went through a lot.
After our failed attempt to have someone more resourceful come to rescue, we decided I was going to take her back to the house. I sent a prayer out for someone to pass by so we could take her up together, because I just felt a bit too vulnerable to go alone. I trusted her, but I didn’t know the area well enough to know what we could get into.
As we moved her stuff (that included a guitar and two cute little puppies) into my van, another woman who had been at the same gathering I was returning from drove by with her husband. She recognized me and stopped. The four of us drove my pink-haired friend back to the house. As I navigated the small dirt road with my ‘suburban mom minivan’ I listened to her tell me about her music, singing and how much she loved Scotland. Before we left her in a small dark house, the couple that came with us gave her some money and I gave her my card… to stay in touch. I sensed her hurt. She shared her pain briefly with me – but also her faith… Maybe someone that I had interviewed on Waking Up in America would turn out to be a resource for her… I was grateful I had stopped.
I drove back to Nashville in silence. I felt sad. I turned on the news… I prayed that we could see the humanity, God’s creation in each other before we look for our differences. I prayed that none of us would ever deny help and mercy to another human being just because they don’t ‘fit’ the right description.
There were bumper stickers on the woman’s truck that clearly defined her ‘side.’ It crossed my mind that that might turn up to be an additional reason for people not wanting to help her. What a horrible thought! I felt uncomfortable even thinking it…
The next morning, I woke up at my beautiful house. Sad. Uneasy. With this unrest inside. How did we end up here? How did we create such mess in which some people have all the opportunities and some have none. Some can get help and some are left on the side of the road. I felt aggitated, irritated, angry. I needed to let out my thoughts. And in looking for ways to express myself, I wrote a poem.
“Who Wins”
by Tajci
One day we were friends, neighbors, and spouses
and the next we were supposed to hate each other.
The blanket of communism lifted and revealed
our differences, our political and religious beliefs
And instead of loving each other more
(because that’s what all of our God(s) want)
we were told how we should be afraid and fight
we were told why each of us was more ‘right.’
It worked…
Weapons were picked up and war started.
Who really gained what?
Who won and who lost?
There can’t be ‘them’ and ‘us’ in suffering
if you tell me we are all ‘one body.’
of Christ present
or crucified.
‘But it doesn’t apply’ some would say
“Clearly some are serving the other side.”
I was called a traitor when I said out loud
that I believe we are all created from the same Love,
when I refused to hate or judge… or take sides…
The only ‘other side’ I recognize
is greed,
maddening race for power.
And fear.
This ‘other side’ lives within,
without us, it doesn’t exist.
So, you see, the ‘other’ is both ‘them’ and ‘us’
we have to keep it in check. Recognize
when it’s being fed and it’s creeping out,
and know if you and I are serving it, or not.
…
In the land of brave and free
I now watch friends and neighbors (and spouses) disagree
Agitated to the point of
(familiar) divide
in which it’s harder and harder to see
who really benefits, and who really wins.
Conclusion:
Writing helped me to express my thoughts and move all that I was feeling out and make the room for love and grace to settle back into my heart.
A few days later, the woman from Kentucky called me. She was ok, but still needed help. Before we hang up, she read to me the poem she had just written. It was about not focusing on the life’s storms, but focusing on the captain of our ship, God, who will always find a way to get us out of them.
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10:35
Healed, She Went to Get Her Sisters From the Streets (with Regina Mullins)
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Regina Mullins, a former prostitute whose life was restored by Magdalene Program at Thistle Farms in Nashville, talks about her turning point.
“Waking Up in America” Season 3 – EP 15
Full transcript available here.
CONNECT WITH REGINA AND THISTLE FARMS
Web: ThistleFarms.org
FB: ThistleFarms
Twitter: @thistlefarms
Instagram: ThistleFarms
Experience Levi Hummon’s song “Wildflower & Roses”
Levi Hummon is the son of Becca Stevens, founder of Thistle Farms. He wrote “Wildflower and Roses” – inspired and dedicated to the women of Thistle Farms.
CONNECT WITH LEVI:
Web: Levihummon.com
FB: levihummonofficial
Twitter: levihummon
Instagram: levihummon/
HIGHLIGHTS:
2:37 – “a lot of us we don’t know what love is.”
5:20 – raised in church, began to ‘hate church’ but her mother voice always rang in her mind and heart
6:05 – promiscuous, pregnant at 16, Regina thought she had made God so mad that there was no way back to God.
8:26 – shame and guilt overcomes Regina
8:44 – Regina’s answer to “Why did you keep your son?”
9:49 – what led Regina into addiction and abuse
11:52 – Jail was like deliverance – a chance to start over. And an answer to a prayer.
14:54 – scared to go back to the old lifestyle after prison… Regina receives an invitation.
16:42 – restoring trust through showing unconditional love
21:06 – One Word Answers
22:17 – email question from Ana from Germany
25:23 – “Wildflower & Roses” by Levi Hummon
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30:27
Survivor of Sex Trafficking Clemmie Greenlee Turns Pain Into Compassion
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Survivor of sex trafficking, addiction and abuse and nationally recognized activist and founder of “Nashville Peacemakers,” Clemmie Greenlee works on a grass-root level to stop gang violence and human trafficking.
“Waking Up in America” Season 3 – EP 14
Full transcript available here.
CONNECT WITH CLEMMIE AND NASHVILLE PEACEMAKERS
Web: Nashvillepeacemakers.org
FB: Nashville-Peacemakers
This interview features “Nowhere” by T-ran Gilbert
(C) 2016 22Visionz Ent.
CONNECT WITH T-RAN GILBERT: T-rangilbert.com
HIGHLIGHTS:
3:08 – First abuse started at age of 6
6:19 – At the age of 12, the horror of sex trafficking begins for Clemmie
8:51 – what trafficking looked like for Clemmie
10:41 – getting judgment, not help
11:10 – what happens when Clemmie reaches out to girls now.
12:54 – hoping to get 21 year sentence
14:39 – reconnecting with her son
17:35 – after her son was murdered, Clemmie does this…
20:17 – question from a viewer: how does Clemmie find strength to get through life’s challenges?
21:56 – one word answers
25:04 – “Nowhere” by T-Ran Gilbert
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30:08
Overcoming Abuse and Finding Freedom (with Kim Belew)
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Conscious rapper Kim Belew talks about recovery from sexual abuse and addiction.
“Waking Up in America” Season 3 – EP 13
Full transcript available here.
CONNECT WITH KIM BELEW
Web: KimBelewmusic.com/
FB: kkbelew
Twitter: @lilkimnky
Instagram: @consciousrapchic
HIGHLIGHTS
1:48 – Kim’s story through Spoken Word “The Gift”
4:26 – Kim’s story (this is hard, not for small children)
8:00 – turning to substance abuse
10:48 – nurses help Kim heal
15:24 – why do we need to speak about hard and uncomfortable stories
16:20 – One Voice at a Time – to break the silence
16:54 – How the book “The Four Agreements” helped Kim
19:58 – Email from Kelsey from Overland Park, KS
20:24 – “You are enough. You are loved.”
21:57 – One Word Answers
25:28 – “Freedom” by Kim Belew
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28:20
Staying Safe in a Dangerous World (with Moose Moore)
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Michael “Moose” Moore, founder and principal teacher at “The Vigilance Group” talks about staying safe in a dangerous world.
“Waking Up in America” Season 3 – EP 11
Full transcript click here.
CONNECT WITH MOOSE and THE VIGILANCE GROUP:
WEB: Vigilancegroup.com
FB: The-Vigilance-Group
Twitter: @VigilanceGroup
CONNECT WITH AMY ESTRADA:
FB: AmyEstradaMusic
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HIGHLIGHTS:
2:17 – what is the Vigilance Group
6:30 – how does it feel to fly a fighter jet
7:14 – Moose’s turning point
10:49 – finding his ‘God’s work’
13:16 – parents struggle with what to teach their children so they are safe
17:33 – One Word Answers
18:48 – question from the audience, Stanley from Detroit, MI
20:53 – Moose teaches Tajci a self-defense move.
24:37 – Amy Estrada performs her song “Pretty”
Blog: COMING SOON
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30:14
Waking Up to an Empty Chair (with Patti Herrington)
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Patti Herrington lost her son to suicide. After the first shock of grief and despair subsided, she knew she had to go on living. Her experience inspired her to found Firefly Ministries to help prevent suicide and bring hope to the hopeless.
“Waking Up in America” Season 3 – EP 10
Full transcript click here.
CONNECT WITH PATTI
CONNECT WITH PATTI:
Fireflyoutreach.com
FB: FireflyOutreach
CONNECT WITH MATT KENNON:
Mattkennon.com
HIGHLIGHTS
2:40 – Patti came home one night and found her son Connor…
4:36 – “How is that ever going to be possible to think that I could ever find happiness?”
7:48 – About wounds of the soul
9:40 – What Connor struggled with
13:36 – The beginning of Patti’s recovery
14:55 – Sense of Guilt
16:33 – Patti had only two choices to lay down and die or do something…
19:17 – who are the suicidal people – misconceptions and statistics
20:59 – question from the audience, Natasha from New Jersey
23:24 – One Word Answers
25:27 – Matt Kennon performs his top 40 hit song ‘The Call’
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30:31
Raising a Hand for a Cause (with David Clements and Kevin Black)
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Two dads Kevin Black and Dave Clements working for a cause – to find cure for Rett Disease.
After country singer Kevin Black lost his daughter to the complications of Rett syndrome, his friend and photographer Dave Clements decided to inspire artists throughout the globe to raise a hand for cure.
“Waking Up in America” Season 3 – EP 9
Full transcript: Click here
CONNECT WITH DAVE CLEMENTS AND KEVIN BLACK
Raisingahand.com
Dwcphotography.com
Kevinblack.com/
FB: Raisingahand
Please donate to Rett Syndrome Research: Rettsyndrome.org
I’m Raising My Hand For A Cause With These Two Texas Dads
People who have survived tremendous pain all say the same thing: healing begins the moment when, instead of fighting, we lean into it. Embracing pain – without resistance – creates just enough of a movement to set the pain in motion. Once it moves, it’s no longer stuck and growing inside. Instead it flows freely and loses its grip.
I first heard about Rett Syndrome from Julia Cole, an up-and-coming singer/ songwriter from Nashville who I featured on my TV series, Waking Up in America.
She told me about ‘two friends from Texas,’ country singer/songwriter Kevin Black and photographer Dave Clements. They published a book called Raising a Hand – a Photographic Music Festival With a Cause to raise awareness and funds for Rett Syndrome research.
Their story is one of experiencing tremendous pain, sharing it and turning it into hope and healing for many others.
When a copy of Raising a Hand arrived in the mail a few days later, it felt like an invitation to pause, set my business aside, and connect into the love, pain and the hope it represented. Beautifully bound with heavy covers and glossy paper, the book felt sacred.
Read more here <<<
HIGHLIGHTS:
1:50 – what is Rett Syndrome?
4:44 – the moment in which Dave and Kevin’s stories merge
7:23 – Dave didn’t numb the pain he felt for his friend. Instead he did this.
8:52 – “Raising a Hand “book is for Rett research and awareness
13:04 – Kevin Black tells about parent’s pain of losing their child
16:02 – Kevin’s turning point
20:09 – one word answers
22:35 – “A Tear For You” – performance by Kevin Black
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27:28
Waking Up from an Addiction (feat. Alexander “Stopp” Roberts)
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Alexander “Stopp” Roberts is a young musician and songwriter who talks about his drug addiction and recovery.
“Waking Up in America” Season 3 – EP 8
Full transcript: Click here
If you are struggling with an addiction visit:
AmericanAddictioncCenters.org
Or Recovery.org
CONNECT WITH ALEXANDER STOPP ROBERTS
Web: AlexanderStopp.com
FB: AlexanderStoppMusic
Twitter: @AlexanderStopp
Instagram: alexanderstoppmusic
How Depression of a Ten Year Old Turned Into an Addiction
As a kid, Alex dreamed of becoming a pilot. He was fascinated by the idea of being “free enough to fly through the air,” as he says at the beginning of our interview.
Alex moved from Philadelphia to the suburbs and never managed to fit in. He was a target of a lot of bullying, became depressed and withdrew into himself. His only outlet was creativity – imagination and drawing. But he got chastised by his teachers for it and told he had the ‘worst case of ADHD’ a teacher had ever seen.
Alex tried to tell his parents, but at 10 or 11 years old, Alex didn’t know how to express it. He just wanted to die.
Read more on my blog: >>>
HIGHLIGHTS:
2:52 – Who Alex was before the world told him who he should be.
5:50 – At 10 or 11, Alex became suicidal.
7:18 – Alex’ advice to parents of young children.
12:12 – How the addiction progressed until Alex hit the bottom.
15:35 – Process of recovery.
18:18 – Email Question from a viewer from Cincinnati
18:58 – Email Question from Rob from Virginia.
19:39 – One Word Answers
22:39 – Alex performs “The Aftermath of Me”
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28:46
On Love, Redemption and American Civil War (Feat. Robert Hicks)
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NY Times Bestselling Author Robert Hicks draws inspiration from the American Civil War as a turning point to write about love, loss and redemption.
How do we move away from the collective memory of pain caused by wars and past conflicts – that’s the topic of this episode of Waking Up in America, with Robert Hicks.
His new book ‘The Orphan Child” comes out in September 2016.
“Waking Up in America” Season 3 – EP 7
Full transcript: Click here
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CONNECT WITH ROBERT HICKS
Web: Robert-hicks.com
FB: robt.hicks
Twitter: @robert_hicks
CONNECT WITH THOMM JUTZ
Web site: thommjutz.com
1861 Project on FB: 1861project
FB: thomm.jutz
Twitter: @thommjutz
Civil War as a Turning Point
“You only have two ways to respond to bad things that have happened in your life: you can either be bitter and angry and out trying to get revenge, or you can somehow want to make the world better,” says NY Times Bestselling Novelist Robert Hicks in this episode of Waking Up in America. Robert writes about love, loss and redemption, in the setting of the American Civil War, about which he says was an important turning point in history.
Thomm Jutz, Nashville based songwriter/ producer performs “Hallowed Ground” from the acclaimed “The 1861 Project.”
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HIGHLIGHTS:
5:57 – Why the Civil War is Important
7:40 – Robert explains why he loves to write about love, loss and redemption
10:10 – “You should never move away from history…”
16:54 – “loss and gain, happiness and sorrow, all of it is a part of a rich fabric of who we are, of who we can be.”
19:27 – Email Question from Brian from Nashville
20:35 – Email Question from Tomislav from Osijek, Croatia
22:17 – One Word Answers
23:36 – Robert Introduces songwriter and producer Thomm Jutz
25:16 – Thomm Jutz performs “Hallowed Ground” from “The 1861 Project”
Some of My Favorite Quotes From This Episode:
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29:10
Empowering Lives Through Fitness and Health (with Tash Weddle)
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This episode is packed with practical tips on health and fitness.
A personal transformation inspires coach Tash Weddle to work with low-income women and help them change their lives through fitness and wellness training.
This episode is packed with practical tips on health and fitness.
“Waking Up in America” Season 3 – EP 6
Read Full Blog on Huffington Post: What Does Your Self-Nurturing Behavior Look Like?
Full transcript: Click here
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CONNECT WITH TASH and THE NEW BEGINNINGS CENTER
Web: TheNewBeginningsCenter.org
FB: NewBeginningsCenter
Instagram: thenewbeginningscenter
CONNECT WITH KAT HUNTER
Web site: kathuntermusic.com
FB: kathuntermusic
Twitter: kathuntermusic
Through Health and Fitness to Making Big Life-Changes
Tash Weddle, president and CEO of The New Beginnings Center in Nashville, TN holds the distinction of Master Strength Coach. Her dedication to excellence and the drive to succeed brought her a dream career, but she needed more to be truly fulfilled. Today she works with high paying clients as well as low-income women in helping them to live healthy, balanced and happy lives.
In this episode we talk about emotional eating, addictions, steps to establish a healthy routine and making health a priority.
Tash’s long time friend and client, Nashville based singer/ songwriter Kat Hunter sings her beautiful original “Second Wind”
Highlights
3:09 – As a college athlete on full scholarship, Tash’s injuries end up in emotional eating
5:04 – People change for two reasons…
7:17 – Tash finds her empowerment.
8:39 – With help of a friend Tash founds New Beginnings Center
12:10 – Tash’s program gets great results
14:13 – Steps to better health – changing one habit at a time
18:10 – It’s not about the food, or exercise… it’s about the lack of self-nurturing behaviors
20:45 – Email Question from the audience
22:15 – One Word Answers
23:26 – Kat Hunter and Tash introduce the song
25:43 – Kat Hunter sings “Second Wind”
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30:25
Career Change and Valuable Advice from Oprah
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Scott Wilcox’s career change was triggered by a middle-school students he was teaching. Encouraged by the feedback from fans and advice from Oprah, Scott is now a music influencer in Wisconsin.
“Waking Up in America” Season 3 – EP 5
Download as podcast: on iTunes
Read the blog: When a Career StStgChange Brings Limitless Possibilities
Full transcript: Click here
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CONNECT WITH SCOTT WILCOX
Web: ScottWilcox.net
FB: ScottWilcox.songwriter
Twitter:@Songwriterscott
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In order to make his dreams come true, Scott Wilcox had to let go of something he thought was true his entire life. He grew up believing the well-meaning worries that stops so many musicians before they even start: Music is a hobby. Don’t quit your day job. So he built two successful careers in advertising and in special education until a middle schooler called him out and forced him to face his dream. In today’s episode, find out about a series of turning points (including one that involved Oprah Winfrey) that propelled Scott’s career change – to go from a hobbyist to a professional musician and how he is inspiring others.
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When A Career Change Breaks the Glass Ceiling (from the blog)
HIGHLIGHTS:
3:08 – Music is a hobby, don’t quit your day job – where did that come from?
7:40 – How Scott was using his creativity and music as a special ed teacher
8:35 – Middle School Student Calls Scott and Hypocrite
13:24 – Getting on Oprah’s show
16:16 – What would Scott tell someone else in his position – from this new perspective
18:27 – From wanting our own success to lifting up others.
19:30– One Word Answers
20:47 – Email Question from the audience
21:56 – Scott introduces his song
24:35 – Scott sings his original: “Locally Famous (Widely Unknown)”
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Para aprender a mirar de otra forma, tu tienda de campaña que aísla las mañanas del fin de semana de la frenética actualidad diaria. Con Juan José Millás, Javier Sampedro, Pere Estupinyà o Ángela Quintas. En directo los sábados y domingos a las 08:00 y a cualquier hora si te suscribes. Updated
Julia en la Onda
Julia Otero te trae toda la información y el humor de los fines de semana de Onda Cero Updated



