The Courageous Inner Beast

Episode 82: Advocate and Free Teresa ft Franke James

“Nobody really knows what life will throw at them. And how they’ll change as a result,” says FrankeJames. She is an activist, artist and author of four books on disability rights, climate change,government censorship, and ethics. She’s fought City Hall to build a green driveway (and won).Been blacklisted by the Canadian Government for her climate change art—and turned thegovernment’s silencing into international news. Her latest book, Freeing Teresa: A True Story aboutMy Sister and Me, is about choosing her sister’s freedom over her family. Franke helped heryounger sister get out of a nursing home. Then all hell broke loose. The two sisters had to standtogether—against their siblings, the medical system, and the police—to defend the right to be free.
Franke and her husband, Billiam James, helped Teresa regain her decision-making rights and get apublic apology from the Ontario Minister of Health. The memoir has won eighteen book awards inthe categories of Nonfiction Audiobook, True Story, Social/Political, Inspiration, Family Challenges,Special Needs, and Leadership. Franke lives in Vancouver, BC, with her husband and her sister,Teresa.
 
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Minisode 25: Family and Friends

Visiting family and making soup for friends
 
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Episode 81: Sleepless Nights ft Helen Sernett

Helen Sernett, founder and host of the Sleep Lists podcast, was a non-profit fundraiser at the end of her rope, struggling with a long list of medical issues. Underlying all of it was the fact that she could no longer get herself to sleep. With Sleep Lists she serves up bedtime dreams every episode by reciting a lulling list of similar items. Lately, she’s more well rested and less on edge. She records voice over work and speaks at events about her experience with resilience and the power of neuroplasticity. Helen enjoys family time, cooking from scratch, and cozying up with a good book or movie.
 
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sleeplists
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sleep-lists/
Website: https://www.sleeplists.com/
 
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Minisode 24: Laugh with Goodness

Laughing with your whole heart feels good within your soul
 
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Episode 80: Segregation is Wrong... ft Wendy Alexander

Wendy is an Interview and Career Coach who helps people look so good that hiring managers can’t ignore them. She was stuck once, not knowing how to get out of a financial and emotional mess after a relationship break-up left her a broke single mum drowning in debt. But things changed when she changed – she invested in herself and found mentors and a supportive community to turn her mess into her success. And there's been plenty of hiccups along the way. From growing up a woman of color in apartheid South Africa to being held up at gunpoint in her first job in Australia and more than her fair share of health challenges - she's beat them all. Now she runs her company on her terms and helps professional people fearlessly get the job they want, negotiate the income they want, and ultimately the lifestyle they want.
 
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Website: https://happycareerhub.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendyaalexander/
 
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Minisode 23: Continuation and Building Connections

Continuation and keeping the connections you create
 
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Episode 79: Why Are They Enabling It?!? ft Sandy Kirkham

A church is where an insecure sixteen-year-old girl should feel welcome, happy, and most importantly, safe. Tragically for some, the church can become a place of great harm. Sandy Phillips Kirkham experienced the deceit and lies that come with being the victim of a wolf in sheep's clothing… her church’s youth minister. After decades of keeping her deep secret, Sandy discovered her voice and has made it her life’s work to be an advocate for others. Sandy continues to use her voice to help victims of clergy abuse.
She is a highly requested speaker, podcast guest and media liaison on the topic. Sandy has spoken before the Ohio Senate, a Maryland court, and appeared on a local television show in Boston. Her story, “Stolen Innocence,” was told in a documentary produced by The Hope of Survivors. Sandy works with survivors conducting victim support conferences. She has participated on panels moderated by SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests), sharing her perspective from the non-Catholic point of view.
 
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Amazon Book: https://www.amazon.com/Let-Prey-Upon-You-Ministers/dp/1734195223
Website: https://sandyphillipskirkham.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KirkhamAuthor
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandy-kirkham-37372313/
 
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Minisode 22: EMDR and Empty Chair

A bit of my experience with EMDR and Empty Chair
 
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Episode 78: Send in the Dark Humor! ft Belinda Filippelli

Native New Yorker currently based in Prague and Barcelona. Inbound marketing specialist with a boutique digital marketing agency for 13 years and a specialisation in helping bring blockchain solutions to the market. A traveling, headlining stand up comedian who recently launched her first solo show, the Heart, Mind, C!nt Connection.
 
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/begood.bebad.belinda/
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Website: https://www.belindacomedy.com/
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Minisode 21: Loneliness and its Outcome

Loneliness and coping with it
 
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