Judging Meghan

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My Mom Shares Her Story- A Very Special Episode May 24, 2022

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This is my most heartfelt episode to date. Today you are going to hear a conversation between myself and my Mom. We discuss her attack as a young girl and how it forever impacted her life. She lost both a child and a husband, and has had to learn how to live again after these traumatic losses.
While I had my own trauma from the many losses in my life. My relationship with my Mom has had ups and downs. The love is always there. I wanted to share for those people who are going through hard things as encouragement and hope that our story may help someone out there. I realize how very lucky I am to have my Mom and will always treasure this conversation.
Listen, cry, and be inspired to love your family even harder and stronger.

I’d love to hear from you. If you have questions for me, topics you’d like discussed, or stories you want to share, please reach out through my website at judgingmeghan.com or send me a message on Instagram at @judgingmeghan. Your questions may be featured and answered in an upcoming episode. And if you’re enjoying the podcast, leaving a review really helps support the show and helps more people find these conversations.

This podcast is a place for trauma survivors as well as their friends and family. This is a safe environment to be vulnerable but it's also a place for celebration and moving forward. Let's all start to embrace who we are becoming by #mentalhealth #selfcare #self #judgingothers #judgingmeghan #suicideawareness #suicideprevention #survivor

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The Power of Never Giving Up: with Antoinette Logan May 17, 2022

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Today's guest is Antoinette Logan. She is an international author of "It Starts with I", a life coach, media professional, CEO, and all around amazingly strong. She talks to me about her childhood experiences with trauma, feeling unwanted, abused, and how she used those experiences to make her into the woman she is today.
ABOUT ANTOINETTE:
Antoinette Logan is a multi-faceted media professional and international author, based out of Atlanta and Chicago. She has worked her way up in the branding and marketing field, as a personal assistant and brand ambassador to being the CEO of the full service creative company, The Altered Image Agency (A.I.M.) and the founder of the non-profit, Bonded By Birth.

She has found a way to make it happen, whatever "it" maybe in the moment. From pain to positivity and a dream of sharing her love with everyone she encounters, this woman has set out on a mission to serve. She is not one whom does a thing, she just does "her" thing which can be a number of "things."

Don't put me in a box, I'll never fit in. Picture me as you would the universe, here to help in a number of ways, however the Most High guides me to.

She is a life coach who teaches from experience and personal connections, to business consultant who can help you hit the ground running. With Ms.Logan, you can really HAVE IT ALL.

Ms. Logan has had many accomplishments in branding, public relations, producing of digital media, events and much more. It's easy to see why anyone can ask Ms.Logan anything.

She is your Information Highway to Destination Elevation.

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Finding Strength in the Midst of The Unthinkable with Marie Neill May 10, 2022

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**Trigger Warning: In this episode, we talk a great deal about childhood abuse, rape, and domestic violence**
In this episode, I talk to Marie Neill. She is an amazingly strong woman who has been through some intense trauma. From being abused during childhood to being raped to being sold to a man 24 years older than her in a foreign country, she has gone through just about every trauma you can imagine.
We talk about her story and how she managed to find the good in the hard times. We discuss where she is now and how she is giving back to the world to help others, including by becoming a Mental Health Advocate, determined to help others with her strength and passion.
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Locked Up and Abused, But Not Broken with Judy Van Niekerk May 03, 2022

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My guest today, Judy Van Niekerk, is an entrepreneur, a human behavioral specialist, and an iconic life mentor. She has learned through her own experiences that there is no challenge that we cannot thrive from. No challenge we are not greater than.
Her story, which may be triggering, is one of bravery and hope. She stresses that what happened to it her as a young girl did not define her, but it did inspire her to thrive in the way she is living her life today. Being locked up during childhood and being abused in ways we cannot even imagine forced her to look deep inside to find the transcendent love she shares with others today. I am beyond honored to speak to Judy. As she tells me there is nothing we can not beat or manifest for ourselves.
Judy's Bio
Judy van Niekerk is a serial entrepreneur in the real sense having established businesses in many different industries from environmental agency and training, pioneering agricultural projects, high tech companies, marketing and advertising agency in which she has achieved international acclaim in many of them including International Woman Winemaker of the world, Bravest Woman UK to name a few. She has also been an international sports woman representing her adopted country South Africa at world championships scuba diving as well as a best selling author and international speaker.

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Stroke Forward - Surviving a Stroke and Coming Back Stronger with Marcia Moran Apr 26, 2022

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Stroke survivor, Marcia Moran, is my guest today. I have wanted to do an episode about this subject for a while, especially after I read her book, Stroke Forward.
We talk about what a stroke is
The warning signs of a stroke
Even healthy people can have a stroke
The importance of getting to the hospital as soon as possible and why BEFAST is so important.
How to be your own healthcare advocate
From her website, Stroke Forward...
The morning my stroke occurred caught me off guard. I woke up and knew something was "off." I tried to text a friend to tell her that I wouldn't make coffee that morning. The text was gibberish. "Oh well," I thought. "I will text her later." I rolled over. Excruciating pain struck! Despite my throbbing headache, I drifted off to sleep. That was a mistake.

Later that day, I awoke to right-sided paralysis. I had a choice to make. Try to make it down the hall so my husband could find me… or give up right there. I fell to the floor and started dragging my way toward the door, using my left hand and the carpet pile to leverage me.

I am Marcia Moran. This is my story...
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Who Kicked First -Surviving Domestic Violence with Victoria Cuore Apr 19, 2022

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Victoria Cuore has endured more pain than one can even imagine in one lifetime. She was raised by narcissistic parents that sent her off to her grandmother at a young age. After a horrible break up with what she was her true love. She met a man that on paper was everything a girl could ask for. Her boyfriend began Love Bombing her early on in the relationship. He insisted on a quick marriage and quickly after they were married and pregnant, the relentless abuse began. Victoria was beaten so badly that she has had over 100 surgeries.
Thankfully, she got away, and rescued her young daughter. Victoria has used this pain and trauma to help others. Her book, Who Kicked First: A Memoir, tells some of her story of being abused and the later affects upon her special needs daughter. Her website has some amazing resources for people living in an abusive relationship. There is always a way out.
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Conversation with Internationally Renowned Medium and Author, Tim Braun Apr 12, 2022

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Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Tim Braun. He is an internationally renowned medium, lecturer, author. I wanted to have him on to talk about his career as a medium with over 17,000 sittings under his belt.
I have personally sat with Tim numerous times. The information he has shared with me brought me peace and healing. Tim is currently practicing in Newport California. He does readings all over the world. You can follow him @timbraunmedium on Instagram and his website, https://www.timbraunmedium.com/
Enjoy!
Check out his book at https://www.amazon.com/Life-Death-Mediums-Messages-Overcome/dp/B09TZM844V/
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9/11 Survivor: Living a Life of Service with Will Jimeno Apr 05, 2022

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Todays episode is one I will never forget. Will Jimeno recounts his story of 911. If you were old enough you will never forget where you were on that horrific day. Will tells the story of walking into the towers knowing that a plane had hit the building. He says he and his fellow Port Authority Officers knew what they needed to do. It is nothing but a miracle that Will is still alive. He lives his life in service to others.
It was an honor to talk to Will a true hero.
ABOUT WILL:
At the time of the attacks, Will Jimeno was a rookie cop assigned to the Port Authority Bus Terminal. He saw the shadow of American Airlines Flight 11, the airplane that seconds later hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center. He rode to the WTC site with 20 other Port Authority police officers in a commandeered bus.
The collapse of the South Tower trapped Jimeno and two other Port Authority officers, led by Sgt. McLoughlin, under the Concourse between the twin towers. Only Jimeno and McLoughlin survived. Dominick Pezzulo survived the initial collapse but was killed by the collapse of the North Tower while he was trying to free Jimeno.
A USA Today account observed:
Sometimes they yelled for help. But mostly the 48-year-old sergeant, a 21-year veteran, and the 33-year-old rookie talked intimately, sometimes revealing personal things — about kids, families, feelings — that they had never shared with anyone. Jimeno asked the Sergeant to deliver a message over the radio to his wife, Allison, who was seven months pregnant. They had received no response earlier, but he thought maybe their radio call would be picked up on a police tape recording. "Attention," Sgt. McLoughlin announced, "Officer Jimeno requests that his baby girl be named Olivia." His wife had liked the name. He hadn't been so sure. Now, as he prepared to die, he wanted to think of his baby girl, Olivia.[
The two men were located and extricated after former U.S. Marines Sergeant Jason Thomas and Staff Sergeant Dave Karnes heard their cries for help. Both survivors, especially McLoughlin, were severely injured. They required several surgeries and months of hospitalization for recovery and rehabilitation. On June 11, 2002, McLoughlin (with a walker) and Jimeno (with a limp) walked across a stage at Madison Square Garden to receive the Port Authority's Medal of Honor.
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Talking about a Life Lived Well: Overcoming Chronic Pain and a Misdiagnosis with Dr. Kevin J. Payne Mar 29, 2022

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I am honored today to have Dr. Kevin Payne on the podcast. He is a social psychologist, a speaker, a podcaster, author, and skydiver - currently with under 600 jumps under his belt.
Kevin talks about his misdiagnosis living with chronic pain. After years of struggling he was finally diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, which is what truly spurred his mission. You can find Kevin under his podcast, “Your Life Lived Well”and at yourlifelivedwell.co. Kevin is in a mission to help others and never defined by what he can’t do in life due to his diagnosis.
ABOUT KEVIN:
Kevin is a social psychologist, entrepreneur, author, podcast host, speaker, teacher, and frequent guest interview or panelist. He shares the results of his extensive research concerning how to live a quality life with chronic distress, pain, and illness. He also shares his personal exploits as a collector of experiences — even while battling Multiple Sclerosis for decades. Life is too remarkable to sit on the sidelines, even when we’ve got to get more creative about how we get in the game!

He was born and raised in the Kansas City Metro area. He can’t have too many books, is a lifelong tech geek, devoted to his animals, pretty fond of his kids, and sometimes appears as a pirate.

He also never misses a chance to jump from a perfectly good airplane.

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Every Parent's Worse Nightmare: Talking about the Fentanyl Epidemic with Michelle Leopold Mar 22, 2022

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Today is probably the most important episode I have ever recorded. Michelle Leopold was mom living her normal life until the most horrifying thing happened to her family - the death of her son, Trevor.
She tells the story of this handsome, outgoing, loved teenager who started out by smoking pot. This didn't alarm her until she realized that the pot we smoked when we were younger is much different than what is sold today. This was his gateway drug to what ultimately killed him.
We learn about how fentanyl is added to street pills to get a bigger high. The CDC estimates that 2 out of 5 street pills include fentanyl that the user doesn't even realize is there.
Michelle shares the story of Trevor’s passing at just 19. She is determined to educate every parent of the dangers of how easily these pills can be accessed. One pill taken and his life was over. Michelle says that she keeps going determined to live in Trevor’s memory and help others.
To connect with Michelle: https://www.facebook.com/MichelleLeopold.NorCal

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