Inspiration — W&V - The Podcast

Lisa Tamati: My mom's brain injury changed my career and the focus of my life

‘This is my story of bringing my mum back after a massive brain aneurism that left her with major major brain damage. The medical professionals told me that I would, she would never, ever have any quality of life again, that she would never do anything again. I being an athlete, and being a very stubborn minded person, I just said, No!, that's not happening. And I'm going to find somebody who has overcome this, and I'm going to find a way or die trying. My mum was 74 at the time, and we did it - we saved her own life even when all the odds were stacked against us

Ruby was bullied by a client and lost the desire to continue her career. She then took control of her life

when one of her clients bosses her around and bullies her, she then questions if continuing her career is worth it all, she was ready to give it all up. And she did – for a little bit.

In the quitting, she worked with her hands to reconstruct her house and in taking time off from her brain powered job, she started a new career in marketing, publishing, and editing books. The best that could have happened to her career – bumping to someone that forced her make the changes she always wanted to make but was always to scared to do.

Gaby Olivares: Two unexpected deaths and the joy of a new life

Her life was happy and pretty normal, then one day, her dad was hit in a car accident and immediately passed. Not only was he her dad, he was her best friend, confident and advisor. Gaby was enthralled in a deep episode of sadness and sorrow. She then decided to create life as part of her healing, and share the joy of life with her widowed mom. Her baby helped Gaby overcome some of the most difficult moments in her life, until she had to suffer a new death just some weeks ago at the end of 2020.

Dianne Portwood: An accident crushed her Olympian dreams, it recreated who she is.

Dianne Portwood is a self-made recognized artist. Her paintings can be found all over South Florida, London, Paris, and Munich. It didn't start that way though, Dianne is a national USA team gold medal winner and a Rio Olympics aspiring athlete who had to leave her dreams behind after an accident with her horse. When her life was at the very bottom, she found a passion for arts, creating a thriving business and has become more aware of her self than ever before.

Inspiration, Life Journey, Lifestyle, AthleteLorena ArmitageDecember 24, 2020Olympian, empowerment, womenstories, womenempowerment, Athlete

Claudia Goetzelmann: She didn't see it coming, but she lost it all. Her heart was boke open and she reinvented herself more than once

Inspiration, Lifestyle, Alternative Healing, Life JourneyLorena ArmitageDecember 9, 2020Reinvention, divorce, dula, womenstories, empowerment, womenempowerment