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In today's episode I interview Lissa Ramsepaul, an incredible woman who has literally dedicated her life to helping people in underserved communities and specifically people experiencing homelessness. Lissa’s journey began when she herself was placed in the foster care system due to abuse and neglect that she experienced as a child. She eventually aged out The post Lissa Ramsepaul On: Risk & Resilience in Individuals Experiencing Homelessness. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

In today’s episode, I speak with an incredibly strong soul, who for the majority of her childhood, was labor trafficked across many states with her younger sister.  Hope Lloyd opens up about her experience being forced to work grueling hours and in horrible conditions at the hands of a woman who exploited and abused her The post When Survival Ends and Hope Begins. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

On todays episode I interview a woman who has preferred to stay anonymous due to the fact that her family and children still don’t know the things she underwent at the hands of their father- who was her husband at the time.  For the sake of this interview I refer to her as Jane. Jane The post Finding the Strength to Leave a Marriage of Abuse and Exploitation. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

Today’s story and incredibly  grounding conversation come from a special man by the name of Ron Dudley. Ron lives in Washington DC and is a musician, poet and also.. an author. I was able to meet Ron through Street Sense media, a nonprofit that publishes a newspaper in the city that is written and sold The post A Life of Struggle But a Love For Life. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

Human trafficking has gained a lot of attention as of late through the media and among society as people make an active effort to join forces in order to end this multi-billion dollar industry, and save the lives of millions of people. I spoke with Representative Jake Johnson of North Carolina to discuss the current The post Rep. Jake Johnson ON: The Battle Against Human Trafficking in North Carolina. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

For many years Mark Horvath struggled with his sense of confidence and self esteem in silence. Heightened by his grueling career in the film and music industry,  ultimately Mark went down an unforgiving path of drugs, alcohol and homelessness. This life changing experience opened Mark’s eyes to the lamentable and upsetting truth that the homeless The post MARK HORVATH ON: BUILDING SELF-LOVE, 5 MINUTES AT A TIME. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

On today’s episode I interview Marianne Duquette Cuozzo on her personal experience battling cancer not once but 3 times as she was diagnosed twice with hodgekins lymphoma in 1994 and 1997 and then with breast cancer in 2014. She talks about her journey as she faced each diagnosis and series of treatments head on, hearing The post Marianne Duquette Cuozzo ON: Learning to Love Yourself After Breast Cancer. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

#Purposefulseries For today’s episode I chat with Nancy Herz, a human rights activist and the co-author of the book “shameless” which is a collection of stories from girls who have personally experienced negative social control. Through her Activism Nancy strives to tackle the restrictive roles set for youth in an effort to inspire them to The post Nancy Herz ON:  Creating Our Own Identities in the Face of a Shame Culture and Negative Social Control. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

In this episode on Relentless Minds I Interview Justin Constantine, a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps and a former attorney. Justin joined the Marine Corps during his 2nd year of law school, and went on to practice in the Marine Corps as a chrome defense counsel and a criminal prosecutor. In The post Justin Constantine: Survivor of a Near Fatal Gunshot Wound who Believes in the Power of Resilience. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

Relentless Minds collaborated with the Ursus Institute to create this interview in an effort to discuss an upcoming documentary called “Standing with Bears”. “Standing with Bears” serves to highlight the industry of sex trafficking and it’s prevalence, and provides a first-hand look at the realities of sex trafficking and the impact on those involved. In The post An Intimate Interview with Creators of the Documentary “Standing With Bears”. A Candid Look at Human Trafficking. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

On this episode on Relentless Minds  I interview Tammy Harris who is the founder of the Ursus institute, A non-profit that works to combat human and sex trafficking. Her organization uses research, data and community engagement to disrupt human trafficking and to help survivors in their recovery. They also leverage the network within the anti-trafficking The post Tammy Harris ON:  The Realities Behind Sex Trafficking and How it Seeps Into Our Communities. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

For this episode I interviewed Jamie Margolin, activist and founder of Zero Hour, an organization that unites youth activists that are concerned about the lack of action being done by officials around the world regarding climate change. There is a crisis happening, but no action is being taken. Zero Hour is an international organization with the The post Jamie Margolin ON: Climate Justice and How She Mobilizes the Masses to Create Change. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

#PurposefulSeries Episode For this interview on Relentless Minds I traveled (virtually) to India, and interviewed long-time activist and change maker Lenin Raghuvanshi. Lenin is the cofounder of PVCHR (People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights) Founded with his wife Shruti in 1996. PVCHR is a community-based organization, which focuses on breaking the feudal hierarchies of conservative The post Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi ON: The Caste System in India: Slavery in Modern Times. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

This is episode 4/4 in the Genocide Series that began in April in honor of April being Genocide Awareness month.  This Interview covers another survivor or the genocide against the tustsis in Rwanda in 1994, but this interview is quite unique because Jeanne’s story of survival did not end with the genocide. In this episode The post Jeanne Celestine Lakin ON: How to Heal and Regain Control of Your Life By Learning to Forgive. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

#Purposefulseries This is episode 3 of a 4 episode series covering the stories of genocide survivors in honor of April being genocide awareness month, as well as it being the 26th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. In today’s episode I sit down with Liliane Pari Umuhoza who was only 2 years old when the The post Liliane Pari Umuhoza ON: Personal Resilience, Mental Health and World Change. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

#PurposefulSeries This is episode 2/4 in the Genocide Series in honor of April being Genocide Awareness month. This April is also the 26th anniversary of the Genocide that occurred in Rwanda in 1994 where nearly 1 million tutsis were murdered. In today’s episode I speak with Jacqueline Murekatete who is a lawyer, a human rights The post Shining a Light on Genocide and the Dangers of Intolerance and Discrimination- With Jacqueline Murekatete. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

#PURPOSEFULSERIES   Today's guest on Relentless Minds is Consolee Nishimwe, who was raped  and tortured at the age of 14 during the Genocide in Rwanda against the tutsis and due to this contracted HIV, which had plagued her for years until she was able to find the strength to live with her conditions. Consolee had The post Consolee Nishimwe: Learning to Heal Through Vulnerability & Breaking the Stigma of Shame After Rape. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

  Roella Lieveld had her first encounter with sexual abuse as a child at the tender age of 5 years old. This abuse continued for 4 years, unknown to her mother or anyone else in her family. Roella shares that her early experience with sexual abuse and the things she learned due to this, created The post Roella Lieveld: Finding Her Strength and Purpose After Facing Childhood Sexual Abuse. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

#UNBROKENSERIES Welcome back to the Relentless Minds podcast, for this episode I had the opportunity to interview Sonya Keshwani, a young survivor of breast cancer who was inspired to start a purposeful company called StyleEsteem while she was fighting her own battle with cancer. This Company focuses on the women who are affected by breast The post Sonya Keshwani : Battling Breast Cancer at 29 Led This Young Survivor to Finding Her Purpose in Life. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

#UnbrokenSeries Between April and June 1994, an estimated 800,000-1,000,000 Rwandans were killed in the space of 100 days. Most of the dead were Tutsis - and most of those who perpetrated the violence were Hutus. As the BBC said, even for a country with such a turbulent history as Rwanda, the scale and speed of The post He Refused to Allow Trauma to Control His Life: The Story of a Survivor of The Rwandan Genocide. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

In this week's episode on Relentless Minds Carolyne Sunte, an activist for women's rights and female mentor in Kenya, Africa, speaks about the struggles that women face in her community. The limitation that her and other women in her Masaai community is that they are deprived of reaching a higher level of existence through education The post Empowering Women to Find Their Voices in a Male-Dominated Society. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

In this episode I visit the West Side Bazaar, a community of small businesses run by mainly refugee and immigrant owners in Buffalo, NY. The West Side Bazaar is an Initiative created by WEDI (Westminster Economic Development Initiative) that acts as an incubator for small businesses and supports entrepreneurs on their path to becoming successful The post Meet the Refugees Who Started a New Life in America and Overcame the Odds to Entrepreneurship. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

In this episode I interview Lepilali Ngoilenya as we travel to the East African country of Tanzania where he was born and raised and currently resides. Lepilali shares with us the life he was expected to live as a member of the Maasai tribe, a small tribe that inhabits areas in East Africa, and how The post Determined And Committed to Following Their Dreams While Living in a Place Where Most People Do Not Dream- Lepilali and Meleji’s Story. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

As seen on The New York Times, BBC, NPR, The Guardian, Agence France Presse, Al Jazeera and several other Arabic language news outlets, Khadija Siddiqi's story has been widely covered around the world due to its moving revelation of current social norms regarding violent treatment towards women. Khadija was a law student in Pakistan, only The post Khadija Siddiqi; A Survivor Whose Fight For Justice Has Paved the Way For Ending Violence Against Women. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

On November 12, 2019 hundreds of people from all walks of life found themselves together before the Supreme Court in Washington DC. Supporting each other, sharing stories, and giving empowering and moving speeches. On this day, people gathered together to fight for something they believed in- the rights of hundreds of thousands of immigrants that The post America Turns Its Back on Those Who Built It – The Story of Immigration and DACA. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

In today's episode I sit down with Jose Arnulfo Cabrera to share his story of being a young DREAMer in America and one of the hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients currently awaiting the decision being made on the DACA program that will determine the path of their immediate future. Jose has been involved The post “I Was Raised to Never Give Up”. Exposing America’s Broken Immigration System as Experienced Through the Eyes and Advocacy of a Young DREAMer. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

#PURPOSEFULSERIES Today in this episode of the Purposeful Series I interview Aden Batar, who was a former Somali refugee who fled with his family from Somalia during their Civil war in 1992. Over the 2 years that they hid in silence in Somalia Aden and his family experienced constant threats to their life, and sadly The post #Purposeful – The Refugee Crisis Through the Eyes of a Former Refugee. A Personal Story. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

#UNBROKEN In this episode Justin and Jessica both share with us their experience of facing infidelity in their marriage and what it took to find the strength to make it work and stay together. Justin and Jessica met early on in life and shortly after fell in love and decided to take the next The post #Unbroken – Re-finding Happiness & Hope in Marriage After Infidelity appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

This is a special episode dedicated to announce to all current subscribers, and new ones, what the Relentless Minds podcast is striving to create in this world. We have incredibly BIG VISIONS. In February of 2019 the Relentless Minds podcast was created with the sole mission to inspire people to create the change they desire The post The BIG VISION of Relentless Minds- Special Episode. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

On Dec 16, 2014 a terrible event occurred in Peshawar, Pakistan, which disturbed the country deeply. It's effects were felt across the world and it turned out to be the 4th largest school massacre in the history of the world. On this day a terrorist group of 7 men invaded an Army Public School The post Surviving One of the Deadliest School Massacres in the History of the World. Peshawar, Pakistan- With Waleed Khan appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

Welcome back, in today's episode I speak with Daisy Torres and her struggles early on in life when she became a mother at the young age of 16 years old. Coming from a family that worked very hard to make ends meet, Daisy was devastated when she realized that being pregnant meant that she might The post “I Chose Life”. Beating The Statistics of Teen Pregnancy- With Daisy Torres appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

Eli Nash is a recovering porn addict who spent 15 years of his life in shame in guilt while he struggled with controlling his addiction to porn. On top of that, Eli had kept a secret from his family and friends for years: that at the age of 8 he had been sexually abused by The post Finding Healing And Purpose Through Vulnerability- With Eli Nash appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

Dr. Ellie Katz is a leading practitioner of holistic psychotherapy. For the last 49 years, her eclectic interventions for her patients have featured innovative approaches to using meditation, guided thinking and the Bach Flower Remedies. With decades of working in the field, Dr. Ellie Katz has concluded that we all have attachments we would be The post Let’s Talk Addiction and Mindset- With Dr. Ellie Katz appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

When you first meet Kat you will see a self-made woman who is living the dream life that many people desire to live. She runs a successful coaching business and is wakes up every day thankful for the life she is currently able to live alongside her husband and son. However, besides the success and The post From a Life of Abuse to a Life Of Purpose- With Kat McLead. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

Jim was diagnosed with type I diabetes at 17 years old and spent 35 years coping with the disease. After facing near failure of his heart and kidney he underwent surgeries spanning over 2 years to replace his heart, kidney and pancreas. This lead him to be cured of his diabetes and lifelong ailments. Now The post When Hope is the Only Answer – With Jim Stavis appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

Debbie Cromack is a corporate lackey turned entrepreneurial renegade. She is an international best-selling author and Business Coach, empowering introverted female entrepreneurs to set up the foundation of their coaching business, implement a replicable sales process that feels good, and replace their corporate income so they can thrive in their business, quit their corporate job, The post Empowering Entrepreneurs to Leave Their 9-5 and Create Income Online – With Debbie Cromack appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

Jimmy is a recovering addict who grew up in a Wolf of Wall Street Environment. He watched his father make millions all while partying with drugs and alcohol on a daily basis. In 2008, Jimmy graduated from FSU expecting to take over the family business. Shortly afterwards, one of the largest recessions in the United The post From Victim to Victor, the Choice is Yours – With Jimmy DeFalco. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

Christopher is an inspiring individual who has had an impressive level of self-awareness from a young age and has accomplished many things in life despite the early diagnosis he received of having dyslexia. Although a widely considered "handicap", Christopher used the lessons he learned while dealing with and managing his dyslexia as a child to The post Success Without Fulfillment is the Ultimate Failure – With Christopher Dedeyan appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

This episode is a special one and a different twist than my other episodes on my podcast. In this episode I sit down with Blake Fly, a motivational speaker and purpose-driven entrepreneur and we talk about living in a state of gratitude and mindfulness and how easily it can be applied to every day life. The post Finding Purpose in a Life of Gratitude- With Blake Fly appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

In this episode I share the story of Christine Conti, a relentless and incredibly mentally strong woman who has had her share of victories as well as struggles. With a background in investment banking and teaching, she ventured into her passion in fitness coaching, crushed it, and even co-hosts a podcast called Two Fit Crazies The post You Do or You Don’t. There is No Try- With Christine Conti. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

In this episode you get front row seats to raw conversation between myself and Vincent Miceli, serial entrepreneur and founder of Verb and the Body Blueprint Gym. Vincent has been through extreme weight loss- shedding off 100 lbs, Filing for bankruptcy due to a failed business venture, and quitting a life of drugs and alcohol The post The Power of Habit – With Vincent Miceli appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

Sam shares his story of struggling with drug and alcohol abuse for over a decade from his teen years into adulthood. Sam had an overdose which hospitalized him, but that wasn't enough to break his addiction. One fateful night when he was caught and arrested for breaking and entering into a home of a friend, The post Taking Back Control of Life After a Decade of Addiction- With Sam Anthony appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

Fella's this is a special one for you! Stefanos Sifandos is a spiritual mindset and relationship coach. On this episode he shares about his struggles in love that had forced him to venturing into a period of deep self-discovery and exploration. Mainly when it came to relationships and how to develop a healthy masculine nature The post Conscious Relationships and the Cultivation of a Healthy Masculinity – With Stefanos Sifandos appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

This episode is by far one of my favorite episodes because of the completely authentic and open conversation I had with Christian. Christian is a Coach, father, and husband and he is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to how to conquer your body, mind, and spirit. In this raw episode, we dive into The post Overcoming a Life of Guilt, Shame, and an Approval Addiction – With Christian Farris. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

Alexa Carlin is a sought-after speaker on women's empowerment, entrepreneurship, and personal growth. She is the founder of the Women Empower Expo (WEX) which is the largest event for female entrepreneurs on the East coast, where women can support each other, find funding, and connect with other like-minded individuals. She started her entrepreneurial ventures when The post Finding Your Strength, Confidence & Courage- With Alexa Carlin appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

Alyssa is an absolute powerhouse of a woman who has created a full and purposeful life for herself while constantly striving to pursue her goals in business and personal development. In this episode, she shares the story behind her life motto "From Suicidal to CEO" where she opens up about being bullied during the earlier The post How to Conquer Your Mindset One Belief at a Time- With Alyssa Shifrel appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

Eric Balance has always shown true grit and commitment in his life to relentlessly pursuing the things that he was passionate in. This way of being wasn't always used to his benefit, however, and early in life he fell victim to an addition to crack cocaine that he could not shake for years. Throughout his The post Relentlessly Pursuit What You Deserve in Life – With Eric Balance appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

Stuart is a serial entrepreneur, motivational speaker, thought leader and disruptor. He has gone through life always questioning what set the foundation for his beliefs of himself and society which later inspired his life motto "Boycott What You Thought". Despite not having the support of his family when he decided to pursue his goals in The post How to Live a Life Without Self-Made Limits – With Stuart Knight appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

In this episode I sit down with Master Platinum Coach Trevor Mcgregor who has dedicated the majority of his life to helping others take their lives to the next level. Trevor also spent 5 years of his coaching journey working as a Master Coach with the one and only, Tony Robbins. He experienced the help The post Committed to a Life of Progress, and To Impacting the Lives of Others – With Trevor McGregor. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

Greg is a millennial and real estate entrepreneur who has hacked the code to being able to use his time efficiently and effectively to maximize the time he has within a 24 hr work day to scale his business. These were skills that he had to learn on his own through life experience and A The post How to Work Smart NOT Hard in Business- With Greg Helbeck appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.

In this episode we sit down with Ryan Blakeley, a serial entrepreneur who has managed to create 4 brands in fitness and coaching in the last 2 years alone, that are all thriving. Being raised in a family where employment and low risk in life was the norm and taught, Ryan decided later in life The post What It Takes to go From Employed to Successful CEO, In 2 Years- With Ryan Blakeley. appeared first on Relentless Minds Podcast.