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Silencing the Inner Critic In this heartfelt and relatable episode, we're joined by author Luce Sutherland—a woman who's passionate about storytelling and living life boldly and authentically. From her early days of secretly reading romance novels before e-readers made it easy to be discreet to writing her own sassy, steamy stories filled with alpha heroes and fierce heroines, Luce shares her journey of embracing her voice and creativity.We dive into how Luce got started as a writer, what inspired her to put pen to paper, and the often harsh reality of being our own worst critic. She opens up about learning to quiet that inner voice that whispers, “you're not good enough,” and how she's replaced it with something far more empowering.Whether you're an aspiring writer, a lover of romance novels, or simply someone working to quiet your inner doubts, this episode is a warm reminder that growth, self-care, and a little bit of sass go a long way.So grab a cup of coffee (maybe even some Scottish gin if it's that kind of day!) and settle in for an inspiring chat with Luce Sutherland—because your story matters, and it's time to start telling it.Website: lucesutherland.comInstagram: @lucesutherlandwritesFacebook: lucesutherlandwritesTikTok: @lucelljLearn more about your host, Kim Lengling at www.kimlenglingauthor.comBe sure you subscribe/rate/like and do all the things while you're here! It helps the show and all the nuggets of hope reach more people!

As a young boy, Machiel Hoek didn't understand the world. Why was there so much suffering? Why was he bullied at school for being himself? At 7, he decided he wanted to discover the secret of life. Since then, he has read over 2,000 books, dealing with every approach (including all religions and spiritual paths). But in daily life, he pursued the established path of school and university and became a CPA, then an entrepreneur, then a CEO. Machiel learned the dynamics of business and business life.At some point, a large sum of money was waiting for him if he stayed on for just two more years. "Well, two more years, and I can finally go on the quest to discover this secret of life," he thought. But at that moment, his heart kicked in and told him: "Nope, you have to do it NOW, or you will NEVER do this.” By listening to his heart, the bag of money would disappear. Machiel knew his heart was right; the only good moment for change was now. So Machiel complied with his heart, changed his entire life, and went on a quest to discover the secret of life, this time through his own experiences rather than reading books.He made it his goal to write “the book”, combining all that he had experienced and what he still would learn in a single story that would be compelling, engaging, and insightful for as large a group of people as possible. He wanted it to be the book he would have wanted to read when he was young(er)Now, through his bestselling book "The Girl Who Changed The World", Machiel helps others find their secret to life. His journey is not without hurdles. He was actually arrested in Los Angeles for giving away copies of his book!Learn more and keep in touch:https://www.facebook.com/machiel.hoekhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/machielhoek/https://www.instagram.com/machielhoek/https://twitter.com/machielhoekhttp://www.machielhoek.com/Learn more about and keep in touch with your host, Kim Lengling:www.kimlenglingauthor.comKim's Books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/kimlenglingLet Fear Bounce Podcast:          https://anchor.fm/kim-lengling1Apple:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/let-fear-bounce/id1541906455Buy Me A Coffee:            https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LetfearbounceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/letfearbouncepodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lenglingauthor/Twitter: https://twitter.com/KimLengling#ancestralhurt #wellbeing #mentalhealth #bullying #selfcare #bullyingawareness #bullyingprevention #selfimprovement #authorinterview #podcast #letfearbounce #author #writers #personalgrowth

Our guest this time is a prolific author, Kim Lengling. Kim is prolific as she has been the lead author on six book anthologies. I cannot say that she came by writing honestly. She grew up in a small Northern Pennsylvania town. After graduating from high school instead of going on to college Kim joined the military with great thoughts and ideas of leaving her small town upbringing and seeing the world. As she describes it, she did leave the small town world, but she only had military duty state side. After four years of service she left the military life and moved back to a “small town” in Pennsylvania.   Over time she began and pursued a career in sales and marketing. Along the way she married and had a daughter. She also took a keen interest in helping veterans and veteran organizations.   I asked Kim how she began her writing career. She will tell the story about how she was asked to give a speech to some 800 veterans. The story about her talk is remarkable and the unexpected turn her life made after her speech is worth hearing directly from Kim. Bottom line is that Kim was convinced to begin writing articles. Since 2020 she added writing and self publishing books to her repertoire of accomplishments.   As it turns out, Kim and I both experienced unexpected life changes due to public speaking. Both of us chose to take full advantage of the opportunities that came our way and we both are the better for it. I very much enjoyed my conversation with Kim and I hope you will as well.       About the Guest:   As a multi-published author, Kim shares her love of nature and animals, her life with PTSD, and her mission to toss out Nuggets of Hope through her writing and podcast. Kim is the lead author and coordinator of six anthologies: The When Grace Found Me Series (three books), When Hope Found Me, Paw Prints on the Couch, and Paw Prints on the Kitchen Floor. Her newest book, Nuggets of Hope, was released on November 15, 2024. In addition to writing, she hosts the podcast Let Fear Bounce, which spotlights people who have faced and overcome personal fear(s) to make a difference in their slice of the world through writing, coaching, film production, philanthropy, teaching, founding non-profits, public speaking, or simply being an amazing human being. You can regularly find Kim drinking coffee, reading, and talking with the critters in the woods while taking long walks with her dog, Dexter. Visit her website, www.kimlenglingauthor.com, to keep up with everything happening in her realm.   Ways to connect Kim:     Website:                                www.kimlenglingauthor.com   Amazon:                               https://www.amazon.com/author/kimlengling   Let Fear Bounce                 @Letfearbounce Apple:                                   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/let-fear-bounce/id1541906455   Facebook:                            https://www.facebook.com/letfearbouncepodcast   LinkedIn:                              https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlylengling/   Instagram:                            https://www.instagram.com/lenglingauthor/   Twitter:                                  https://www.tiktok.com/@klengling?lang=en   TikTok:                                 ** https://www.tiktok.com/@klengling?lang=en   About the Host:   Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/   https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       Thanks for listening!   Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? 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Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:20 Well, hi everyone, and welcome to another edition of unstoppable mindset. And today is kind of a fun one, because I get to talk to another author. One of the things that I participate in and have done for a little while are book fairs, including virtual book fairs, and our guest today, Kim Lengling and I, lengling and I were both on a virtual book fair just a couple of weeks ago talking about our books and this and that and all the other stuff. And I made it really clear that I'm always looking for a good podcast guests, and it just seemed like the right thing to do. And of course, then Kim said, well, not unless you're going to be on my podcast too. So we are going to reciprocate next week. So I actually had a a message, an email yesterday from someone who wanted me to come on their podcast to talk about disabilities. And then they, before I responded, they sent a second letter saying, You do understand, we don't pay for podcast guests or anything like that, which I never expected to to have to to deal with anyway. But I wrote back, and I said, Well, I'm sorry, I do charge. And the charges that you have to be on if you want me on your podcast, then you gotta be on my podcast too. So it's fun to tease, but anyway, Kim, welcome to unstoppable mindset. After all that.   Kim Lengling ** 02:44 Well, thank you. Thanks for having man, I think it's going to be fun doing a podcast swap. Oh   Michael Hingson ** 02:49 yeah, it's a lot of fun to do that, and it's and it's kind of neat, and we get to know each other better and all that. And next year, when we have the book fair, we can, we can always team up on other people, because we'll know each other better.   Kim Lengling ** 03:01 That's right. That is right. And I those book fairs. They're fun. I enjoy doing those. They are and   Michael Hingson ** 03:08 I think the video of it is now out, so it's pretty cool that it is there and is available so well, I want to again. Thank you for coming on and chatting. It's always fun. And as I explained, our podcasts, our conversation, so let's converse and go from there. I'd love to start by learning kind of, maybe, about the early Kim growing up and all that stuff. Early Kim, the early Kim a long time ago, and I guess, long, long, far away.   03:43 You know, like I get that song stuck in my head.   03:47 Oh, yeah,   Kim Lengling ** 03:50 okay, well, I grew up in a small country town, and I think my graduating class had 72 people total, and it was just, you know, I'm glad I grew up where I did and how I did in the country. I grew up playing outside, and I still play outside every day, 50 some years later. But yet, growing up in a small town, everybody knows each other, which is wonderful, and everybody knows each other, which can be kind of crappy, too, sometimes.   Michael Hingson ** 04:23 Well, there's the other song, everybody knows your name. Oh yeah. From cheers,   04:29 yeah. We're just going to keep on breaking.   Michael Hingson ** 04:33 We're doing great.   Kim Lengling ** 04:37 But yeah, I grew up in a small town, and I I'm very appreciative of the small town, I guess I don't know morals and ethics that I learned growing up, and I've tried very hard when raising my own daughter, who is now married and has her own daughter, I tried and worked hard to instill that those same type of values. Within her. And I think I did a pretty good job. But I did, I did. I liked how I grew up, and then I left my small town right after graduation and went into the military, and thinking, you know, oh yeah, I'm gonna go to this small town and I'm gonna see the world by Gully. And it's, you know, it's, it's a, it's an eye opener. I because I didn't go to college, so, you know, I don't know that. I don't have that experience. I went into the military, and that's an eye opener. It's just, wham, you are no longer small town camp. Yeah, you are now. You are now a spoke in the wheel, and we and you don't even have a name, and you're going to be rebuilt into something different. And I am truly thankful, actually, for my military experience. I feel everybody should have to be in it for at least 12 months. It teaches you so much about discipline, self awareness, leadership skills that we can all use as we grow and you know, yeah, that's kind of my younger self in a small nutshell.   Michael Hingson ** 06:10 How long were you in the military? Four years. Okay, now, the small town you grew up in was that in Pennsylvania? Yes. Okay, so, yep,   Kim Lengling ** 06:21 grew up surrounded by farm fields and cows and deer and everything else, all the critters and all that. I just, I love it, and I still live in the same type of area not far from my small town that I grew up in, and still get to enjoy all of the nature, you know, all of the critters that come through. And just I had a black bear come through the other day. Michael, ooh, yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 06:41 And did you have a good conversation with the bear? No,   Kim Lengling ** 06:45 I didn't chat. Didn't want to do that, huh? No, it's I've seen that. I've seen I've lived where I'm at now for, gosh, just about just shy of 30 years, and I've seen bear tracks out there when I'm walking with my dog, but I've never actually come face to face with the actual bear. It was caught on a trail cam, and my neighbors sent it to me and said, Hey, this guy's going through your backyard at 430 this morning. And I'm like, Oh, boy.   Michael Hingson ** 07:16 I don't know whether you can ever make friends with a bear or not.   Kim Lengling ** 07:19 I you know, I'm not going to try. I don't think, yeah, they're kind   Michael Hingson ** 07:24 of big. They are kind of big. I suppose, if they make the initial Overture and they're friendly about it, that's one thing, but probably going the other way is a little bit more risky. Yeah,   Kim Lengling ** 07:36 yeah. I, you know, I would probably just not want to try. Yeah, just, you know, they're 700 and up pounds. That's, uh, that's, They're big. They're   Michael Hingson ** 07:46 big. Well, and then there's always a moose, which gets even bigger.   Kim Lengling ** 07:50 And see, we don't have moose where I'm at, yeah, yeah. And I've never seen one of those in person either. But I always thought, you know, well, you see online and stuff, just how big they are, they're so tall, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 08:04 and they're probably not the most friendly creatures. Oh,   Kim Lengling ** 08:07 they're not see, I don't know anything about moose, because we don't have them in my neck of the woods.   Michael Hingson ** 08:13 Yeah, I think it'd be fun to try to meet one, but I don't know whether that would be a good idea or not, so I don't either. If somebody else tells me that they have a moose that I could meet, I would believe them. But until that happens, I'm not going to worry   Kim Lengling ** 08:28 about it. Yeah, yeah, not something to worry about.   Michael Hingson ** 08:31 I don't Same, same with a bear. Now, on the other hand, I know your dog's name is Dexter, yeah, and I wonder what Dexter would think of a moose or a bear close up.   Kim Lengling ** 08:44 You know, I'm not sure, because he does his he's a he's pretty big dog. He's not huge, but he's a bigger dog. And there are certain times when we're out in the evening because it's pitch black. I mean, I'm out in the country. There's no lights out here, so it's pitch black out there. So I have a flashlight, and he has a collar on that lights up. And there are times when he will stop, and I call it his big boy stance, because he stops and his whole body just stiffens up, and he's staring at the woods. Now he can see stuff I can't Yeah, yeah, you know. And so I sit there, and I flash the flashlight back through there, because I carry a very powerful flashlight with me, so it lights up everything. And then when I see two yellow eyes staring at me from the woods, I'm never really sure what it might be. And I watch what Dexter's doing, yeah, and there are times where he where he will put himself in front of me, and then there's times where he comes and he will bump my leg with his head, and then turns and starts running back to the house, like, stay out here. Yeah, yeah. So it's been interesting to watch how he how he I follow his lead. When it's dark outside and we're outside, I. Follow   Michael Hingson ** 10:00 his lead. Smart move. What kind of dog is Dexter?   Kim Lengling ** 10:03 He is a Belgian Malwa Mastiff mix. Oh, so he's a big one, kinda, yeah, yeah, not huge. He's about 80 pounds, but he's a he's a good sized dog,   Michael Hingson ** 10:13 bigger than my black lab guide dog, Alamo, who's about 63 pounds.   Kim Lengling ** 10:18 Oh, okay. Labs are wonderful. Labs are awesome. But   Michael Hingson ** 10:22 again, it's all about trust. And I would trust Alamo's instincts any day and do and of course, yes, yeah, you know, but, but it isn't just the the normal guiding, but just in general, his behavior. I observe it pretty closely, and I think it's an important thing to do, because, as you said, they tend to see a whole lot of things that we don't necessarily see.   Kim Lengling ** 10:47 Right, right? No, yeah, even with my other dog, digger, prior to Dexter, digger was about 105 pounds. He was a pretty big dog, real tall and lean and long. He was very protective of me. Oh, and he would always have to be touching me or in front of me, and I took him everywhere with me. We were always out in public, and he was always if someone would approach, he would let them know I would follow his lead. He would never growl, but he would show his teeth like a scary smile, yeah. And I'd be like, Okay, we're not going any further. I'm not going to interact with this person. This person. And then other times he would just come and kind of nudge me, and his tail would start wagging. I'm like, Okay, this person's probably okay. Then it's very you know, dogs or animals period, are just amazing in their instincts. Well,   Michael Hingson ** 11:34 I've been pretty blessed that Alamo has not yet met a stranger. But also we haven't really encountered anyone that would be a really mean, nasty person, and I have seen some dogs who do sense that very well. My first guide dog was a golden retriever. He was 64 pounds, and when we were in college, and I wrote about it in my my new book, live like a guide dog in in college. On our first year we were at UC Irvine. It was a very open, somewhat rural campus, just in terms of what was around us in Orange County, which is not so rural anymore, but people would bring their dogs to campus, and they would just let the dogs roam while they went to class, and then they'd find them at the end and a bunch of dogs, just all congealed, if you will, into a pack. And they would, they would go around together. And one day, they decided that they were going to come after Squire and me. They were behind us, and as they got closer, they were growling, and Squire was doing his job of guiding, but all of a sudden he jerked, and actually jerked the harness out of my hand. I still held his leash, but he he completely jerked away, and literally, as it was described, because somebody else was watching it, he jerked, leaped up, turned around, and went down on all fours, facing these dogs, and started growling, and it just completely caught them off guard, and they just slunked away. But I've never seen a dog do that before, and I haven't seen a dog do that since, and Squire, of all dogs, a golden retriever, for heaven's sakes,   Kim Lengling ** 13:22 right? Yeah, they're usually just friendly, friendly, friendly, yeah, but   Michael Hingson ** 13:25 he, he knew what he was doing, and yeah, and he, he dealt with them.   Kim Lengling ** 13:32 That's awesome. Well, so I just love dogs.   Michael Hingson ** 13:35 Oh, yeah. Well, and we, and we have a cat here. So my wife passed away two years ago. So it's me, dog and cat,   13:43 and quite the trio you have going on.   Michael Hingson ** 13:46 Then we all, we all communicate very well, and they all, and they like each other. And I would not have it any other way. I would not want a guide dog that was in any way antagonistic toward cats. Now, now that wouldn't work well. Now Alamo doesn't Chase Stitch. Stitch has claws. I think Alamo is smart enough that he understands that, but, but they do rub noses and they play and they talk. So it works out all right, and every so often, stitch will steal Alamo's bed, and poor Alamo doesn't know what to do with himself, because he can't lay on his bed because the cat's there and he won't try to make her move. I think a couple times they both have been on the bed, but mostly not,   Kim Lengling ** 14:28 yeah, yeah. My my dog. Unfortunately, he's like, a single animal type dog, you know, it can only be him and and the neighbors cats. Sometimes, if they end up in my yard, he gets them up in a tree. So he's he's got a he's got a very big prey drive for anything smaller than him. We   Michael Hingson ** 14:53 had a we had a dachshund. Once it was a miniature dachshund. Oh, and he treated cat. One day before my brother and I went off to high school for the day, and this cat was up in the tree. We came home and Pee Wee was still barking at this cat up in the tree. The cat was up in the tree sound asleep, not worried about anything. This dog's dog didn't know when to shut up anyway. It was kind of funny.   Kim Lengling ** 15:25 Well, dogs are amazing. My dog, when he is he's treed raccoons, all kinds of stuff, anything smaller than him, he takes off after he has he does have quite the prey drive. And I think that's the Belgian mountain wall coming out in him. Yeah, you know, pretty sure that's that part. And I've not been able to get him to stop that. But I'm in the country and, you know, okay, it is, it is what it is. It is what it is.   Michael Hingson ** 15:53 Well, so did you see much of the world when you were in the military?   Kim Lengling ** 15:56 I was actually all stateside, interestingly enough, yeah. Well, you saw the country then I did. I saw some of the country. So, yeah, I'm it's, it's an experience that I'm glad that I I had. What did you do? I did Morse code, actually. Okay, yeah. And it's funny, years ago I ran into, because this is quite some time ago, quite some time ago, and it was years ago I ran into a couple of younger Navy guys at a gas station. They were filling up their car, and I, of course, went up and thanked them for their service. And I had just come from a funeral, so I was in a military funeral, and I was part of the honor guard at that time, so I was in my honor guard uniform, and they're like, well, thank you for your service. What branch were you? And we're just chit chatting, you know, like folks do. And they said, Well, what did you do? What was your MOS and I told them, and they looked at each other, and their cheeks got red, and I said, What's What's so funny? And they said, Oh, ma'am, we don't use Morse code anymore. And I went, Oh, well, my goodness, when did they stop using it? And the one, the one kid, and they were kids, they were like, probably 18 to me. Anyway, they were at the time, 1819, years old. And the one looked at the other, and they said, Well, wait a minute. No, no, we did use it that one time. I remember there in the Navy, and they were on deployment out in the ocean, sea, wherever. And they said, no, no, there. Remember that one time that that old guy, he did use Morse code. He had, we had to use it because some part of the electrical went out. And I and they were, I looked at them and I went, when you say old guy, what? What do you mean by that? And their faces turned so red. And the one kid, he goes, Oh Ma'am, he must have been at least, oh geez, 37 and at that time I was like, 41 I just started laughing. And I said, well, he wasn't really all that old, you guys, but So yeah, that was a and so   Michael Hingson ** 18:02 what do they use now that they don't use Morse code? I honestly   Kim Lengling ** 18:05 don't know. I think everything is more electronic. And yeah, I mean, yeah, it's been so long since I've been it's been a while. It's been, it's been a decade or few.   Michael Hingson ** 18:15 Well, I learned Morse code to get my ham radio license, and I still remember it and and it, and it still is a means of communications that can sometimes break through when voice and other things don't come through. Absolutely,   Kim Lengling ** 18:29 absolutely no, yeah, and I don't remember a lot of it, probably just because I was so sick of hearing it. I don't, I actually don't remember a lot of it, but if needed, I could, oh yeah, touch up on it.   Michael Hingson ** 18:47 So how fast were you able to receive code? Um,   Kim Lengling ** 18:51 we had to, in order. We had to pass a certain what was it? 2222 words a minute. Okay, I think, I think we had to get 20 I think it was 22 in training when we had, when we were in tech school in order to progress. I think it was 22 Yeah, yeah. And that's fast for people who don't realize when all you're listening to is, did audit, yep. I mean and going 22 words a minute. It's it just sounds like   Michael Hingson ** 19:18 I went a friend of mine, who was also a ham operator, and I were talking one day, and he was telling me about this kid that he had met on the air, and they were both doing code, and he decided that since this kid was a kid, that he would play a trick on him. And he slowly started speeding up how fast he was sending the code, and I don't know how fast he got to and then the kid said, Oh, you want to play that game. And he just started going at like, about 60 or 65 words a minute, which means he was probably using an electronic key or a bug, but I don't   19:56 know, right? Because how would you do that with your fingers? Really? It would   Michael Hingson ** 19:59 be hard. But anyway, this kid was doing it, and the guy went, Okay, you got me.   Kim Lengling ** 20:07 So, yeah, amazing. I mean, it truly is amazing. It's, it's amazing, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 20:13 and, and it's, it's still a very relevant thing to to have in the arsenal if you need it ever. Oh, I agree. I agree. Yeah. So, so what did you do when you came back from being in the military for four years?   Kim Lengling ** 20:27 I came back to my small hometown and didn't do much for a bit. I was kind of a weird it was, it was, wasn't so easy transitioning home from to, you know, being in the military, to coming back to the hometown, because nothing felt right anymore, right? Well, you were in a different world, right? And I was a different person, yeah. And so I didn't stick. I didn't stay there very long. I got a job, you know, got a job, and then it was couple years later, I ended up marrying my high school sweetheart, and we, you know, got married, had got a little place, little house in a different town, and had my daughter. And, you know, did that became a wife and mom and, you know, did the working and being a wife and a mom and all of that stuff? So,   Michael Hingson ** 21:27 yeah, so do you still do that?   Kim Lengling ** 21:31 No, I am divorced. My daughter is mid 30s and married and has her own daughter. So I'm I'm actually a brand new grandma. Oh, there you go. And I am just loving it. I'm loving every second of it, but you don't have the husband anymore. No, no, it's me and Dexter, and that's just fine. Yeah, it's just fine. And so well, and that it's I've, I have found out, you know, it's interesting when you're a wife, a mom, you work full time, and then your life completely changes, and you're an empty nester, completely empty nest, and it's just you and the dog. You have to find out who you are again, yeah, and it was very interesting for me, because I was like, oh my goodness, I forgot who Kim was. So it was an interesting journey to find that out and to find out, you know, what did I even like to do? Because I was always running here, running there, doing this, doing that, family, kids, stuff, you know, all of the things, doing all the things. And then I was, you know, now I had time to figure out, what do I like to do, geez, what did I like to do? You know? So it was interesting. Spent. It was interesting the first few years figuring out who I was again and what I liked to do and what makes me, you know, what fulfills me and and, you know, to reach a point where I'm thriving in that, you know, it was interesting.   Michael Hingson ** 23:02 And what did you decide that you like to do?   Kim Lengling ** 23:07 I like writing, and I love doing and I love doing my podcast and volunteering I volunteer for with my veteran post, been doing that for over 25 years now, helping veterans in need, those folks that might need a little bit of help here and there, and then also, it's a project support our troops, which is a monthly thing we've been doing every month for 24 years, sending care packages to those men and women who are deployed around the globe so, and it's all done by donations. So that's, that's a lot, it's a lot of my time, and a lot of where my heart is is helping those folks. So I've been able to really, you know, put a lot into that, which is very fulfilling.   Michael Hingson ** 23:56 What made you decide that you really liked writing?   Kim Lengling ** 24:00 You know, it was years ago. When was it? Oh, gosh, close to 20 years. Oh, my goodness, a long, long time ago. About almost 20 years ago, I was asked to give a speech at a local veteran event. And it was a large veteran event. There's about 800 people there. I had never spoken in public before, and I was asked to give a speech. And I my step grandfather, so my stepfather, his dad, was the last surviving World War One veteran in my area. Ooh, and he passed away in 1997 and I thought, you know, I'm gonna talk about him. So I spent quite a bit of time with my step dad, and we went through his dad's stuff that he had brought home, and I learned all kinds of stuff about him and his time in World War One, and he was, he was the last man of the last man's Club. Job, and that was formed in themes France on Armistice Day, and the mayor of this small village in France had a bottle of wine and came out to the boys of Company B, literally, they were the boys of Company B from my town, and gave them this bottle of wine in celebration, you know, of the signing of the armistice, and the guys all decided they weren't going to drink it. They were going to keep it. And as time went on, it would pass to the next comrade, and whoever was the last man standing would be the one that has that bottle of wine, and he would then open it toast his fallen comrades. So the the last man's club is what they called it. And my step grandfather was the last man of the last man's club, and he passed away at the age of 104 Wow. And so I shared his story and the story of the last man's club. That was my speech. And it was, it was about a 15 minute speech, and for someone who'd never spoken in public before, and you know this, 15 minutes is a long time, can be a long time to talk in front of a group of people, and there were television cameras there, and it was just, it was overwhelming. But I got up there the first two minutes, my voice was shaking because I was a little nervous, and then I just fell into the story, because it's just a beautiful story. And when I was done, it was, there was, and I'm there, was about 800 people there. It was total silence. I mean, you could hear a pin drop, and I thought, oh my goodness, I just blew it. But then there was one, one person started clapping, and then another. And then the place like this was an outdoor event, they interrupted. They just went crazy, and people were crying, and the local newspaper came up to me. The local newspaper editor came up to me and said, Would you consider writing an article, you know, about veterans for the for the paper? And I said, Oh, my goodness, I'm no writer. And he goes, Well, who wrote your speech? And I said, Well, I did. And he goes, well, then you're a writer. And that was the little spark that that lit something up in me. Somebody saw something in me that I had never even considered looking for in myself. And so that was the little spark that got me going so   Michael Hingson ** 27:34 you hadn't really contemplated, contemplated writing before then,   Kim Lengling ** 27:38 no, not at all. And and and never, really, it had never entered my mind. And I started doing these monthly articles, and I was interviewing veterans. And I'm very I'm very connected with my local veteran community, and being a veteran myself, the veterans were pretty comfortable talking to me, and I, you know, I spoke to numerous former prisoners of war. Most of, most of who I interviewed over the years were combat veterans. A lot of them were Vietnam vet combat veterans, and hearing their stories. And first off, it was very humbling that they would even share them with me, yeah, because a lot of them won't or don't want to, or can't, you know, can't, yeah. And so for 14 years, I did that each month, and there were, I started getting a following, you know, I, you know, I'd run into because they, they would post a picture with me and my article in the paper each month, and I'd run into people, and they'd be like, Oh my gosh, you just brought me to tears with that article. And I just so enjoy reading your monthly stuff. And that's when, you know, I just I didn't know what I was doing. And when I look back at some of those nights, I'm like, Oh my gosh, Kim, you were such an awful, awful writer. But as time went on, I could, I learned. And then I just started doing some stuff online, finding free courses, and, you know, doing what I could, teaching myself a lot of stuff about writing and just how to make it better. And so that's, that's kind of, I just kept, I rolled with it. I just kept rolling with it. And now that I, the last five years, I've had the opportunity to actually work from home full time now and put a lot more of my time into writing, and I'm still learning. We all learn something. We're still, you know, we're all learning, hopefully, we're all learning something. And so, yeah, hopefully so I can see how my my writing has changed, how my voice has changed, and I just hope, I just hope I'm better than I was yesterday. That's what I hope each day, I'm a little bit better of a writer than I was yesterday, because hopefully I learned something new.   Michael Hingson ** 29:48 And that's fair, we have somewhat similar starts in the whole process. So for me, of course, September 11 happened, and um. The media got the story and like, about a week and a half after September 11. I don't remember exactly what day it was. It must have been around the 20th or so of of September, but I got a call on the phone, and this guy said he was the pastor of a church, and he had heard about me, and asked if I would come and speak at a church service they were going to hold. And I said, Well, I guess tell me more about him. He said, Well, we want to hold a church service for all the people who were lost in the World Trade Center who were from New Jersey. I said, Okay, that seems like a would be a worthwhile thing to do. And so we agreed to do it. And then kind of the last thing I asked him before hanging up was, how many people are going to be at this service? And he said, Well, it's going to be an outdoor service, and there'll be something over 5000 people. Now it's not that I hadn't spoken in unusual situations before, because being in sales, you never know where you're going to be on any given day, from a board of directors of a Wall Street firm to IT people or whatever, but still 5000 people, and that's a lot. And when I got there, I also learned that Lisa beamer was there. Now Lisa's husband, Todd, was the guy on flight 93 who said, let's roll. Let's roll. Yeah. And Lisa was not an animal lover, but she and Roselle hit it off, and so she she really and Roselle was my guide dog in the World Trade Center. So they had a thing going, which was kind of cool, but the speech wasn't overly long. It was only supposed to be about six or seven minutes, and it was, and that is really what got me started down the road of doing public speaking. Then the next year, we were at an event where I met the publisher of the AKC Gazette, and George said, You should write a book. I said, I've never thought of writing a book, and it took eight years to get it done and get the right combination, including someone to collaborate with, because I wasn't really all that familiar with writing. But anyway, we wrote thunder dog, and it got published in 2011 became a New York Times bestseller. So that was pretty cool. But, you know, circumstances do offer us opportunities, and it's important to really take them when you can. And so we you and I have both done that in various ways, yeah,   Kim Lengling ** 32:35 and it's interesting when you look back to see how things unfold. Mm, hmm, you know, and you had mentioned that you were in sales, and that's my background, 25 years of sales and marketing. So it's and I've talked to I've talked Well, I'm sure you have too as well. Many, many authors, and a lot of them have some sort of sales or marketing in their background. Have you found that to be true as well? I   Michael Hingson ** 32:59 have, and especially today, you have to, because the publishers aren't doing nearly as much as they used to to promote books, and they want the authors to do a lot more. And I think that the publishers, some of the publishers, could do more than they're doing, but they because they rely on social media and so on. But there's a lot more to it than that. But unfortunately, that's not what they do. So, you know, you you cope with what you got. That's   Kim Lengling ** 33:26 right, that's right, you know. And I found that a lot of the the larger publishing houses, and even some of the mid sized ones, in order for them to even take you on, you have to have a certain number of followers, or whatever it is on your combined social media platforms, yeah, and so many authors don't, don't.   Michael Hingson ** 33:53 And you know, we're not   Kim Lengling ** 33:54 all out there being influencers, you know, yeah, but   Michael Hingson ** 33:57 you also have to make the commitment to promote, and so absolutely, so we do and it, and it's, it's part of what needs to be done. And I don't mind, and I understand the concept of an author has to be part of what promotes their book. They they shouldn't rely totally on the publisher, and that's fine, but I do think that publishers could do more than they do a lot of times to help today, that social media is the thing. Well, it's not the only thing, and you miss out on a lot, on a lot, by just dealing with social media,   34:34 right? That's where a good publicist comes in.   34:37 Yeah.   Kim Lengling ** 34:41 Yeah, yeah, that's, that's helpful, but no, yeah. And I, well, I enjoy doing the but it's so it's almost a full time job marketing. Just, it is, you know, it's, it's a lot of work. And, you know, I, I'm self published. I didn't go the, the traditional publishing route. I. And knowing, you know, regardless, I would still be doing the same amount of work that I'm doing if I went the traditional route, right? Because I'd still have to do a majority, or, if not, all, of my own promotion, which I don't mind. I enjoy doing that, because then I actually get to meet, yes, a lot of interesting people.   35:22 You know, people it   Kim Lengling ** 35:24 is, and the people that have been put in front of me, you know, like yourself, you know, we made a connection, and now I'm here a guest on your show, and you're going to be a guest on mine. I mean, how cool is that? So, you know, you get to meet people that might have nothing to do with your book. It's just, it's just cool to you know, humanity, to meet, to meet other good, decent people is a good thing.   Michael Hingson ** 35:49 It is by, by any standard, right? You primarily today write fiction. So what got you down the road of writing fiction or non actually, non fiction, non fiction, non fiction,   Kim Lengling ** 36:01 that it was. It was all of the interviewing that I did with the veterans, you know, keeping keep into the the personal stories. I really enjoyed that I I enjoy it, and being able to not only write the story, but pull that emotion from it too. And I found that at first it was somewhat intimidating, because I'm thinking, how can I, how can I get these in words on paper, where people are going to feel what I'm feeling right now listening to this gentleman, yeah, you know. And it just that that kind of fascinated me, and that's what made me want to keep on writing and learning how to do it better. And so I just stuck with it. So I, yeah, I've not written anything fiction   Michael Hingson ** 36:50 at all. One of the things that I I find is that what makes I think good, successful writers, l will deal with non fiction right now, but is to be yourself. So when you interviewing people, your personal self has to come through, not in in the in an opinion way, but just how you are able to portray the people who you're talking with. And interviewing it comes out so much better if you really can feel it, which is again, getting back to your, your being yourselves,   Kim Lengling ** 37:26 right? Yes, I think, yeah, being authentic, yeah, just, you know, I've had, I don't know if you've had folks on your show that I've had a few that I was the first podcast they were ever on, and they were quite nervous. And I said, Well, you know, before I even hit that record button, you know, I don't mind sitting here chit chatting for a bit, so, you know, you feel a little bit more at ease. And it just took without fail, my guests have said, you know, Kim, thank you for being such a welcoming host, and you made this fun. And, you know, there's no, because there's no pretense with me. You know, it's, it's, I'm come as I am. I'm not all, you know, I don't get all my hair is not done. I don't have a bunch of makeup on or anything like that. It's, you know, you can't. This is Kim. This is me. This is who I am every day. And, you know, hey, let's sit down and have a cup of coffee. That's that's how I try and, you know, get my guests at ease, you know. And I'm sure that you've had guests that have probably been kind of nervous, maybe it's their first time on a show or something. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 38:31 one of the things that I do, though, and I really have found that it works very well to do this, is before I have a guest on the actual podcast, I want to sit down with them and have a half hour conversation where we get to know each other. So I insist that anyone who wants to come on to unstoppable mindset has to spend some time with me ahead of time, and that way, when I find people who aren't familiar with podcasts, or, you know, they say, Well, I'd love to come on, but I don't know what to talk about. We can talk about it, and we can, we can get them to relax and recognize that they do have a story to tell, and what we want to do is to to hear their story, and they don't need to worry about being uptight, because there, there are no set rules that you have to do this or you fail. It's all about really enjoying what you do and just being willing to talk about it.   Kim Lengling ** 39:32 Yeah, and that's, that's an awesome idea. And I know a lot of podcast hosts do that. I have not I, and I don't know why. I've never really come up with a reason why I haven't had, you know, just that sit down chat 1520 minutes prior, you know, maybe a week before the show, or whatever. I've just, I've just not done that. I don't know. I we usually end up talking 10 to 15 minutes prior to me hitting record. Um, there's only, I really had one instance with one guest. And. Was a couple years ago where we did chit chat. And as we were chit chatting, it was that at that point I thought I should probably do pre screening, yeah, and I, I, we went through with the show, and I pre record everything, yeah, so I did cut it short, and I never published it. It was that was the one and only time that ever happened. This person never got back to me, never said, when's this going to be out? It was just such an uncomfortable chat. And I was thinking, wow, on paper, this person was a completely different person than when I'm actually talking, yeah, so, and it wasn't in line with anything of what we had discussed. So it was, it was, that was interesting. That's only in four years that's only happened one time, and that was one day when I thought I really should do pre screen.   Michael Hingson ** 40:59 Well, I've had, I've had two. One the we did the podcast, and this person just had no effect to their voice. And as much as I talked ahead of time about I want to hear your story and all that, he just couldn't tell a story. Oh, yeah. And so that one didn't get published, and then another one I did, and I thought it was a great podcast, but the person said, I absolutely do not want this published. I just decided that that I don't want to do it. And   Kim Lengling ** 41:35 I had one like that after we had recorded and everything, and I thought I too for and they it was like three days later, because I said, Well, it's going to be up and uploaded probably two to three weeks from now. It's like two or three days later. They said, You know, I've changed my mind. I don't want my story out there at all. Yeah, there was fear in theirs. There was fear involved. Yeah, there was, there was   Michael Hingson ** 41:55 clearly fear, um, with my person as well. Oh, yeah. And they got very, very nasty about it when I said, Look, it really is a good podcast. So, you know, I'm not going to, I don't want to have people and make people do things they don't want to do. I've had several people who have said, well, I want to hear the podcast before it goes out and and I'll say to that, no, it's a conversation, and I don't edit it. So the whole idea is that if there's any editing, it's just to deal with getting noise out of it and all that. But only that doesn't happen. But, you know, and people accept that, but again, it's fear. But the reality is that I believe everyone has a story to tell, and I believe that everyone, if they're willing to do it, should tell their story, because it will show other people that they're not any different, and we're all more unstoppable than we think we are. And that's the whole point of the podcast.   42:58 No, that's I agree. I agree 100%   Michael Hingson ** 43:02 Well, tell us. Tell me about some of the non fiction books that you've written. Tell me a little bit about what you've done and and so I just   Kim Lengling ** 43:08 had, I just had one released last week, actually called nuggets of hope. And that one has been in the works for a couple years, and it started with not me thinking about turning anything into a book. It was, it just started with the word hope. Showed up everywhere, everywhere, and I felt very strongly that I was supposed to be doing something with it. And I ended up getting polished stones with the word hope engraved on them, and carrying those with me. And I thought, Okay, I think I'm supposed to be giving nuggets of hope to people and but I wasn't sure how to do that, but I had this very strong nudge that I was meant to be doing this. And so that began a couple years ago. And I would just approach people who I would see, you know, I'm out running errands, doing my thing, and I would just someone would catch my eye, and I would feel very strongly nudged. Be like that person needs a nugget of hope. And I would just approach and say, Excuse me, ma'am, or sir, I would like to give you a nugget of hope today, and without fail, and I've been doing this for a couple years, so I've been handing out quite a few my little stones. And without fail, every single person I've approached has has put their hand out to accept that, and I get a hope and from a total stranger just coming up to them. You know, it's, it's amazing. And the reactions that I've had have just been, you know, there's been tears, there's been laughter, nervous laughter. There's been funny looks like, Who are you crazy woman approaching me? Um, I've had people hug me and I had one older gentleman yell at me in anger and swear at me in Walmart, and, you know, ask me very loudly, what the hell did he have to hope for? And but he took the nugget of hope and put it in his pocket. Yeah, and I knew in that moment with that, that particular gentleman had nothing to do with me and he was in his probably had to have been in his late 80s. So I don't know what was gone in his life, but I do firmly believe, even to this day, that I was meant to be in front of him at that moment in time and give him a nugget of hope, a nugget of hope. Yeah, I firmly believe that. And I don't know, you know, when our interaction was done, he was still an angry man, and that's okay, because I didn't let it land on me, because it wasn't supposed to. It wasn't directed at me. And I got in my car, and I actually did cry. I sat in my car with my head on my steering wheel, crying for that man, because my heart hurt for him. And I thought, you know, what? If he's what if he just lost his wife, and he has no idea. And because he was yelling at me about not knowing what dish soap to get, he couldn't find the kind that he needed. And I thought, maybe, you know, he just, he had just lost his wife, yeah, and she always used a particular soap, and he couldn't find it, and that was what put him over. Maybe he's a full time caregiver for a family member, you know, maybe a white, I don't know, Alzheimer's, what have you. Maybe he was just coming off of a very long illness, and he's on his own, a widower, whatever, because he was, he was late 80s, at least, and looked very, very, very tired. And my heart just hurt. My heart just hurt for him. And I thought, You know what, he might have been yelling and swearing at me, and that is perfectly okay, but I'm going to sit here and pray for him. I'm going to pray for peace and for grace to just envelope him, you know, just be covered in it, and maybe when he wakes up tomorrow and he goes to grab all that stuff from the hallway table and put back in his pocket, he'll look down and see that yeah, and maybe then it'll be like, oh, you know. Or maybe, maybe not. Maybe it would be a week, maybe a month, whatever. But I firmly believe in my heart that at some point he was going to see that, and it would   Michael Hingson ** 47:24 click, and you haven't seen him since, I assume, no, it's   Kim Lengling ** 47:27 total stranger. I don't know these people, you know. And there was one time I have these, I got little cards made too, because, well, these stones are pretty expensive, actually. So I got little cards made too, just tiny, little square cards, and it says, share a nugget of hope today. And on the back, it says, The world is a better place because you're in it. And I had some of those because I had forgotten to put stones in my pocket, and I had a couple of those cards in my purse. And I was in a store just picking, you know, doing errands, and I was walking by some sweaters, and I thought, I'm going to put one of these little cards in a pocket of that sweater and just put it in. Didn't think anything of it. Several days later, I got a message through Facebook from a young lady saying, I don't know if this is the person who left a card in a sweater, but if you are, I want to thank you for leaving this little nugget of hope in that sweater, because I've been struggling with my weight for a very long time, and I had an event to attend, and I was looking for a sweater that would help make me feel better. And she didn't notice that that little card that said, be a nugget of hope today, the world's a better place because you're in it. She didn't notice it until she was home putting the sweater on again to try it on in front of her mirror. And she said, if that was if the person that I'm reaching right now is the person who left that card, I want to thank you for doing that, and I also want to let you know I'm going to keep this card, and when I feel so LED. I'm going to tuck it into a pocket somewhere in a store too, and hopefully someone else will get it, and they will, they will receive it as as I received mine. And I was just like, Oh my goodness.   Michael Hingson ** 49:12 You know, ever since thunder dog was published, I get emails. They're they're sporadic somewhat, but I get emails from people who have said how this book inspired or how I learned so much. And you know, as far as I am concerned, I am better for all of the comments that I get. I learned from everyone who decides to reach out in one way or another, and I encounter people in very, very unusual circumstances. I was in Dallas Fort Worth airport one day, and this guy comes up to me, and he said, You're Mike Kingston. You just wrote thunder dog, and I want to shake your hand, and I want to take you to lunch. And I had time. So. Did go to lunch and I and I never had met the guy before, but he had read thunder dog, and it obviously made a difference to him. So I think, as I said, every time I hear from someone, I believe it makes me a better person. It teaches me that when we put out words or seeds in the field, or whatever you want to call it, that you never know where they're going to plant and thrive. But if that's what I'm supposed to do, then I'm glad I'm doing it.   Kim Lengling ** 50:36 I feel exactly the same, and I like how you said you were it you said each, each comment that you get makes, makes you a better person, and that that's so profound, and it's, it's humbling, isn't it? When you get comments like that, or people approach you and say something that, you know, it was inspiring, or that motivated me, or, you know, wow, that's something I really needed. I mean, it's, it's very for me anyway, it's very humbling. I had an older lady. I was helping her put her groceries in her car. It's just, I just randomly saw her, you know, struggling, and I had a nugget of hope in my hand too, of course. So I went up and I, you know, said, I'd like to give you a nugget of hope, and I'd also like to help you put your groceries in your car. And we got done doing that, and she looked down at the nugget of hope in her hand, and she got all teary eyed, and gave me a big hug, and she said, You are my absolute angel today. You have no idea how much I needed this. And I went, I'm so grateful that, that you're the one that's receiving this, and that you you know that, that you need it. She goes, but I said, but I am no angel. I am no angel. And she said, she's, you know, she just kind of chuckled, and, you know, said, No, you have, you just have no idea. You have no idea what this means to me today. And I didn't ask, because it's none of my business, yeah, you know, I just, I wished her a blessed day, and I went back to my car, and I sat there, and I sat there, and there was another time I actually cried. I was like, oh my goodness, this is what I think I'm, you know, I'm supposed to be doing this random stuff. And it's not random, obviously, but I don't know it's, it's profound, and it hits you, and I'm sure that that's, yeah, probably your book has probably done the same. Your book is a nugget of hope. You know, to many people, I'm sure,   Michael Hingson ** 52:22 I hope it is. I didn't, I didn't write it to do anything other than to try to encourage people and motivate people and teach people a little bit. And I guess it's done all of those things. So I can't complain.   Kim Lengling ** 52:34 No, it's awesome. It's great. And what a beautiful What a beautiful legacy, you know, because that's always going to be out there. Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 52:43 Well, you wrote a New Britain or been the lead on a number of anthologies. And I think three of your books are in the series. When Grace found me, tell me about that series. Those   Kim Lengling ** 52:53 started that was in 2020, actually, when the world shut down. Yes, and I was online, and I found an online writers group. It was all women, and the majority of them were from England. And so I was like, the minority being the American. And I met a beautiful lady online, and she had just started up a faith based publishing company. And so her and I were like, hey, you know, let's chat afterwards. And so we set up a zoom and chatted afterwards for a while. And I said, you know, I've had this idea. I've got a few stories in my head, but I would love to get other people's stories. You know about, you know, when Grace found them, and we were just chatting about grace, and she said, Well, let's figure out how to make this work. And so her and I actually start to together. Started those when Grace found me series, and we asked a few people, and then it kind of snowballed, because it was just going to be one, just going to be one book, 20 people done, once it reached 20, and we're like, oh, this, you know, we've got enough for a book. They're 1500 words each. The stories, they're beautiful. Let's do it. But then word of mouth got out somehow, online, and people kept coming forward. Well, I would like to participate, and I have a story, and it turned in. It went from one book to three books, and 2020, co authors in each book. And we, we published all of those within 12 months. Wow. It was so much work, so much work. But those, those stories, oh, my goodness, the the comments that we got after they were out, you know? And she, she's just started her little, tiny, little publishing company, and it was just, it was just amazing. What an amazing experience. And then I, you know, two years ago, I and I truly enjoy bringing folks together to share their stories, and I enjoy, you know, collaborating and coordinating all of these. And. And so the the last two have been paw prints on the couch and paw prints on the kitchen floor. And those are anthologies all about pets. You know, people are sharing their their stories about their pets and how they've enriched their lives or changed their lives or saved their lives, you know? And it's, it's just rewarding to me, and it's also fun to give folks that maybe have never written before, that chance to say I'm published in a book, you know? Because that's pretty exciting stuff for folks. And some folks are like, I've never aspired to be a writer, and I don't want to be, but I do want to share my story in this book. Yeah, you know. So it's been fun, and oh my goodness, I learned, I learned how to publish. You know, like I said, I like to learn. So I've learned so much about publishing and formatting and how to corral all the people that are involved in the book.   Michael Hingson ** 55:57 Have you? Have you converted any of them to audiobooks,   Kim Lengling ** 56:00 no, and I need to do that. I just don't have the funds to do that at this time. That's that's not something that's cheap, and I'm not set up to do it myself. I don't have the right I have the equipment, but I don't think it would be the quality that I want it to be if I did it myself, and I just don't have the funds to do that, and I would, I would love to do it for the paw prints books, both of them, for sure. And I'm considering do, because everybody's going, you have to, when's the third one coming out? And I said I wasn't really planning on and they're going, you have two, you have to do at least three, and then make it a series. So I was actually talking to a couple people today about it, and they're encouraging me to do a third one. So I probably will, you know, so that would come out next year sometime. But I don't know. I would like to, I would like to get audio books of all of them. I just have to reach a point where I'm able to do that and make it what's professionally done.   Michael Hingson ** 57:03 Yeah, yeah. AI is getting better, but I'm not sure that it's really there yet for doing recording of audio books, unless you've got a whole lot of equipment and can do various   Kim Lengling ** 57:15 things. I've played around listening to some of the different voices and stuff, and the inflect, the inflection just isn't there, yeah, I know, yeah. Some of them sound pretty good, but you don't get the correct pauses. And you know, you know what I mean. It just, you can tell, it's like, oh, that sounds pretty good. And then you're like, Ah, no, right there, nope, that just blew it.   Michael Hingson ** 57:38 Yeah? I I agree, and I fully understand. Well, so you've written non fiction? Is there a fiction book in your future?   Kim Lengling ** 57:47 I have one in my head, and it's been in there for several years, and it's been getting louder so and I've talked to other fiction writers, and they're going, okay, when you've got characters in your head and they're getting louder. That means you are supposed to be writing this book. Yeah. So this year, and we're almost done with this year, it the characters, and it's kind of kind of fantasy, kind of ish, young adult ish. I don't even know what it is yet, but I've got the characters in my head. I know what they look like. I know what they sound like. And, you know, there's wood sprites are involved, you know, wood sprites and animals are involved, heavily involved. They are the main characters of the story. So, yeah, I every once in a while, I sit down and I'll write, you know, maybe four or 500 words of it, and then I walk away. But I want to, they're getting louder. The characters are getting louder, so I need to sit down and just go, Kim,   Michael Hingson ** 58:50 let's get going. No, that's not why it's going to work. What's I know you're going to sit down and they're going to say, Kim, we're writing this book, right? Most characters are going to write the book   Kim Lengling ** 58:59 right. They're going to tell me what they're doing and what they're saying, that's for sure. And   Michael Hingson ** 59:03 you're in, you're going to do it, or they're going to get even louder,   Kim Lengling ** 59:08 you know? And it's, it's so interesting because I remember the first time I was talking to a fiction author, and they said my characters got so loud in my head, I didn't quite grasp what they were saying, but I found it fascinating, and now I understand what they were saying, yeah,   59:26 yeah. And   Kim Lengling ** 59:27 I joking, you know, I laugh. It's not joking. I laugh about it because they're like, Well, what? What do you have one character that's louder than the others? I said, Yes, and it's a female, and she's Irish,   Michael Hingson ** 59:38 there you are. So she's   59:39 yelling in her Irish accent.   Michael Hingson ** 59:42 You better listen, I haven't had that happen to me yet, so I haven't done a fiction book, but I'm sure the time is going to come and and we'll, we'll have fun with it. But when   Kim Lengling ** 59:55 it's I did, I wasn't expecting it to happen. It just it's there. There it   Michael Hingson ** 59:59 is. It. Exactly right, and that's been the case with with everything that I've done, especially over the past 23 years. And you know, I think it will happen more. I never thought I was going to be doing a podcast, but when the pandemic occurred, I started to learn about it, and then began working with accessibe, which is a company that makes products that help make the internet more inclusive and accessible for people with a lot of disabilities, and they asked me to do a podcast because I said I was learning about podcasting, and suddenly I've been doing unstoppable mindset now for over three years, and it's a lot of fun.   Kim Lengling ** 1:00:33 But you know, that's how my podcast started. Was in 2020 Yeah, we have an awful lot in common. Michael, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 1:00:44 well, we should collaborate on books, then that'll be the next thing.   Kim Lengling ** 1:00:48 Absolutely, I am open for that works for me. Awesome. You tell me when and where, and we'll I'll sit down and chat. We can brainstorm about it.   Michael Hingson ** 1:00:57 I'm ready any old time. Me too. And there you have it, friends, the beginning of a new relationship, and another book that will come out of it. And you heard it here first, on unstoppable mindset, that's right, it's now thrown out there. It is out there for the world to to see and hear. Well, I want to really thank you for being with us. We've been doing this an hour, and it's just has gone by, like priest lightning, and now we have next week on on your podcast, and that's going to be kind of fun.   1:01:27 Yeah, I'm looking forward to it really   Michael Hingson ** 1:01:31 me too, and, and I'm sure that Alamo is going to want to listen in over here. He's He's over here on his bed, and he if I close the door when I always close the door when I do the podcast, because otherwise the cat will invade and stitch wants attention when she wants attention. But if I close the door and Alamo is not in here, then he wants attention, or at least he wants in. So I always have to let Alamo in, but stitch doesn't need to be here. I've done one podcast where she sat on the top of my desk chair during the whole podcast,   Kim Lengling ** 1:02:07 I've had guests where their cat, they said, Do you mind? I said, No, I don't mind. I love animals. Their cat the entire time was walking across the desk in front of them the whole time. So the tail the entire time was just going back and forth. It was so comical. But then, you know, you're just like, We're just two people sitting at a kitchen table having coffee. That's how I like. That's   Michael Hingson ** 1:02:28 right. Well, stitch will come in occasionally, and if I let her, if I bring her in and I put her on the back of the desk chair, she'll stay there. And so she likes that. If she gets restless, then I've told her, You can't be too restless and you can't one out in the middle of a podcast. You're either here or you're not. Mostly she's agreeable. I want to thank you again for being here. This has been fun, and one of these days, we'll get out to Pennsylvania and visit. Or you can come out this way somehow. But I want to thank you for being here. If people want to reach out to you, how do they do that?   Speaker 1 ** 1:03:08 Easiest way is to just go to my website, which is my name, Kim Lengling, author.com, that's K, I M, L, E N, G, l, I N, G. Author.com, you can find out what I'm doing

Russell G. Little is a writer and practicing divorce attorney. Murder for Me is a fictionalized compilation of the many people he's encountered over his lifetime and thirty-two-year career.Little's gripping crime thriller Murder by Storm continues the stories of his characters in Murder for Me. It combines psychological suspense and the looming threat of a natural disaster to explore themes of identity, survival, and the lengths people will go to protect what they value most.Murder by Storm has been chosen as the overall winner of the 2024 Fire Award of the Fire Book Awards.There's a new book in the works, Murder by Trial.www.russelllittleauthor.comWant to learn more about your host, Kim Lengling?Visit www.kimlenglingauthor.comKim's Books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/kimlenglingLet Fear Bounce Podcast: https://anchor.fm/kim-lengling1Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/let-fear-bounce/id1541906455Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LetfearbounceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/letfearbouncepodcastInstagram https://www.instagram.com/lenglingauthor/Twitter: https://twitter.com/KimLengling

My guest this week is Tricia Copeland. Having experienced anorexia and recovering from that mental illness as a young adult, her first series, Being Me, is a fictionalized account of that journey.Once the series was finished, Tricia realized she still wanted to write but had to figure out WHAT to write.She now writes fantasy fiction and hosts the Finding the Magic Book Podcast, which weaves magical stories about love, courage, and finding your passion.Tricia believes in finding magic. She believes magic infuses every aspect of our lives, and we create our own brand of magic. Whether transforming hearts, lives, numbers, ideas, art, music, or simply enjoying nature, we discover magic daily. She aims to write stories that show what is possible when one commits to finding one's version of magic. With urban fantasy and paranormal young adult titles, you will surely find a magical character and storyline to love within her books.Tricia is an award-winning author of Kingdom of Embers, To be Fae Queen, Lovelock Ones, Azreya, Aztec Priestess, and dozens of other titles. Tricia believes in finding magic. She thinks magic infuses every aspect of our lives, whether it is the magic of falling in love, discovering a new passion, seeing a beautiful sunset, or reading a book that transports us to another world. An avid runner and Georgia native, Tricia now lives with her family and four-legged friends in Colorado. All her titles, including contemporary romance, now penned under Maria Jane, young adult fantasy, and dystopian fiction, at www.triciacopeland.com.https://www.facebook.com/TriciaCopelandAuthor/https://www.instagram.com/authortriciacopeland/https://twitter.com/tcbrzostowiczhttps://www.tiktok.com/@triciacopelandauthorhttps://www.youtube.com/@triciacopelandauthorhttps://www.pinterest.com/triciacopelanda/https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00YHN5Q4Ghttps://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14055439.Tricia_Copelandhttps://www.bookbub.com/authors/tricia-copeland#anorexia #wellbeing #mentalhealth #letfearbounce #authorslife #writerslife #authorinterviewLearn more about your host, Kim Lengling, at www.kimlenglingauthor.com

Nugget of Hope: "Together, we can combat any challenge."Doug Lawrence is the founder of TalentC® and is focused on mentoring as a solution provider. Doug is an internationally certified Mentor.Serving as a Staff Sergeant in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for 25 years, Doug retired in 1999. He then volunteered as a mentor with the Sir Richard Branson Entrepreneur Program in the Caribbean and with the American Corporate Partners in the United States, working with military personnel to transition from military life to civilian life.With over 30 years of mentoring and leadership experience, Doug is recognized as a thought leader in the mentoring space. Doug authored “The Gift of Mentoring,” and his second book, “You Are Not Alone,” became an Amazon #1 Best Seller in North America and the UK and is a Bronze medal recipient in the Global Book Awards. Doug lost his wife, Debra, to cancer in 2021 and has been dealing with grief since then. His lived experience has provided him with a unique look at grief and the realization that grief does impact your mental health. “The Silent Pandemic”- releasing in April 2025 - Speaks to how grief can be a part of your mental health challenges. It touches on how cancer can be viewed as a pandemic, with it being the number 1 cause of death in the world today. With each death comes more grief, pain, and suffering and a further impact on one's mental health.Doug has worked with organizations to establish mentoring programs/mentoring cultures and provides one-on-one professional mentoring with people at all levels in an organization on an international basis.Doug's Practice of Mentoring continues to grow and has resulted in his accumulation of 3,400 hours of mentoring (in person and virtual), 235 hours of speaking opportunities and 672 hours teaching others how to effectively mentor.He has worked with researchers to examine the role of mentoring as a support for those struggling with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). His experience in law enforcement, coupled with working with people as a mentor who are suffering from PTSD, has afforded him a unique view of mentoring and PTSD.His personal story is one that is compelling and it fuels his passion about wanting to help others.His book, “The Silent Pandemic” came from research and lived experience that Doug has acquired. He realized the all too often stigma of people being afraid to ask for help, afraid to step out of the closet and say, “I need help.” Dealing with grief can be a physically and mentally draining experience. To have to deal with that alone makes it all that much harder. Through all of this, Doug's passion is contagious. He is committed to helping organizations and people be successful no matter the challenges that they are facing. He has dedicated his life to the mentoring of others and helping them with their healing journey.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doug.lawrence.1610/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/douglawrence-mentorTwitter: @DougLawrenceJMYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE4YC1GkfHrQtFYgYrf8baQWebsite: https://www.talentc.caBook: “You Are Not Alone” - Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QcCa1aLearn more about your host, Kim Lengling:www.kimlenglingauthor.comDon't forget to Like/Subscribe/Rate and do all the things so we can continue to toss out Nuggets of Hope!

Julie's Nugget of Hope: Take things "Inch by inch or bite by bite." Each move forward is progress.Julie Brill has been collecting family stories since she was a little girl and has written a powerful, untold chapter of Holocaust history and her quest to know the story that began a generation before her birth. Her essays have appeared in various publications, including Haaretz, the Forward, Balkan Insight, Kveller, Cognoscenti, and Hey Alma. She shares her family's experiences in the Shoah with middle and high school students through Living Links. She is also a lactation consultant, childbirth educator, doula, and contributing author of the anthology Round the Circle: Doulas Share their Experiences. Julie is the mother of two grown daughters and lives in Massachusetts. Her book, "Hidden in Plain Sight" is available online, including at Barnes & Noble and at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Plain-Sight-Holocaust-Heritage-ebook/dp/B0DMT6QQGJ?ref_=ast_author_mpbFor more information on Julie and "Hidden in Plain Sight," visit her website at www. juliebrill.com Follow on X: https://x.com/JulieBrill8Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliesbrillWant to know more about your host, Kim Lengling, her show, and her books?Visit her website: www.kimlenglingauthor.com

Nugget of Hope: "When emotions run high, and you are asking, Why? All you need to know is the "Who."Deborah Henne is a speech-language pathologist by day and an author by night. She writes books and songs inspired by her time spent in Bible study and God's presence. She is passionate about connecting people to God's heart and seeing God move in their lives. She has been privileged to minister at churches and events, both domestic and international. Deborah's debut song, Hallowed be Your Name, was released in June 2024. She recently founded the virtual discipleship group Beyond Cerebral within the Metaverse. Reaching young people through a medium she typically would have nothing to do with.Debbie is the author of Gentleness: It's Not What You Think and hosts the Sounds like Freedom podcast.Website: https://deborahhenne.com/Book: https://kharispublishing.com/kp/?post_types=&s=gentlenessLearn more about your host, Kim Lengling, at:www.kimlenglingauthor.comKim's books: https://amzn.to/3V84UNU

The Hat Ladies consists of Lisa Pimentel and Joanie Pimentel, sisters, and veteran music teachers who also write songs and produce music. The Hat Ladies released their new children's album, "You're a Star," available on all streaming platforms. The children's album features songs about going to school, going to bed, missing loved ones when they're away, and other topics inspired by their extensive experience working with children in the classroom. The music is written and meant for people of all ages. "You're a Star" has captured the attention of music lovers and the media. Lisa Pimentel and Joanie Pimentel are featured in national media and TV, including CBS TV, CW TV, FOX TV, ABC TV, and NBC TV. Lisa (guitar and vocals) and Joanie (bass and vocals) are also in the band No Small Children with Nicola Berlinsky (drums). Their single "Laisse Tomber Les Filles" is featured in the major motion picture 'A Simple Favor.' No Small Children collaborated with legendary Jim Henson puppeteers on a video for their original song "Radio." This song and their smash hit single, “Big Steps,” and several other songs are featured in the Netflix original series 'Santa Clarita Diet' starring Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant. Their songs have captured the attention of a wide range of fans from all over the world and the entertainment industry, including a rare opportunity for their cover of the “Ghostbusters” theme song released by RCA and is featured in the 'Ghostbusters' movie remake directed by Paul Feig starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristin Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones. Here are some songs from the new music album You're a Star by The Hat Ladies: Big World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hJ2Cmr4Vs8&list=OLAK5uy_myhkdAmdpxHNTXKnek7DrCmgvpjFLHn3s&index=5 I Missed You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0KF4QYBG7Y&list=OLAK5uy_myhkdAmdpxHNTXKnek7DrCmgvpjFLHn3s&index=8 The children's music album "You're a Star" by The Hat Ladies is available on all streaming platforms. https://open.spotify.com/artist/64EZGMsObXjZWyemaiMIYR For more information on The Hat Ladies, visit: https://thehatladiesmusic.com Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: www.kimlenglingauthor.com

Nugget of Hope: "Be more open to trust." Michael Hingson, blind since birth, was born in Chicago to sighted parents who believed in raising their son with a can-do attitude. Treated like all other children in his family, Michael rode a bike, did advanced math in his head, and learned to read and write – Braille, that is! Michael Hingson's life changed dramatically on September 11, 2001, when he and his guide dog, Roselle, escaped from the 78th floor of Tower One in the World Trade Center moments before it collapsed. Michael wrote a book about his experience, Thunder Dog, which became a New York Times Best Seller, and soon after, Michael and Roselle were thrust into the international limelight, where Michael began to share his unique survival story and 9-11 lessons of trust, courage, heroism, and teamwork. Michael is now the author of three books and hosts The Unstoppable Mindset Podcast. The Unstoppable Mindset Podcast https://michaelhingson.com/ Michaels Books Thunder Dog Running with Roselle His newest book, released in August of 2024, Live Like A Guide Dog is available on Amazon and pretty much wherever you can buy a book! The Roselle's Dream Foundation Roselle was Michael Hingson's guide dog and trusted companion for many years. Her life and her heroic actions on 9/11 inspired the formation of The Roselle's Dream Foundation. The mission of the foundation is to assist the blind with obtaining new technologies, empowering them to learn, to work, and to maximize their success in today's challenging world. Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: www.kimlenglingauthor.com Kim's Books: Available on Amazon https://amzn.to/3V84UNU

Dave's Nugget of Hope: "Nothing ever happens to us. It happens for us." Dave's leadership journey began in the Navy, where he learned the power of inspiring others under pressure. He combines military discipline and martial arts training to help businesses build strong, accountable teams. He is a speaker, author, and podcast host known for his expertise in Radical Accountability. With 30+ years of practical leadership experience, he has led four organizations and worked with over 100 companies across various industries. His book, “Locked On Leadership”, provides practical advice on creating a culture of consistency, courage, and caring. Dave's engaging keynote presentations motivate and empower teams to reach their full potential. https://lockedonleadership.com/ https://twitter.com/LockedOnLeaders https://www.facebook.com/lockedonleadership/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsNio86UEGrS0WJ1FVh2EIQ https://www.amazon.com/Locked-Leadership-Tactical-Business-Consistency/dp/1734240903 Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: www.kimlenglingauthor.com

Nugget of Hope: "We're all looking for our own slice of Heaven. I believe we're already there. If you just slow down enough, you'll see a part of heaven you've already created." Award Winning Author Roger Leslie is a scholar in the fields of education and success. His award-winning books cover multiple genres of nonfiction and fiction. His memoir, My First Last Year, and FLY (First Last Year) courses inspire people to live their dream. For seasoned and aspiring writers, Leslie drew from decades as an author, publisher, editor, and writing coach to move them From Inspiration to Publication. Years as an award-winning educator paved the way for international speaking engagements. Writing success in numerous genres empowered his editing with insights from a writer's perspective for many types of fiction and nonfiction. Being published through major, medium, and small presses and then running his own publishing house gave him first-hand expertise to coach others to writing and publishing success. "I feel grateful every day to live the life I dream. I am an author. All dreams flourish with outreach. As an author, speaker, coach, editor, and publisher, I love guiding people along their path to make their dreams come true, too." Newest Release: No Stranger Christmas https://amzn.to/4iX9GrW www.rogerleslie.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/DrRogerLeslie Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: www.kimlenglingauthor.com Newest Release, Nuggets of Hope: https://amzn.to/3V84UNU

Nugget of Hope: "You are that ONE person to somebody." You are someone's light. Aimee grew up in San Antonio, Texas, where she attended UTSA and graduated with a Bachelor's in Psychology. During that time, she began working with Houston, known as Sandy Lawrence, former CEO of Perceptive Public Relations. That's where she learned the ins and outs of social media and book marketing. Over 12 years in the industry, she has helped create over 150 Amazon best-selling authors and was named one of the Top 10 Innovative Women Changing the Face of Business in 2022. You can also find Aimee in CIO Today as one of the 10 Most Promising Female CEOs to watch out for in 2022. Some of her clients are Dr. Roger Leslie, Brigids Gate Press, Read Furiously Publishing, and David A. Bowles. Acquisition International awarded Aimee the Influential Businesswoman Award 2022 for Best Business Social Media Marketing Owner (Southern USA). Aimee was also awarded Social Media Marketing Specialist of the Year from Corporate LiveWire's Global Awards for 2022/2023. Along with Most Influential Digital Marketing Business Leader 2024 - USA. Influential Businesswoman Awards 2024 https://www.facebook.com/aimee.ravichandran https://www.instagram.com/abundantly_social/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/aimee-ravichandran-353848124/ Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: www.kimlenglingauthor.com

Nugget of hope: Regarding training your dog. "Just because you haven't found the answer doesn't mean there isn't one. Always have hope." Having worked with and rehabilitated over 1,000 “unfixable” dogs, Angie Winters, dog parenting coach of over 20 years and author of the new book Don't Train Your Dog, says that parenting a dog is an intentional approach touching upon all aspects of your dog's place within the family. It is the single most effective way to teach good doggie behavior, calm fears, and raise happy, well-adjusted dogs. ·      What her definition of ‘parenting' is (spoiler: providing love, protection, and guidance to vulnerable members of a family). ·      What this means for raising both dogs and kids. ·      What you need to know about what dogs and kids have in common to effectively parent both. ·      The differences between dog parenting and dog training. ·      Why firm but supportive parental guidance works best for dogs — and kids! ·      Why parenting your dog is far more effective than training in teaching good doggie behavior, calming fears, and raising happy, well-adjusted dogs. While you don't have to ditch the baseball caps or bumper stickers, Angie encourages you to round out your dog parent identity with an authentic parenting approach. For Angie Winters, author of Don't Train Your Dog, helping dogs is more than a job— it's a calling. As a dog parenting coach and social entrepreneur for over 20 years, Angie has obsessively studied, raised, and rehabilitated over 1,000 dogs and helped their parents. Her record for fixing broken dogs—deemed unfixable by typical dog trainers, vets, medications, behavioral experts, parents, and rescues—is unparalleled. Using a careful understanding of dog emotion and effective communication, Angie's cutting-edge dog parenting philosophy helps dog parents, rescues, and prison dog training programs nationwide. Angie has had dog parents drive from as far as California to seek out her coaching at her Ohio home. Her mission is to create a world where dogs are understood and valued for their incredible gifts, leading to happier and healthier lives for both dogs and their parents. https://parenting4dogs.com/ https://www.angie4dogs.com/ Amazon: Buy the book https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DFH5YYD6?ref_=pe_93986420_774957520 Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: www.kimlenglingauthor.com

Nugget of Hope: "Life is therapy. All events lead us toward healing." Kate believes every person has a right to live a happy, fulfilled, and joyful life, free of struggles, stresses, and unhealthy patterns. Kate learned RTT® Hypnotherapy directly from its creator and founder, Marisa Peer, who has worked with Olympic athletes, world leaders, and high net-worth CEOs. As an RTT® Hypnotherapist, Kate has worked with over 600 diverse clients from all walks of life, helping them through personal struggles in everything from anxiety fears and panic attacks to weight issues and lack of confidence. RTT® Therapy is one of the most powerful tools in the therapy world. In 2020, Kate and her family found themselves in isolation, and she finally hit rock bottom, where everything just crashed on her emotionally and physically. Only through personal growth and recovery was she able to find the method that liberated her from emotional pain and childhood trauma, from addiction since the early age of 12 and a decade-long depression. She is now helping others free their minds from destructive patterns and behaviors by regaining the power of self-suggestions and positive self-talk. Kate guides clients to access their subconscious mind and bring to the surface hidden triggers, beliefs, and thoughts. Certified RTT® Therapist, Licensed Hypnotherapist, Mind Body Coach https://www.katesemeniuk.com Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: https://www.kimlenglingauthor.com

Joanne Greene never bought the adage “little girls should be seen and not heard.” She's used her voice on San Francisco radio and television, webinars, and podcasts to explore the issues of our time with playful irreverence, candor, and compassion. Now, after decades of seasoning, she's sharing what she's learned about navigating family and career and moving through pain and loss. Currently, Joanne hosts the podcast "In this Story," where she shares her micro-essays set to music, showcasing tales and observations from her animated life. Her first book, By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go, was published by She Writes Press and is distributed by Simon and Schuster. It's a compelling story of resilience in which Joanne emerges from life-threatening calamities with a big fat smile and a heap of hope. https://www.joanne-greene.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanne-greene-b52610/ https://www.facebook.com/joanne.greene.984 https://www.instagram.com/joannergreene/ https://x.com/JoanneRGreene Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: www.kimlenglingauthor.com

Nugget of Hope: "You don't have to wait to feel amazing." As a wife, mom, and business owner, Barbara Walsh had a lot of plans for the prime of her life. But everything changed a few years ago when she went for a routine mammogram and was sent for a biopsy. She was then given the devastating news: You have Stage 1 Breast Cancer. Barbara had always been a very compliant “patient,” but she knew it was time to stop, pray – a lot, and seek another option. She felt led to roll up her sleeves and do research. What she found was an answer to prayer! She learned about the power of nutrition and that a strong immune system is the key to health and healing. Barbara is a board-certified Master Health Coach. She helps women take control of their health, break free from the fear of facing diagnoses, and learn how to harness the healing power of food to re-energize their bodies and experience lasting transformation and vitality. Barbara Walsh, MCHC, NBC-HWC Master Health Coach Certified by The National Board of Health and Wellness Coaches, in conjunction with the National Board of Medical Examiners Host of The Good Nature Wellness Podcast www.goodnaturewellness.com/podcast Web: www.goodnaturewellness.com Instagram: @good_nature_wellness Facebook: @goodnaturewellness Get your free copy of “The Five Things I Wish I Knew Before Being Diagnosed with Breast Cancer.” https://www.goodnaturewellness.com/5thingsfreebie Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: www.kimlenglingauthor.com  

Nugget of Hope: "Give yourself grace." A distinguished executive coach, speaker, and author with over 30 years of diverse experience. Janet's career includes serving as a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps and two decades as a global leadership coach. She has collaborated with new, emerging, and executive leaders across various industries in the U.S., China, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Puerto Rico, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. She is the author of "Seven Mistakes New Managers Make" and founded "In the Lead, Inc." Janet has a deep passion for coaching inexperienced leaders. Helping them find their unique voice in a crowded world. Her approach involves assessing, coaching, enabling, and sustaining their success by thoroughly understanding their current situation, long-term goals, and areas for development. She shares her expertise in leadership, change management, and team effectiveness, drawing from her academic background in organizational leadership and development and her extensive military experience. Janet believes true leadership is built on a commitment to the mission, clear expectations, and the ability to improvise, adapt, and overcome obstacles. Her mission is to empower leaders and teams to make a positive impact and bring their visions to life. Janet holds a Ph.D. in Organization and Leadership Development from the University of Minnesota, an M.S. in Education from East Carolina University, and a B.S. in Education from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. https://janetpolach.com/ linkedin.com/in/janetpolachphd Book: The Seven Mistakes New Managers Make: https://amzn.to/4dmKSWc Learn more about your Host, Kim Lengling here: www.kimlenglingauthor.com

Nugget of Hope, "If there is something you really want to do, go all in." Jonni Jordyn, born in Oakland, CA, started playing music at age two and moved on to singing and acting in grade school. High School introduced writing, filmmaking, drawing, and photography in college. In other words, she had a very liberal arts education. Jonni published some poetry and India ink drawings in literary magazines while in college and won critical acclaim for her acting in a cabaret theater, but she was faced with a decision to pick the arts she wanted to pursue.  Of all the available opportunities, music and songwriting won the first round when she performed with legendary stars of the sixties and seventies. Round two began years later, after leaving California for Arizona. It all started with a blank piece of paper and the question, "How can I possibly write more than eleven thousand words for a single story?" A valid question that was followed up a year later with, "How did I ever write 160,000 words?" Now, the writing comes much easier, but still, there are questions like, "How will I ever get all these ideas written down?" followed closely by, "How many times can I edit the same book?" Jonni currently lives in Colorado. TikTok: @Jonni_Jordyn Twitter: @JonniKovacich Facebook: Jonni Jordyn Web: www.jordynatlargebooks.com Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: www.kimlenglingauthor.com

Nugget of Hope: "You are capable of not only surviving but thriving through far tougher situations than you thought possible. But you also need a diverse community to help do this far more than you assume." CC Robinson has been writing stories—mostly in her mind—since she was little. Her first officially published book was a 27-page fiction work in fourth grade about a white family who marched with Dr. King. This was before the internet, so of course, she had no idea another book already existed about this. Since then, she's undertaken various non-fiction and fiction works, blogs, and pens far too many emails. By day, she is a wife, mom, pastor, and finance director for her Cincinnati church. By night, she throws on her superhero cape to rescue her own dystopian world, Divided. You can often find her in her garden, on the dance floor (salsa!), or reading a book by the fire. Social Links: www.instagram.com/ccrobinsonauthor www.facebook.com/ccrobinsonauthor www.titktok.com/ccrobinsonauthor website: https://ccrobinsonauthor.com Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling here: www.kimlenglingauthor.com

Nugget of Hope: Even in a divided world, people come out to help in tough times. Care for your neighbor. Russell G. Little is a writer and divorce attorney. His book Murder for Me fictionalizes the many people he's encountered over his lifetime and over forty years of practicing law. His career was populated by colorful characters and wild cases that eventually fed his writer's imagination. He was born in Amarillo, Texas, flat as far as you can see, windy, and covered with mesquite. The federal government builds bombs there. After graduating from law school, he married a Houston girl who promptly announced they were moving to Houston. It was the best thing she could have done for him. Russell practiced law in Houston for forty years, raised three kids, and is still married to the same woman. Russell's career was populated by colorful characters and wild cases that eventually fed his imagination. He decided to write the first novel a very, very long time ago. As he raised a family and practiced law, he thinks he must have started the novel twenty times, but it wasn't until his youngest son graduated from high school and left for college that he decided it was time to finish. His son said, “Dad, you're over fifty; you need to finish that book. You're running out of time.” And with those loving words, Russell was spurred to finish. His newest endeavor, Murder by Storm, will be released in October 2024. To learn more, visit: www.russelllittleauthor.com Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: www.kimlenglingauthor.com See Kim's newest release, Paw Prints on the Kitchen Floor. Available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3XfsJmX

Ann's Nugget of Hope: "Find joy in each day. Focus on everyday positives." USA Today Bestselling author Ann Charles writes spicy, character-driven stories full of mystery, romance, comedy, adventure, suspense, and supernatural mayhem. When she's not dabbling in fiction, she's arm wrestling with her two kids, enjoying a drink with her husband, and arguing with her sassy cats. Social Links: Website: http://www.anncharles.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnCharlesAuthorPage TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@anncharlesbooks X: https://x.com/annwcharles Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ann_charles Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/annwcharles Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/AnnWCharles Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/ann-charles Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4605878.Ann_Charles Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ann-Charles/e/B004JLYPFW YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AnnCharlesAuthor LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/anncharles Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling, at www.kimlenglingauthor.com

As a veteran and a passionate advocate for those who have served, I want to share some thoughts on how 9/11 shaped our country and our generation and why it's so important that we never forget. Twenty-three years ago, our nation was shaken to its core. The events of 9/11 brought us face-to-face with unimaginable tragedy, but they also revealed the resilience, courage, and unity that define America. From the first responders who ran toward danger to the everyday citizens who stood together in the face of fear, we saw the true spirit of this country. For many of us, 9/11 was a turning point. It shaped a generation of Americans who grew up in its aftermath, knowing the value of freedom, the cost of security, and the importance of standing up for what is right. It inspired countless men and women to serve in the military, protect our way of life, and defend our values. Why is it so important to remember 9/11? Because history teaches us valuable lessons. It reminds us of the strength that comes from unity, the power of compassion, and the need to be vigilant in safeguarding our freedoms. Remembering 9/11 is not about dwelling on the past; it's about learning from it and honoring the sacrifices made on that day and in the years since. Times may be tough, and challenges will always arise, but we can make a difference. Each of us, as individuals, has the power to make a positive change in our small slices of the world. I don't want to dwell on or participate in divisiveness—it has never improved anything. Instead, let's focus on the positive, help those in need, and be good human beings. Let's honor this day by coming together, caring for one another, and showing the world what it means to be united. Be kind, be compassionate, and remember that tearing each other apart serves no good purpose. We are stronger when we work together for good. Let's make this day one of remembrance, reflection, and resolve to build a better future. www.kimlenglingauthor.com Books: https://amzn.to/476b9GB

Nugget - Regret and fulfillment are two of the best teachers in life. "I struggled with feeling unloveable and experienced social pain." At 26, Alan was involved in a nearly fatal car accident that made him question everything. What if this was it? Did I live a life true to myself. Not liking the answers, he decided to take control of his thoughts and his life and change forever. On this self-improvement journey, He has learned to believe in a heart-driven but NO BS approach to inspiring, motivating and educating others on what it REALLY takes to get to the Next Level. Today, he is proud to say it is his mission to help others design fulfilling lives, maximize their own unique potential, and build aligned businesses they love on their own terms. He leads a global team at NLU, has given hundreds of trainings all over the world, and has completed thousands of one-on-one coaching calls with clients. Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: www.kimlenglingauthor.com

"What would your life look like if you loved yourself?" Interesting question. Can you answer it honestly? We'll discuss this question and more during my conversation with SAM Morrison Wilson. SAM is the founder and community host of Safe Heart Connections, an online community group for women learning to love themselves more fully, building a band of sisters who are stronger together and are becoming witnesses to the fact that self-love is NOT selfish. She has a heart of connection and wants women to know if they want a different life, they can have one, one choice at a time. www.safeheartconnections.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/safeheartconnections/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/safeheartconnections Community Connection Dive into our supportive community, where like-minded individuals come together to uplift and empower each other. Your journey begins with the strength of the community backing you up. Self-Love Assessment Kickstart your growth with our exclusive self-love assessment!The assessment helps individuals identify areas where they excel in practicing self-love and areas where they may need to focus more attention or make improvements. Weekly Affirmations Tune in each week for an affirmation topic and a lesson designed to inspire, educate, and spark positive change. Elevate your mindset and skill set with our affirmation lessons. Monthly Zoom Check-Ins Connect face-to-face with our community through monthly Zoom check-ins. Share your progress, celebrate victories, and receive additional guidance to keep you on track. Free Access! We believe in breaking down barriers to personal growth. Your journey to self-discovery begins at no cost because everyone deserves a chance to flourish. Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling, at: www.kimlenglingauthor.com

"You can't be pushed through your grief." As the CEO and President of "Irreplaceably You," Candy is laser-focused on helping individuals and families navigate the financial challenges that arise during difficult times. Her personal experience as a widow, highlighted in her upcoming book, "Lost and Found in Mexico: A Widow's Road to Recovery," drives her passion for guiding others through similar hardships. Listen in to this candid conversation about loss, faith, and getting through the tough days. https://www.facebook.com/candy.wolff.5/ https://www.instagram.com/candywolf3/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/candywolff/ www.candywolff.com Have the faith of a mustard seed, and it will get you through the day! Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: www.kimlenglingauthor.com

"There is healing to be found. It's waiting for you." "Find your Rest and Digest mode." Ernest Ellender, PhD, the "Black Belt Trauma Coach Born and raised along the bayous of South Louisiana, Ellender attended the Jesuit High School of New Orleans before pursuing higher education abroad (California, New York, Florence [Italy]). Ellender trained heavily in martial arts and earned his Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2008 before starting his martial arts academy back in his hometown. He transitioned from clinical psychology to Life Coaching in 2022. He now draws from his personal experiences in psychology, martial arts, and entrepreneurial endeavors to offer coaching programs for local and online clients. In his own words, "Life is too short to remain unhappy, unsure, and unfulfilled. https://www.ernestellenderphd.com/ https://www.facebook.com/healfromchildhood  https://www.linkedin.com/in/coach-ernest-ellender/ Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW1MJ1NH Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling at www.kimlenglingauthor.com

**Join Us for an Inspiring Episode!** Don't miss a heartwarming conversation on **Teatime with Miss Liz** featuring the amazing **Kim Lengling** on **August 8th at 7 PM EST**! Kim shares her journey through PTSD, her love for nature, and her mission to spread **Nuggets of Hope**. She's a multi-published author and podcast host of **Let Fear Bounce**. **New Releases**:- *Paw Prints on the Kitchen Floor* (August 2024)- *Nuggets of Hope* (November 2024) **Tune in live on YouTube**: [Teatime with Miss Liz](https://youtube.com/@misslizsteatimes?si=HR585U_J4lK0Fz9K) **Listen on podcast apps**: [Teatime with Miss Liz Podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/.../teatime-with.../id1509139894)#TeatimeWithMissLiz #KimLengling #NuggetsOfHope #PawPrints #MentalHealthAwareness #Podcast

"Are you brave enough to face what comes with aging?" "Use whatever ability you have to make a positive difference." The above are just a couple of nuggets of wisdom my guest, Sharon, shared during our conversation. For most of her life, Sharon Rolph felt invisible. When she retired, she wondered how she'd know if she was productive. Today, at 76, she is a motivating influencer, an author, a podcast guest, and the Queen of Courage on Instagram. Since finding her spark, her days now feel "right." Sharon is the perfect person to help others matter outside work, live meaningfully, impact life with wisdom and confidence, and find their inner spark. Sharon's sparkle, passion, and youthful appearance are easily confirmed. Her mental strength and faith have given her a healthy lifestyle. Potential has intrigued Sharon from a very young age, and she loves uniqueness. From her behavioral science perspective, that's what she sees in people. She inspires curiosity and possibilities in everyone. Sharon Rolph, MA/ABS Essence & Retirement Coach sharon@effortlessvitality.org https://www.sharonrolph.com/ YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPh2wkaTJr_20-hpdkxv_vw FRESH COURAGE in Retirement: finding purpose, essence, and fulfillment FREE Offer: a CALL to COURAGE: 3 Tips to Awaken & Ignite Your Inner Spark Facebook Group: Retirement Well-Being-Fresh Courage in Retirement Instagram: Queen of Courage New product: Described as groundbreaking, inspiring, and beautiful; find Sharon's new 5 module course, including a workbook, Make a Marvelous Transition into Volunteering, here: https://www.sharonrolph.com/volunteering-course Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: www.kimlenglingauthor.com

Stephen Shaner has been studying the concept of “attitude” for more than 35 years. Specifically, his interest has focused on how attitude affects people and those around them. He has incorporated learning experiences from many sources, research, and training concerning behavior, attitude, ethics, and business and personal relations. Stephen, as a facilitator of Stephen Covey's “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" for 15 years, was able to gain powerful insight. These opportunities led him to design informative and relevant presentations. Coupled with his contagious attitude, his extensive experience has made him a popular resource for keynotes, seminars, workshops, private sessions, newsletters, and articles. He is a sought-after mentor for business professionals and individuals seeking for meaningful and lasting improvement. In his professional life, after 20 years of employment with HealthPartners, Stephen recently retired as the Manager of the Regional Technology Center in Duluth, Minnesota. He is an active member of Toastmasters International, where he has held many leadership positions, including District Director for a membership base of approximately 5,000, and Region IV Advisor, with responsibilities covering five U.S. states and three Canadian Provinces. Stephen currently lives with his wife in Tennessee. Stephen continues to incorporate his leadership and communication skills to help professional and private entities meet their specific demands and goals. His success is based on delivering personalized training, guidance, and entertaining messages, as well as his passion for teaching and sharing his knowledge for the benefit of those around him. As an Award-Winning International Speaker, Stephen has developed presentations that address the core of attitude and how having the right one can dramatically change lives professionally and personally. You are invited to explore all Stephen has to offer or contact him to discuss a presentation that fits your needs. Website: www.awesomeattitude.net   Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: www.kimlenglingauthor.com

"If words are empty, they are useless." Today's episode covers family trauma, abuse, torture, isolation, and starting over and succeeding. I've been blessed to chat with Itto and Mekiya, a married couple, sharing their personal journey, how they came to meet, and the amazing things they are accomplishing together. Itto Outini  Founding Editor Itto Outini is a journalist, Fulbright Scholar, Steinbeck Fellow, MacDowell Fellow, public speaker, and author of the forthcoming memoir Blindness is the Light of My Life. She holds an MA in journalism and strategic media from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and a BA in applied linguistics from Mohamed V University in Rabat, Morocco. Itto has published with US-based and international outlets, including The Relatable Voice Magazine, The Fulbright Chronicle, and The Chicago Tribune. Organizations for which she has spoken include The United Nations, Cal Tech University, Verizon Wireless, and The International Trade Centre. In addition to writing and speaking, she offers diverse services tailored to writers, young professionals, and entrepreneurs. Mekiya Outini: Founding Editor Mekiya Outini is an award-winning author, freelance editor, MacDowell Fellow, and co-author of Itto's forthcoming memoir Blindness is the Light of My Life. His work has appeared in Chautauqua, The Coachella Review, Willow Springs, and elsewhere. Two chapters from his novel Ashes, Ashes can be read at the West Trade Review.  Mekiya holds an MFA in fiction from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and a BFA in creative writing from UNC Wilmington. He brings to the table 10+ years of experience writing, editing, teaching, tutoring, reading, and revising. His clients hail from all backgrounds and all walks of life, and he especially enjoys supporting people who write in English as a foreign language to craft clear and elegant prose.  Website: https://www.thedatekeepers.com Itto's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ittooutini/ Mekiya's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mekiya-o-1157b9184/ The DateKeepers LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/the-datekeepers-–-an-international-media-platform-372831275/ Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: www.kimlenglingauthor.com

Alyssa Hall, author of the gripping psychological mysteries "Trusting Claire," "Wanting Aidan," “Romero Pools,” and "Hero of Blackpool," draws inspiration from her own life experiences and travels. Growing up in Newmarket, Ontario, within a multigenerational family of Russian war refugees, Hall overcame challenges such as schoolyard taunting and dyscalculia. Her debut novel, "Trusting Claire," mirrors her European adventures and explores themes of identity and resilience. Hall's natural storytelling talent shines through in her vividly crafted narratives have drawn comparisons to acclaimed authors like Elizabeth George and Agatha Christie. Hall, now based in Langley, British Columbia, with her husband and children continues to captivate readers with her keen insight into the human psyche and her ability to craft compelling mysteries that keep readers guessing until the very end.   Social Links: https://www.alyhallwriter.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hal.hallpugach/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/salsieraaly/ X: https://twitter.com/alyhallwriter Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling here: www.kimlenglingauthor.com

AJ Coleman holds several titles, including widower and single father. He's also overcome a hearing impairment, job loss, and crippling anxiety. Through it all, AJ learned to channel these setbacks mentally and emotionally, finding the new inner strength to reach higher limits. He has embraced, accepted, and grown from his past through self-discovery. Now, what began as a blog to share his experiences and perspectives has turned into his true passion for helping others and conquering life's challenges with practical guidance and resources. Despite his obstacles, AJ has a very positive outlook on life. He reminds himself daily of how far he's come and always remembers to be thankful for each opportunity. A certified anti-money laundering specialist (CAMS) and fraud examiner (CFE), AJ earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Florida—he became a die-hard Gator fan–and MBA from the University of Arizona. AJ lives in Illinois with his wife, Tracy, and daughter, Zoey. His late wife and Zoey's mother, Cory, lost her battle with brain cancer at 33. In addition to being a devoted father, AJ loves to travel and learn languages and is an avid Florida Gator football fan. Learn more at www.KeepThoseFeetMoving.com. ⁠www.keepthosefeetmoving.com⁠ ⁠www.facebook.com/keepthosefeetmoving⁠ ⁠www.instagram.com/keepthosefeetmoving/⁠ Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling here: www.kimlenglingauthor.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letfearbouncepodcast/message

It's all about the worms, folks! Anyone can compost, and my guest today will share how easy it is, no matter where you live: city, suburbs, or country. Cathy Nesbitt is a Health and Wellness Advocate. Founder of Cathy's Crawly Composters (est 2002), Cathy's Sprouters, and Cathy's Laughter Club. She is a multi-award-winning innovator who uses workshops and inspirational speaking to motivate people to live more sustainably. Cathy is a certified Laughter Yoga Teacher. Appointed Laughter Ambassador in 2017 by Dr. Madan Kataria, founder of Laughter Yoga. Cathy incorporates tapping, brain gym, Eden Energy, and other healing modalities. Cathy is an avid cyclist and gardener. Links: https://www.cathyscomposters.com/ https://www.cathysclub.com/ https://www.cathyssprouters.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathynesbitt/ https://www.youtube.com/user/rhgn2112 https://twitter.com/Squirm Cathy's Chuckle Club (est June 2020)- Free 9:30 AM Eastern Time, Every Tuesday, 30 minutes of super fun self-care. All are welcome. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtd-6prjsvG90wmlw3tRazNqiTzSG4Qq_s Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: www.kimlenglingauthor.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letfearbouncepodcast/message

Dani Nichols is an award-winning writer from Central Oregon. Her essays have been published in The Other Journal, RANGE Magazine, 1859 Oregon's Magazine, Fathom Magazine, Reckon Review, Barren Magazine, Oregon Humanities, and more. Her children's book, BUZZ THE NOT-SO-BRAVE, is in its second printing and still selling strong. “BUZZ” is award-winning, placing in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, 2023 Best Book Awards from American Book Fest, and Western Writers of America Spur Awards. “BUZZ” also won a silver medallion in the Will Rogers Medallion Awards, celebrating excellence in Western literature. She lives with her husband, Adam, and their three children, Adelay, Isaiah, and Jesse, plus various animals, on a small ranch in Central Oregon. She works as a certified adaptive horsemanship instructor when she's not writing. She is also a passionate cook, an easy laugher, and a lover of country music, good wine, open water, and strong coffee. She writes about adoption, horses, marriage, friendship, and, above all, the relentless nature of redemption. You can read her work and learn more at www.wranglerdani.com Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: www.kimlenglingauthor.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letfearbouncepodcast/message

Trigger warning. The discussion touches on the topics of death, grief, and suicidal thoughts. Lisa's life changed forever when her daughter Katie died suddenly in a car accident. Despite the heartache and depression, she learned that life can be beautiful and meaningful again. Lisa now focuses on gratitude and living intentionally to honor her daughter's memory. Lisa is an author, speaker, and podcaster who shares the power of hope and human connection in her presentations and Rising Strong: Mental Health & resilience podcast. Social handles etc: https://www.lisakboehm.com/ Instagram: @risingstrongpodcast FB: @risingstrongpodcast Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-k-boehm-speaker-author/ Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling, at www.kimlenglingauthor.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letfearbouncepodcast/message

When Muffin, a little ball of fur with mischievous eyes, first claimed a corner of my heart, I never imagined where that love would lead. Now I'm joined by Kim Lengling, whose story mirrors the transformative power of companionship, not just with our four-legged friends but with those who share our human journey.  Kim, a vocal supporter of veterans and advocate for cats, delves into her life's narrative that wove together the threads of animal love and the resolve to aid those battling PTSD. Her poignant experiences, beginning with a childhood feline friend and extending to her advocacy for female veterans, are a testament to the healing that comes from caring – both given and received.  As we navigate the landscape of feline welfare and veteran support, the conversation blossoms into a rich exploration of community connections. We discuss the anticipation surrounding the 2024 online kitten conference and the imperative work of the Community Cat Clinic, a beacon of hope for TNR proponents and feline health.  Our chat culminates with a touching look at "Pawprints on the Couch," Kim's latest anthology that's been warming the hearts of readers and topping charts. It's a reminder of the deep bonds we share with our pets, and how these stories of love and loss resonate within us all. This episode is an open invitation to embrace storytelling's power to unite, inspire, and embolden us in the face of life's challenges. In this episode, you will hear: Advocating for veterans in need Unconditional love between animals and humans Writing anthologies for a cause Resources from this Episode Kim's Website - http://www.kimlenglingauthor.com Kim's Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/letfearbouncepodcast Kim's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lenglingauthor Kim's Amazon Link - https://www.amazon.com/stores/Kim-Lengling/author/B00L9N6VBO?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true This episode is sponsored in part by Maddie's Fund (https://www.communitycatspodcast.com/maddies563), The Community Cat Clinic (https://www.communitycatspodcast.com/catclinicga), and Tomahawk Traps (https://www.communitycatspodcast.com/tomahawk. Follow and Review: We'd love for you to follow us if you haven't yet. Click that purple '+' in the top right corner of your Apple Podcasts app. We'd love it even more if you could drop a review or 5-star rating over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast. Episode Credits If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Emerald City Productions. They helped me grow and produce the podcast you are listening to right now. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com Let them know we sent you.

Richard James Anton has been a radio broadcaster since 1978 in markets such as Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Indianapolis and is the author of Four Pictures and a Middle Name: A "Swell" Soldier's Short Life. The book is a compilation of personal diary entries and letters home of Sgt James E. Anton, an Aerial Engineer during WWII. The book provides firsthand accounts that will give readers a deeper understanding and appreciation for the bravery and resilience of those who served during this tummultuous time in history. Richard is an active advocate for U.S. Military veterans and is committed to keeping the stories of our past veterans alive. He resides in Pennsylvania with his wife and crew of critters. Four Pictures and a Middle Name is available on Amazon: https://a.co/d/anPQDdY To learn more about your host, Kim Lengling, visit: www.kimlenglingauthor.com Don't forget to Like and Subscribe! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letfearbouncepodcast/message

Soodabeh Mokry, RN, CHt Amazon #1 Best Selling Author of Emerging You and the author of the immigration memoir Angel Nightingale, Motivational Speaker, Certified Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master, and Transformational Coach for High Performing Women.  Soodabeh inspires her patients, clients, audience, and readers to a new level of understanding of the resilience of the human spirit – and inspires them to action. Soodabeh is the epitome of the American dream. She knows exactly what it feels like to live a life that is shattered, filled with fear, and more hopeless by the day. Escaping her war-torn homeland at 30 years old, Soodabeh discovered an inner strength she had no idea she was capable of. Her fantasy of a happy life in the United States as a refugee from Iran was replaced by a nightmare when her marriage ended shortly after she arrived. She was left alone with two young children, no money, no family or friends, and the challenge of learning a new language. Embarking on a life-long journey of learning, self-discovery, and enlightenment that continues to unfold today, Soodabeh inspires people to move beyond their limitations and create the lives they desire. Soodabeh has made it her life's work to teach others how to manifest abundance while living a life of joy, serenity, and happiness, regardless of their past, current circumstances, or what seems to be a limiting future.  Supported by her forty years of medical experience and the data behind both Western and alternative wellness techniques, Soodabeh empowers people by providing step-by-step tools to achieve their goals. She has worked with people suffering from heart disease, diabetes, cancer, depression, anxiety, and chronic pain – many of whom come to her after other attempts and relapses. Soodabeh believes that there is always hope and is committed to helping people live healthy and happy lives.   We are each born with the power, passion, and determination to experience a harmonious and fulfilled life. Sometimes, our challenges seem to prevent us from reaching our full potential. Limited thoughts and beliefs we learn from our parents and communities may encourage us to give up and settle for less. "Understated Power" only begins to define who Soodabeh Mokry is. Known to many as a mild-mannered Angel teacher, Soodabeh is so much more. Amazon #1 Best Selling Author of Emerging You Author of the immigration memoir, Angel Nightingale Motivational Speaker Certified Hypnotist  Transformational Coach for High-Performing Women Having arrived in the United States, with the odds stacked against her, Soodabeh knew she was at a fork in the road.  Choosing to explore her options, Soodabeh's life story will inspire you to live your best life ever. Visit her website: https://soodabehmokry.com/ Book - Emerging You - https://amzn.to/4dBN5hK Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling at: www.kimlenglingauthor.com Be sure to like and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform and YouTube! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letfearbouncepodcast/message

"Don't let a setback be a reason to sit down." Kenneth Carter, III From substance abuse to selling cocaine to serving a prison sentence, Kenneth took a look in the mirror one day while in prison and realized, "I am not a good person." That was his epiphany that led to change and the five core values he lives with to this day: Professionalism Empathy Care for others/Community Honesty Reliability "I knew I had to live up to these values even in prison." Kenneth is now a successful business owner with plans to expand his business and speaking career to reach and mentor young kids so they don't make the same mistakes he did. Kenneth Carter III. was born and raised in Central Florida. He left for the U.S. Army within a few weeks of graduating high school, which led to his career in logistics at the early age of eighteen. In the military, he gained experience as a Motor Transport Operator (88M), where he found his passion for transportation and logistics. After sixteen years as a commercial truck driver, he started a job as a driver and was promoted in a few short months to regional manager for Estes Express Lines. He decided to go deeper in his learning journey and started a logistics company in 2020.  As the CEO and Founder of Ameriton Freight, he provides top-tier freight and logistics services nationwide. Over two decades in the logistics industry, Kenneth has spearheaded projects with Walt Disney World and other resorts locally in Central FL. Aside from the hospitality industry, Kenneth has also led projects with companies in various industries like food and beverage, construction, textiles, consumer products, the wiping cloth industry, outdoor storage shed market, and many more. In addition to logistics, he has personally transported, warehoused, and loaded products that have revolutionized freight management and customer service. A firm believer in community and resilience, he devotes time to mentor youth and spread optimism in business and personal growth with various non-profit organizations and provide private consultation for individuals dealing with substance abuse, lack of motivation, trauma, and career changes. He aims to elevate Ameriton Freight to a global level, to own ocean vessels, and to set new standards in international shipping. In addition, he aspires to create a fitness company that creates stronger bonds between parents and children looking to build stronger communication and fitness goals. At the heart of it all, he's a team player and innovator, always looking for the next challenge and opportunity to make a difference in his community. The mission at AFL is to create global relationships that bring the world joy through innovation, courage, and leadership. https://ameritonfreight.com/about-us/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennethcarteriii/ https://www.tiktok.com/@ameritonfreight.com https://www.instagram.com/ameritonfreight/ Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: www.kimlenglingauthor.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letfearbouncepodcast/message

Who is your superhero? Have you ever thought about it? Did you watch cartoons as a kid or read comics and become enthralled with a superhero, and you wanted to be them? Or at least have some of their superpowers? Yeah, I think we have all done that at some point in our lives, maybe as children or even as adults! I had the honor and opportunity to be a part of a Superhero Series some years back. This episode shares the story behind how the superhero series came about, why I chose the superhero I did, and my awesome superhero costume! Share this episode with someone who may need a superhero or who needs to be reminded that they, too, have superpowers! www.kimlenglingauthor.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letfearbouncepodcast/message

Award-winning Science Fiction and Fantasy author Spencer Sekulin is a busy guy! When he isn't on the road as a paramedic or studying, he is most likely writing. Born and raised in Ontario, Canada, Spencer fell in love with books at a young age, with authors like Terry Brooks and Eoin Colfer giving him an appetite for speculative fiction. Though he didn't begin writing until university, he quickly discovered it was just as fun as reading. The rest is history. His passions include emergency medicine, voice-overs, homemade coffee, travel obscura, and writing. https://spencersekulin.net/ https://twitter.com/Spencer_Sekulin https://www.facebook.com/SpencerSekulinAuthor https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14230825.Spencer_Sekulin Instagram: spencerzms Want to learn more about your host Kim Lengling? www.kimlenglingauthor.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letfearbouncepodcast/message

Cathy Nesbitt is a Health and Wellness Advocate. She is also the founder of Cathy's Crawly Composters (est 2002), Cathy's Sprouters, and Cathy's Laughter Club. A multi-award-winning innovator, Cathy uses workshops and inspirational speaking to motivate people to live more sustainably. She is a certified Laughter Yoga Teacher. Dr. Madan Kataria, the founder of Laughter Yoga, appointed her Laughter Ambassador in 2017. Cathy incorporates tapping, brain gym, Eden Energy, and other healing modalities. In her spare time, Cathy is an avid cyclist and gardener. Find out more: https://www.cathyscomposters.com/ https://www.cathysclub.com/ https://www.cathyssprouters.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathynesbitt/ https://www.youtube.com/user/rhgn2112 https://twitter.com/Squirm Cathy's Chuckle Club (est June 2020)- Free 9:30 AM Eastern Time, Every Tuesday Thirty minutes of fun self-care. All are welcome. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtd-6prjsvG90wmlw3tRazNqiTzSG4Qq_s Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling, at www.kimlenglingauthor.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letfearbouncepodcast/message

Grab your coffee, friends. This week is Part 2 of my chat with Ruth, founder and wearer of many hats of The ANNA Shelter, a no-kill animal shelter dedicated to helping neglected, abused, and needy animals find their forever homes. Part 2, as Part 1 did, finds us talking about animals but also life and how circumstances have shaped who we are as a people and why we do what we do in life. Of course, we are chatting about the animals, the emotional toll this work can take, and how Ruth and her amazing Team navigate each day saving animals. Part of their mission statement is "Giving each animal a chance - saving one animal at a time." Saving animals is Ruth's heart and her passion. She founded The ANNA Shelter twenty years ago while renting space to house animals through veterinary offices and a flower shop. The ANNA Shelter has six buildings, including a barn for larger animals in need and a thrift store to help raise funds to keep the shelter going. I hope you enjoyed these past two weeks as much as I did chatting with Ruth about her mission. New episodes drop each Wednesday, so stay tuned, folks, for more conversations that make a difference! And like and Subscribe, both on your listening platform and on YouTube! https://www.theannashelter.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theannashelter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theannashelter/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfAOLfkg8wyTydugJJki_vQ YouTube: @annashelter3476 Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: www.kimlenglingauthor.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letfearbouncepodcast/message

Grab your coffee friends. This week finds me chatting with my new best friend, Ruth Thompson, Founder and wearer of many hats of The ANNA Shelter, a no-kill animal shelter dedicated to helping neglected, abused and needy animals find their forever homes. Listen in to Part 1 as we chat about the animals, the emotional toll this work can take, and how Ruth and her amazing Team navigate each day saving animals. Part of their mission statement is, "Giving each animal a chance - saving one animal at a time." "We lived in an inner city apartment when I was younger and I remember being around 7 - 10 years old and going into alleys trying to capture the stray cats and kittens so I could take them home and care for them." Saving animals is Ruth's heart and her passion. Ruth founded The ANNA Shelter twenty years ago while renting space to house animals through veterinary offices and even a flower shop. The ANNA Shelter now has six buildings, including a barn for larger animals in need and a thrift store to help raise funds to keep the shelter going. Tune in next week for Part 2 of this awesome conversation! https://www.theannashelter.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theannashelter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theannashelter/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfAOLfkg8wyTydugJJki_vQ YouTube: @annashelter3476 Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling: www.kimlenglingauthor.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letfearbouncepodcast/message

Shannan Mondor underwent a profound transformation on August 17, 2019, when she resolved to break free from the grip of alcoholism and confront the lifelong pain and fear that had haunted her. Raised in an environment where she was constantly belittled and subjected to physical and mental abuse by a family member, Shannan internalized the negative messages that she was stupid, good for nothing, and would never amount to anything, leading to a lack of self-worth, depression, and a sense of loneliness. Today, Shannan Mondor is a best-selling author of the book; How in the Hell Did I Get Here? Forever Changing the Genetic Blueprint, a podcast host, TEDx speaker, and Transformational Mentor. To fit in and gain approval, Shannan became a people pleaser and allowed others to control her life, ultimately losing her true identity. Turning to alcohol as a coping mechanism, she found herself caught in a destructive cycle. However, Shannan's journey took a pivotal turn when she realized that the negative identity she carried for five decades belonged to her abusers, and the generational cycle of addiction and damaging beliefs needed to be broken. Motivated by a desire to provide a better life for her children and future generations, Shannan decided to challenge the normalized patterns of addiction, mental illness, and abuse that spanned four generations in her family. Recognizing that she held the power to effect change, she embarked on a path of self-discovery and growth. Shannan's journey led her to the profound realization that she had more to explore and learn about herself. Along the way, she felt a calling to share her experiences, both positive and negative, to help and teach others. Website: https://shannanmondor.squarespace.comPodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/fulfillment-in-faith/id1653165886 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shannankmondor/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shannanmondorYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Xe944cXwD-HFPFQnwnRcQBook: https://www.amazon.ca/How-Hell-Did-Get-Here/dp/0228871220 Audiobook-https://www.odduapublishing.com/store/p27/HITHDIGH.html Email- info@shannanmondor.com  Learn more about your Host, Kim Lengling at: www.kimlenglingauthor.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letfearbouncepodcast/message

Join us on this illuminating episode of the Social Dog Podcast as we delve into the transformative journey of the healing power of dogs with the remarkable Kim Lengling. Through her profound experiences and unwavering dedication, Kim sheds light on the incredible power of hope and resilience in the face of darkness.

Kim is passionate about rescuing. And she's on a mission to showcase the love and joy that pets can bring to our lives. In this episode, she shares the story of her rescue dog, Dexter, and discusses the challenges and misconceptions around rescuing too.

Presenting The RV Book Fair Special featuring two inspiring stories! Our first guest, Kim Lengling, is an accomplished author, here to share her story titled "A Special Visit." Find out more about Kim at: https://www.kimlenglingauthor.com/ Next up, meet Gina Maier Vincent, who opens up about her life journey and the remarkable transformations she's experienced along the way. Find out more about Gina at: https://exquisitelyaligned.com/meet-gina/ For more information about the RV Book Fair 2023 and to discover the works of Kim and Gina, visit our website at www.relatable-media.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices