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About to start a career as a coach, Debbie Roppolo was excited about this new and exciting step in her life. Then a road raging driver, sent her careening into oncoming traffic. With over 200 stitches, and having lost the use of her right arm, her future changed in an instant. But it wasn’t over, not by a long shot. Debbie proved her doctor wrong and embarked on a new career. Website: www.debbieroppolo.com

Food addiction, like any addiction, is about doing something that numbs pain and produces pleasure. Author Bracha Goetz says the solution is to seek more and deeper pleasure. She is clear that it isn’t the hedonistic pleasure that is the answer but pleasure that soothes the soul. Website: http://www.amazon.com/author/spiritualkidsbooks-brachagoetz Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bracha.goetz.52 Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrachaGoetz

If you are going to have a life coach, wouldn’t it help to have one with life experience? After growing up poor and with little familial support, Cali went on to earn her Ph.D. and start a multi-million dollar fitness company only to lose it all in the recession of 2008. With determination and resolve, she started again becoming a successful and highly sought-after addiction and harm reduction coach and author. Website: https://caliestes.com/ Podcast: https://unpauseyourlife.com/

As we age, like it or not, we will either be caregivers or need care, if not both. Caregiving is an all-consuming, often confusing, and exhausting job. RN and caregiver, Kristal Glover-Wing wrote The Caregiver's Bible to help. The book helps busy caregivers navigate medical questions, boosts confidence and reduces medical mistakes. 65 million Americans occupy this role with more to come, learning how to give care is critical. Website: www.thecaregiversbible.com Book: The Caregiver's Bible 

Geri’ Myers-Goodwin had a great idea for a book in her head for 20 years! She had the idea and then life happened! Kids and career took precedence but when Geri’ found herself in an empty nest, she suddenly had time for her book. The result is the romance novel, Mason’s Gray. Geri’ is already at work on her second novel and promises there will be many more to come! Book: Mason's Gray

Who doesn’t love a good baked good? Cupcakes, cheesecake, cakes! Katherine Coyne started 12 Oaks Desserts with her best friend. Her love for art and decorating came together with her friend's love of baking (kinda like 2 Broke Girls!). Even though their paths took them in different directions, Katherine continues to bake and create. Website: www.12oaksdesserts.com

Now You Have It! is the latest book by Zena Livingston. What happens when you pursue material pleasures at the expense of everything else? What do you do when you realize that things aren’t enough? We talk to Zena about her latest book and her earlier books, her life, her long marriage and so much more! Website: www.zenalivingston.com

Obstacles. We all have them. Speaker Val Jones has had her share. In fact, she considers herself an expert on overcoming obstacles. She has had her share of grief (she lost her father at age 13), health ailments (hip replacement, MRSA, five surgeries in five years) and career (loss of a promising figure skating career). She discusses her 3-step process for overcoming obstacles. Website: www.valjonesspeaks.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/valjonesspeaker/

Swati Singh endured what all too many women have endured: domestic violence. She is chronicling her experiences in a book to be released later this year, Watch Your Back. We talk about what made her stay, why she finally left and the importance of a good support system. Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=638277368) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/swati.singh397/ )

We're Baaccckkk! Fun. Feisty. Fabulous! needed a moment to think about our direction. We've decided that going forward we are focusing on real women who changed their lives and had real life successes. But today, Jean and Karyn give a few tips on stay-at-home survival. This unique time can breed success however you define it! Join our Facebook group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/funfeistyfab/

Women are notorious for their powers of intuition (but men have it too!). But what about medical intuition? We all have it! But how do we use it? Wendie Colter of The Practical Path is here to tell us exactly what it is and how we can utilize it. We talk about intuition, medical intuition and sensing other people’s intuition and protecting ours. www.thepracticalpath.com (Free Guided Meditations!) facebook.com/thepracticalpath

America is experiencing a silent epidemic. With one in five Americans has been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, the United States is the most anxious nation on the planet. But what is anxiety? How can you combat feelings of anxiety and overwhelm? Psychologist Dr. Paul Napper discusses the phenomenon and the book he’s co-authored, The Power of Agency and what we can all do to get to the root cause of our anxiety. Book: The Power of Agency

Featured Interview: School is expensive … yet, sometimes, more often than not, it is necessary for career success. Jean O’Toole, co-founder of Connections101, says there are scholarships for everyone regardless of age, income, athletic ability, or GPA. Basically, if you want to go to school, there is money out there for you. Website: www.connections101.com Always Feisty, Still Fabulous: Karyn, Jean and Sharmon Swinney-Monagan talk about school, how far they’ve gone and if they’d go back.

Featured Interview: Christine Rucci’s life changed overnight when a car accident broke every bone in her face. Thus began a 30-year journey to healing and wholeness on the outside, and, on the inside. She chronicles her journey in her memoir Too Phased. Website: www.toophased.com Book: Too Phased  Always Feisty, Still Fabulous: Karyn, Jean, and author/entrepreneur Sharmon Swinney-Monagan talk about how their ideas of beauty have changed over the years.

Instead of pitting stay-at-home moms against working moms, Karyn and Jean speak with women from both camps on how motherhood unites them more than separates them. Beth Deters was a stay-at-home mom to two children. Cindy Canty worked and went to school while raising her son. Dr. Sharmon  Monagan was a stay-at-home mother who eventually went back to work and school. Beth Deters : www.bethsbuckles.com Cindy Canty: www.ccantystudios.com Sharmon  Monagan:  www.drsmonagan.com/