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Episodes

Jan. 4, 2023

Episode 61: Pursuing Peace with Reiki with Michaela Daystar

Michaela talks to the Pursuing Uncomfortable Podcast audience about the benefits of Reiki, and how it changes her life.
Dec. 28, 2022

Episode 60: Thank You

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Guest: Melissa Ebken
Dec. 21, 2022

Episode 59: Pursuing Healing After Sexual Assault with Robert Uttaro

Robert, or Bobby, as he likes to be called, is a rape crisis counselor for the last 15 years. He joins us today to talk about his experience in that field to encourage us to know about the resources in our local communities,…
Guest: Robert Uttaro
Dec. 14, 2022

Episode 57: Pursuing Freedom From the Past with Chad Peevy

CHAD PEEVY gave himself permission to break and untangle the mindsets he inherited growing up in an emotionally and physically abusive family in rural Arkansas. Childhood trauma caused depression and anxiety to follow him in…
Guest: Chad Peevy
Dec. 14, 2022

Bonus Episode 58: The Bible's Blessing Of Same Sex Marriage

Have you ever wondered if you could be Christian and gay? Or if you could be Christian and support and love people who are gay? The answer is YES. This episode digs into the scriptures to reveal God's acceptance and blessing…
Guest: Melissa Ebken
Dec. 7, 2022

Episode 56: Pursuing Light In the Online Darkness with Lisa Thee

Ms. Thee is a Top 50 Global Thought Leader for AI, Privacy, and Safety with demonstrated experience in delivering revenue and solving complex business technology, governance, privacy and risk challenges at scale. Ms. Thee is…
Guest: Lisa Thee
Nov. 30, 2022

Episode 55: Pursuing Life After Grief with Lisa Michelle Zega

Lisa Michelle Zega is a Life Coach for spiritual people experiencing loss that mere religion can’t hold. She guides them to process grief through LOVE and move from the emptiness of rigid certainty to the vibrancy of a life …
Nov. 23, 2022

Episode 54: Pursuing My Birth Mother's Story with Edward Di Gangi

Edward Di Gangi was adopted at birth in New York City. An only child, he made no effort to explore his heredity until, at age 69, a visit to a cemetery where members of his adoptive mother's family were buried stirred his in…
Nov. 16, 2022

Episode 53: Pursuing Health By Eliminating Allergies with Dr. Ynge Ljung

Throughout her career, Dr. Ynge has been challenged by Western medicine’s reliance on treating symptoms typically with drugs, ignoring other factors that seem obvious. She spent years studying ancient healing sources and Chi…
Guest: Ynge Ljung
Nov. 9, 2022

Episode 52: Pursuing Cutting The Cord But Not The Ties with Denise Drinkwalter

Denise is a sought-after international empowerment life coach who fully believes in the power of awareness, self-care, knowledge and time. Denise has a gift and is able to combine her 31 years of award-winning teaching, and …
Nov. 2, 2022

Episode 51: Pursuing Audacious Authenticity with Dr. Nicole Bradford

Dr. Nicole D. Bradford is a published author, life coach, entrepreneur, and speaker with two decades of experience in the field of education. She energizes and equips others to take action and live audaciously authentic live…
Oct. 26, 2022

Episode 50: Pursuing the Life You Want with Jeanine Grayson

A former perfectionist who struggled with setting boundaries, Jeanine spent years of her life in a toxic relationship feeling unhappy, unfulfilled, and undervalued. Amidst a battle with cancer, Jeanine experienced a transfor…
Oct. 19, 2022

Episode 49: Pursuing Zero Mind-Cluck with Maria Finch

Maria T. Finch is an Inner Intelligence Coach at Silence the Mindcluck. Mindcluck means what you think it means…the mind chatter everyone experiences that can derail even the best moments. Maria works with high achievers who…
Guest: Maria Finch
Oct. 12, 2022

Episode 48: Pursuing Normal Again with Kathryn Lund

Kathryn Lund is an author and speaker from the north of England. She brings her experience of personal grief and living with a neurofunctional disorder to her work. Her novel, The Things We Left Sleeping is out now. Follow K…
Guest: Kathryn Lund
Oct. 5, 2022

Episode 47: Pursuing Fulfillment with Claire Campagna

Claire holds a B.S. in Packaging Science from Clemson University and is a 200hr Certified Yoga Teacher. After nearly 7 years as a Packaging Consultant in the corporate world, she transitioned into managing her own business a…
Sept. 28, 2022

Episode 46: Pursuing Authentic Conversations About Religion and Politics

Brian Kaylor, a Baptist minister with a Ph.D. in political communication, is president and editor-in-chief of Word&Way. He writes about faith, culture and politics at publicwitness.wordandway.org. Word and Way Subscribe to A…
Guest: Brian Kaylor
Sept. 21, 2022

Episode 45: Pursuing Mental Health After Trauma with Betsy Rosam

After experiencing and healing from many painful experiences, Betsy realized that her mission in life is to help other women identify and heal from unresolved traumas that keep them in a stuck cycle so that they can thrive i…
Guest: Betsy Rosam
Sept. 14, 2022

Episode 44: Pursuing Overcoming Anything In My Way with Urmi Hossian

Urmi Hossain is a full-time female worker in the financial services industry. She has been working in this industry for about six years and comes from an educational background in Finance. She is currently pursuing her CFA d…
Guest: Urmi Hossain
Sept. 7, 2022

Episode 43: Pursuing the Super Hero Inside You with Matt Wilson

Matt is a 6ft 4inch heavily Tattooed strongman, who lives to serve. After 2 unsuccessful marriages, and several jobs in the corporate world, he decided to follow his heart. 6 years ago he qualified as a PT. This started him…
Guest: Matt Wilson
Aug. 31, 2022

Episode 42: Pursuing Wholeness Beyond an Alcoholic/Rageaholic Father with Connard Hogan

A child of the ‘50s and ‘60s, Connard dropped out of engineering school in 1968, and as a result of the draft, served in the US Army, including a one-year tour of duty in Vietnam. Following an honorable military discharge, h…
Guest: Connard Hogan
Aug. 24, 2022

Episode 41: Pursuing Better Relationship Through Conflict with Dr. Emi Garzitto

Dr. Garzitto has been developing, promoting and implementing positive communication practices and conflict support skills for over 27 years. Her Doctoral research focused on helping communities, “learn how to get along”. She…
Guest: Emi Garzitto
Aug. 17, 2022

Episode 40: Pursuing Normal When Your Parent is Ill with Michelle Hodgson

Michelle is writing a memoir about growing up with a parent with schizoaffective disorder. It will be a disjointed and bumpy ride sharing her experience trying to advocate for and support her mom, who struggled with her ment…
Aug. 10, 2022

Episode 39: Pursuing Relationship After Estrangement with Dave Koll After Estrangement with Dave Koll

Dave will never cease in his desire to shine in a way that helps others find their way. He is a mesmerizing storyteller and author of Letters to William. Dave sees this book as not an end to the story, but just the beginning…
Aug. 3, 2022

Episode 38: Pursuing Strength, Sobriety, and Success at the Gym with Kathryn Bennet

As a world-record-holding strongwoman, personal growth expert Kathryn Bennett is an 40 under 40 award winner, celebrated speaker and advocate for developing mental toughness. With a background in change management and Lean S…