How do you turn your trauma into growth? I’m thrilled to share my conversation with Dave Sanderson, a leadership expert, motivational speaker, and one of the passengers on the flight that became the infamous Miracle on the Hudson event.

Listen in as Dave shares about his experience on the harrowing day, how his mother’s voice guided him, and how he turned a traumatic event into one of the best things to ever happen to him.

If you’re struggling with processing your own traumatic experiences, Dave’s advice will teach you how to process and reframe your emotions so you not only survive, but thrive.

Resources Mentioned

• Miracle on the Hudson
• Dave’s TED Talk: Bouncing Back: An Experience With Post-Traumatic Growth Syndrome
• Tony Robbins’ State Management
• The Gap and the Gain by Dan Sullivan

Connect With the Guest

• Dave’s books, including From Turmoil to Triumph
• Dave’s Website

Is the foster care system in the US broken, or is it even worse than that? According to Rob Schreer, my guest in this episode of About Your Mother, the system is shattered and must be rebuilt.

A child enters foster care every two minutes, totaling around 700 children a day. Eighty percent of death row inmates were foster children, and only 54% of foster children graduate high school.

As a foster kid himself, Rob knows the system and its faults all too well. Listen in to learn about Rob’s story, how he turned pain into purpose through his nonprofit Comfort Cases, and the forever family he’s created with his husband and five kids.

Resources Mentioned

• Rob’s Viral Upworthy Video
• Rob’s Interview With Ellen DeGeneres
• Nelson Mandela Quote
• Educated by Tara Westover

Connect With the Guest

• Rob’s Book: A Forever Family
• Comfort Cases
• Rob’s Instagram

Ann Fessler's critically accompanied book, "The Girl Who Went Away," gives voice to the millions of women forced to surrender their babies in the decades before Roe v Wade. As an artist and a teacher, listening to Ann tell her story feels like you are walking into a lecture hall about to learn something new, and you are.

This episode originally aired in December of 2022.

Connect with Ann
Website
The Girls Who Went Away
A Girl Like Her

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