Motivational speaker and health advocate Swapna Kakani has overcome personal adversity to share hope with others facing rare and chronic diseases. Her inspirational life story is one of triumph, resilience and self-determination in the face of

Part Two: Comfort Cases Founder Rob Scheer Recounts Overcoming Childhood Abuse Whose Mission has Become Helping Today's Foster Youth

Sep 16th, 2019 28m 14s

In part two of Rob Scheer's special story, the Comfort Cases founder goes in depth with Melissa and Christy about his own experiences in foster care and how that inspired him to bring dignity and hope to all children in the foster care system.

Comfort Cases Founder Rob Scheer Recounts Overcoming Childhood Abuse Whose Mission has Become Helping Today's Foster Youth

Jun 13th, 2019 20m 24s

In part one of a special two part story, founder of Comfort Cases, Rob Scheer tells his story of overcoming childhood abuse and struggles with mental illness and moving through the foster care system. Rob and his husband created a forever famil

The World's Smallest Bullet: Dr. Weissman Recounts Groundbreaking Infant Brain Surgery

Jun 6th, 2019 33m 47s

The World’s Smallest Bullet – Retired Neurosurgeon Dr. Mark Weissman recounts the ground-breaking surgery he performed removing a bullet from a newborn’s brain. The baby was shot in utero and delivered by cesarean when Dr. Weissman and his team

When Mother's Day is Difficult

May 10th, 2019 19m 12s

If your Mother's Day isn't always (or ever?!) a picture-perfect Hallmark Holiday - we get it! For single moms, women dealing with infertility, loss of a child, women not called to motherhood and more- the day can be tricky. This episode, co-h

Jim Bradley Shares His Experiences on Both Sides of Substace Abuse Recovery

May 2nd, 2019 37m 31s

Special guest Jim Bradley, a retired alcohol and drug addiction counselor, talks about his past experience with substance abuse (including run ins with and running from the law!), recovery, and helping others.

I Breathe For You - Lyric Morton Shares The Lasting Effects of Her Best Friend's Suicide Attempt

Apr 18th, 2019 25m 41s

Lyric Morton who is an inspirational blogger, poet, and spiritual life coach based in Birmingham Alabama talks about the day her best friend attempted suicide.

Lukas Hawley Shares The Strange Pain of Being a Male Victim of Domestic Violence

Apr 3rd, 2019 30m

Today we speak to Nashville Poet and Writer Lukas Hawley who was physically assaulted by his girlfriend. This episode sheds light on a wildly under-reported fact: men are also victims of domestic violence.

Kat Marsh Walks With Her Grandmother Through Dementia

Mar 23rd, 2019 18m 58s

Nashville-based poet and writer Kat Marsh, recalls walking with her Grandmother who suffered with dementia - a bittersweet journey shared with love. www.lrdrkat.com @lrdrkat

So Your Friend Has Had a Tragedy...Now What?

Mar 14th, 2019 44m 9s

When a friend has a tragic loss, often words fail. In this episode your hosts Christy and Melissa, who have both lost loved ones suddenly, offer practical tips - things to say, do (and not to say) that can help you walk alongside those who are

Beyond the Baby Blues: Martha Smith Shares How Post Partum Depression Knocked at the Very Door of Her Sanity

Feb 21st, 2019 21m

Martha Smith is a strong woman with twin boys – who found herself paralyzed with fear, anxiety and struggling to do every day tasks after the birth of her third child. This, she learned, was Post-Partum Depression – a severe form of depression

Tree of Trust Co-host Melissa Ford Thornton Shares Emotional Scars Resulting from a Near-Fatal Boating Accident

Feb 3rd, 2019 26m 45s

Melissa spent almost a year in a wheelchair following a near-fatal boating accident. As her social circle shrank away, she discovered a passion for writing and a whole new empathy and compassion for people with emotional scars. Story first publ

Marielle Cornes

Feb 3rd, 2019 19m 46s

High School student Marielle Cornes suffers from social anxiety, which worsened to a debilitating point after her family relocated and she had to form new friendships in a new school. Through counseling, she learned coping skills that are allow

Being Raised by a Mentally Ill Single Mother Wasn't Funny Business for Comedian/Musician Gary Jenkins

Feb 1st, 2019 28m 42s

Actor, Musician and Comedian Gary Jenkins shares poignantly about growing up with a mother who suffered from mental illness. In the 70’s in small-town Alabama, no one talked about bipolar schizophrenia, but Gary learned his mom’s “fits” were an

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