Resilient Helen Gardiner-Parks
When I asked my friend Helen Gardiner-Parks to sit down and tell me her story, she put me off. Her gut reaction was that she didn’t have a story. I get that a lot. It’s [...]
Vanessa Faura – Immigration and Why We Don’t Watch The News
Vanessa and I do not talk politics. We talk. We occasionally grab lunch. We stay in touch. We catch up. But we do not talk politics. When I ask her to appear on my podcast, [...]
Karen – Permanently Damaged By Family Murder
Karen felt the shock waves of the gunshots in her legs. She wasn’t hit. But she was that close. And the sound was that loud. She was just a girl, her small legs churning as [...]
My Mother Is Dying And I Can’t Hug Her
I didn’t meet my mother until I was 45 years old. She gave me up for adoption the day I was born. She and I have been in reunion for more than 15 years. We've [...]
Sarrah Rose – Sex Coach
Sarrah Rose’s teenaged son was hanging out in front of the home west of Phoenix when I drove into the gated community. I was there to talk to his mom, the sex coach. Don’t make [...]
Janet Nordine – A Healer For The Ages
I notice they didn’t call it “EX-Hoookers for Jesus.” OK OK, I’m succumbing to a little bit of clickbait in my headline. Janet was a volunteer - NOT a hooker - in the Las Vegas [...]
Thanks to Carlos
He’s not even her doctor. Dr. Carlos has never met my mother. But when she thought everyone had left her alone to die, Carlos Rish stepped up big time. He was there for me. He [...]
Amy Geller – The Healer Who Needed Healing
When I was a kid we were playing detective one day and we were thinking of mysteries to solve. And I said, “I know! We can find our parents.” My buddy Mark looked very confused. [...]